If you are thinking of developing a travel app, you need to know what data to include in the application and how to obtain that data. To help you get started, check out the following excellent overview.
Using an API to Develop a Travel App and Obtain Core Data
The easiest way of developing a travel app is to use an application programming interface. To create a simple but excellent app from ideation to implementation, consider using the TripAdvisor API. By using TripAdvisor API, you can obtain data for the three most critical travel-planning categories: flights, accommodation, and attractions. You can save the data you need in TripAdvisor API’s database and retrieve it later when needed. Check out the TripAdvisor API Tutorial to learn more.
What other data should your travel app include?
The best travel apps go beyond data for flights, hotels, and places to visit. By conducting research and correlating information, you can find data to use as content in your app, such as:
- Travelers’ reviews and ratings.
- Exclusive tours.
- Travel guides for specific places.
Including a convenient search tool to check for costs and tickets is also vital. For things like hotel bookings, flight bookings, and rental car bookings, it is best to include extensive filtering options, a review system, and other travel app features. You could also consider working with up-sales. That involves making custom propositions to clients according to their individual preferences. So, you could offer customers things like tailored tours and insurance options.
CaaS Data
The best travel apps use relevant information about travelers and their needs. By having the relevant data, you can then customize the app’s functionality. Until recently, gathering all the necessary data was a complicated task. But a new concept in app development is gaining pace. Content as a Service is the new king of app data.
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CaaS data is shaped or delivered via some relevant context. For example, a role-based context could include streamlining communications via using a single system to notify hotel concierges when VIP guests arrive. Alternatively, it could enable guests to access maps that feature nearby attractions. By using CaaS, your app can:
- Enhance Trips with Targeted Pleasures. An example of this would be using data from Twitter to discover which star chef a customer follows. The app could then schedule a reservation at the chef’s restaurant in the customer’s destination city.
- Keep Track of Costs. CaaS data can guide app recommendations and keep costs low. Although all travel apps provide information about inexpensive hotel and flight costs, context-based data enables genuine savings because it looks at the trip as an integrated whole, rather than a series of price tags. As well as flights and accommodation, your app could find discounts for dinners, exhibitions, and special merchant promotions.
The above examples of what CaaS data can do is just the beginning. If you keep up-to-date with the latest technological innovations, you can ensure your travel app is one of the best around. In the near future, context-based apps driven by data will combine with artificial intelligence to provide an unparalleled personal travel valet app service.
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