Wander
An exercise in rapid prototyping, I made WANDER for my friend Jane, a busy modern lady who loves to travel but gets stressed about planning.
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Jane enjoys international travel and immersing herself in foreign cultures, but like many people today she struggles with finding the time to schedule and budget rewarding trips.

WANDER solves Jane's problems by acting as a travel agent. Jane just puts in her travel preferences and her budget, then she can forget about it. WANDER searches for any and all potential trips and notifies Jane as soon as it finds suitable itineraries. Jane has the option to enter in specific activities, like hiking or wine tours, as well as destinations. Or she can leave these fields blank, and WANDER acts as a sort of travel roulette.

It was important to strip the guess work from travel planning. This is the most basic function of WANDER. Not pictured: a trash can full of discarded post-its that were deemed unnecessary.

It might not even take Jane a full minute to enter in her dream vacation. Once she saves the details WANDER goes to work, aggregating information from sites like Kayak and Airbnb. Whether in a few seconds or a few months, WANDER will send Jane a push notification when she has a matched trip.

The first time Jane uses Wander, she needs to set it up. Email, password, etc. Then she sets her travel preferences, like what flight times are best, or whether to stay in a private cabin with a view or in a hotel downtown.

Once Jane is logged in, she selects "new trip." She enters a destination, how long she'd like to stay, and her budget. Clicking "wander" puts the app to work for her. When it finds a match, a push notification takes her directly to the matched trip page, where she can scope out her options.