Show HN: GridTravel- A community based travel app for users to share routes

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• momentmaker7 minutes ago
  Awesome job! Congrats on the launch!<p>I like the idea of exploring what others had found before. Maybe it doesn&#x27;t need to be gear towards just travel but also this gives an opportunity for locals to explore places they&#x27;ve never knew before too?<p>I&#x27;ve also recently launched a walking app - made for myself but thought others would enjoy too. I had added an anonymous collective walk counter which encourages others to keep walking.<p>BTW, Mapbox does give sponsorships to projects&#x2F;apps for displaying how their product is being used so once you get to a certain level you could submit a form for it. I know this project was sponsored by them: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;gpx.studio&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;gpx.studio&#x2F;</a><p>Here is my project if you are interested to checking out. Feel free to take any feature you find in there for your app. <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;github.com&#x2F;walktalkmeditate&#x2F;pilgrim-ios" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;github.com&#x2F;walktalkmeditate&#x2F;pilgrim-ios</a>
• sbinnee22 minutes ago
  I love the idea. Unfortunately, not available in my country. I hope it to be successful and see this app in my country in the future.
  • knuaym914 minutes ago
    Thanks! Just out of curiosity, what country do you reside in? We&#x27;re iOS only for now (planning to come to android in the near future) and the App Store availability is set up market-by-market, so it&#x27;d be useful for us to know where the demand is.
    • momentmaker5 minutes ago
      If you are releasing for every country you might need to do a special form on the App Store for the EU region before they are allowed to distribute your app. I had found this out when I first released mine.
• alex_c1 hour ago
  Wow, this gives me such bittersweet feelings!<p>This is almost 1:1 with a project we worked on several years ago. Unfortunately it never launched - founder ran out of money. It was one of my favourite projects we’ve done and I genuinely believed in the concept, so I was sad we couldn’t see it come to fruition. But glad someone else is giving it another go!<p>Without giving away anything confidential, I can say your cold start plan is very similar. Can’t say it’s a good or bad plan because we never saw it executed in practice… but it’s not unreasonable!<p>I think distribution and stickiness will be a challenge. Even if you get enough content that users will have a great first experience, most people don’t travel that often, so getting them to come back regularly won’t be easy.<p>Best of luck - would love to see this succeed!
  • knuaym958 minutes ago
    Alex, appreciate the warmhearted comment. Especially from someone who&#x27;s been in a similar spot, means a lot. Curious what stuck with you from that project, good or bad, if you&#x27;re willing to share (contact info in profile if you want to talk privately).<p>On distribution: agreed. Stickiness is the hard part for sure. Our angle is that the app should also work as a way for users to discover their own city through other people&#x27;s POVs — not just for travel. We also built in a collaboration feature and private routes, so it doubles as a planning platform whether you&#x27;re going solo or with a group.<p>We&#x27;re hoping the creation side carries the retention we&#x27;re looking for. Following a route is one side of the coin. Making the route, collaborating with friends, planning places you want to visit over weeks — that&#x27;s where we&#x27;re estimating (hoping lol) most of our retention will come from. Can&#x27;t say for sure yet, not enough data. Thanks again for the comment!
• Jinyibruceli39 minutes ago
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