Category: travel technology company

These are 8 important features that travellers demand in a basic travel app

These are 8 important features that travellers demand in a basic travel app

Mobile apps are becoming home to billions of active users worldwide, especially for travel enthusiasts. The travellers today are deeply reliant on mobile app technology to serve their purpose – whether it is ticket booking, hotel reservation or planning for the itinerary with a checklist – the travel apps are smart enough to provide great support & help to new as well as frequent travellers – says travel application development services.

With the power of automation, these apps are now able to deliver real-time tracking details of flights, tells about airport itinerary, finds the best bet & worth-visiting travel spots, helps in budget allocation & books cab services or meals at the airport. These apps are getting smart and acts just like an intelligent traveller.

If you are planning to cater the hospitality or travel sector with the help of travel apps that are engaging & relatable to travellers query – continue reading as TravQ – a travel app development company has brought some key & must-have features for travel apps. Let’s begin!

  1. Smart & automated itinerary generator

  • There are first time travellers who often struggle with planning for their trips in terms of – what places to visit in a given budget or what mode of travel to select in terms of feasibility or cost.

  • It is a must for apps to have an “ automated itinerary generator” that can allow app users to create a journey or itinerary.

  • Under such a feature, the user would only have to feed the desired location on the map, the generator would automatically fetch the custom travelling plan along with required details & outlay for the trip.

  • There are apps already in the market with “itinerary generator” feature which allows users to plan & share their trips better, even if they are travelling for the first time.

  1. Ride-sharing or cab booking features 

  • Whenever travelling to distant or new places, commuting locally is one thing that has to be super easy for travellers.

  • Every basic travel app must have cab booking features for travellers who are looking for comfortable travel.

  • Whether the traveller wants to commute from airport to hotel or from the hotel to some tourist spot in a city, an app that holds the easy to access feature of cab booking will be a definite plus for the ardent/frequent travellers – believed by travel mobile apps development company.

  1. Trip reviews where travellers exchange their views

  • Travel app should aim at connecting travellers or building a network of different & distant travellers.

  • A review feature is a must inside the app where users would care to share their experienced reviews or suggestions for peer or first-time travellers.

  • There should be a community or feed where people can exchange their views towards a certain place, adventure sport, budget allocation & many more topics that every user would like to learn about.

  1. Geo-location tracking system for the exploring travel-seekers

  • No matter travel-seekers plan to visit some country or nearby location for a quick road trip, an app should have an advanced & real-time GPS system.

  • So that users can allocate the place or particular spot in an instant without the need to carry gigantic maps or travel books.

  • Just by feeding the location, an app must show a detailed & real-time accessible route to travel-seekers during their journey – says travel app development services.

  1. An intelligent booking system for a smart traveller

  • There should be an intelligent booking system within the app that not only take care of the booking part but also performs functions like price comparison, categorization, sorting/filtering, reminders set up, timely notification regarding new & attractive offers.

  • Even search, plan & save deals for a future booking.

  • In short, an app should have a compact system that deals with all the necessities of the trip for users looking for quick results during their journey.

  1. Share feature integrated with social media handles

  • A travel app should have a “sharing feature” where users could share their expected or desired travel wishes with their peers or travel partners.

  • Such a feature should integrate well with social media accounts of users like Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, Email & more.

  • So that user can easily share & spread his desired trip details with his troop to plan ahead easily & better.

  1. Integration of safest reliant payment gateways

  • Online payment options are still security taboo in many areas. With the number of data breaches & hacks, people are still hesitant to share their card details or any monetary details & believes that only plastic money or COD could be better scope for payment means.

  • For them, the app should integrate the most advanced & safest payment gateways – the trusted ones like Paypal, Paytm, Google Wallet, Apple pay, online banking and more – to have smooth transactions.

  • This feature is a must to note when planning for travel app development.

  1. Customer grievance or feedback segment to vision at improved user-experience

  • To analyze the user experience or how the users are liking your app, care to mention a customer grievance or feedback segment within the app where users would share their honest reviews, suggestions about the app.

  • To offer an optimum travel experience to users, embed this segment inside the core logic of the app – it can be in the form of a checklist, FAQ form, survey list, poll or any other creative idea that your brand image would like to implement.

About Us!

TravQ is an advanced generation-led travel portal & travel application development company, delivering the most exceptional travel technology projects with crisp UI & UX, speedy, quality assured & tailor-made elements. Strict dedication to budget allocation, time scarcity & desired functionality of the app model.

Also, focused on restructuring the backend systems of travel portal with automated & groundbreaking technologies to help brands funnel their hospitality or travel business with utmost ease & rewarding revenues.

Let’s set up a quick consultation for your travel app or portal’s example model to turn it into a trending one!

The Most Common 5 Services Provided by a Travel Technology Company

The Most Common 5 Services Provided by a Travel Technology Company

We can’t second guess the impact of technology in the travel industry as well as the new innovations that have been implemented. The travel market is huge and overcrowded and within a few decades, technology has transformed the way of carrying out different operations. Especially, after the introduction of the internet and smartphones, it has taken a giant leap towards reaching out to a larger audience and increasing more revenues. The travel industry is no exception and we can see the evidence by the vast proliferation of the industry. 

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With an online travel portal, an extensively large base of an audience can access travel agents to book their preferred travel contents. Travel technology companies have emerged in the market to deliver travel solutions to travel agents/agencies in the business. One of them is TravQ which is serving travel industries for years now. During the last decade, you might have come across different offline travel agents/agencies but this concept has gone and OTAs have replaced it. 

In order to get a dynamic platform over the internet different agencies are collaborating with travel technology companies who can give a complete makeover to their business and can help them to leave their footprints online. It helps them to access the largest inventory of the airlines, hotels, and other travel service suppliers like- bus, car, cruise and train. This allows agencies to deliver the live data on the availability of inventory, price, discounts, etc. Most of the travel solutions provider offers the following services.

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Web Application Services

Being the most recent and one of the trending approach that has taken over the travel technology sector is developing a web-based application. As a travel technology service provider, TravQ ensures the top and possibly the best in automated web-based travel web application development. 

Clients nowadays have a considerable amount of desires and colossal requests with respect to web applications. Web applications nowadays are required to be accessible 24*7 and can be accessed from everywhere throughout the world which is supported by different gadgets or screen sizes. Web applications must be secure, adaptable, and versatile to fulfil spikes in need.

Web-based travel application is beneficial for travel business because: 

  • Affordable development cost
  • Customization is quite easy
  • Accessible from any corner of the world
  • Usable for different gadgets & screen size
  • Security is enhanced
  • Ease of maintenance as well as installation

IoT-based Travel Application

The Internet of Things isn’t an advertised thing any longer. Presently, you can discover these applications pretty frequently in the market. It is without a doubt that you’ll discover the usage of applications all over the place. On the off chance that you are obscure about these things simply have a look at the smartwatch that you have in your wrist. These are the easiest and best examples of IoT applications. You probably won’t be that aware but the smart TV you watch or a gaming gadget that you sit back with.

SEO for Travel Website

SEO for travel websites are not a theoretical consent but a practical one. In general terms, it can be understood as optimization of the travel websites to rank them on a competitive position on major search engines.  Being a pioneer travel technology company, TravQ serves its clients with travel SEO services for years and has greater success rate in this field.

If you are having a travel website and you are new to this you must have a good knowledge of SEO else you’ll fail miserably. Let’s discuss the importance of travel SEO in the following points:

  • Allows generation of leads by landing traffic on your travel portals/websites.
  • Affordable in comparison to PPC method. 
  • Business growth is guaranteed.

Mobile-based Travel Application

As technology is dominating over the travel industry, you see the mobile application (Android/iOS) very much in use. Mobile-based travel apps are somewhat a secret or say the reason behind the development of the travel sector in a technical way. This allows several travel companies to stand out victorious in the market. Nowadays, users have stopped using the traditional method of browsing travel websites over the desktop rather they use travel booking apps on their smartphones. 

If you are having a travel agency or you’re a travel operator then you ought to go for travel mobile apps to develop your travel business. TravQ offers B2B and B2C mobile-based application services with the interest of your necessity. Mobile application for travel portals gives your customers an edge over different travel web portals and you can see your income hopping higher than ever as the search and book structures are 70% simpler in comparison to that of the web portals.

Why mobile-based travel application?

  • Connects with your potential customers who are portable devices freak.
  • Showcases that you promote business and tech trends through your products/services.
  • Operational cost is minimal
  • Ease of booking tickets, meals, cab, and see real-time scheduling.
  • Instant feedback on the services availed by customers.
  • Allows your brand to get promoted on various platforms.

Travel CRM

CRM is considered as one of the emerging technology that has stepped into the travel industry. CRM (Customer Relationship Management) is developed for different travel agencies and are generally meant to satisfy the need to travel as well as hospitality industries. 

Travel CRMs are designed with a motive to manage the company’s relationship with the present as well as potential consumers. It uses some extra options, it’s simple to manage data, implement international communication and automatise the in operation procedures. Several important points are mentioned which make CRM a prominent tool for the travel industry. 

  • Customers data is managed
  • Helps in building customer relationship
  • Boosts of sale
  • Allows contacting mass clients simultaneously
  • Relation tracking with customers/clients
  • The overall process gets automated
  • Expansion of consumer base

Concluding, TravQ being a pioneer travel technology company delivers top services to its clients across the globe. Having said that, it provides most of the services that a travel business needs to excel. TravQ has been at the forefront player in web development services for the travel industry. In fact, our industry-leading services that have been designed not only to include all of the features we have talked about here but many more which can be added as per clients requirement.