Project Wandr
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Project Wandr

A travel planning and exploration platform with AI-powered recommendations.

Date
2024-Q1
Category
Web

Overview

Project Wandr is a comprehensive travel companion that helps users discover, plan, and share their travel experiences. Using AI-powered recommendations and community-driven content, it creates personalized itineraries based on user preferences, budget, and travel style.

Technologies Used

Next.jsNode.jsMongoDBGoogle Maps APIOpenAI APIAWS S3

Key Features

AI-powered itinerary generation based on preferences

Interactive map with location discovery

Community reviews and travel stories

Budget tracking and expense management

Collaborative trip planning with friends

Offline mode for accessing saved itineraries

Challenges

Handling real-time collaborative editing, optimizing map performance with thousands of markers, and ensuring offline functionality.

Outcome & Impact

Growing community of 3,000+ travelers with 500+ destinations covered worldwide.

How I Grew

Learned collaborative real-time editing patterns using operational transforms

Gained expertise in geospatial data handling and map optimization

Developed offline-first architecture using service workers

Improved understanding of AI prompt engineering for personalized recommendations