Travel website Travefy offers a unique service, letting you plan and book trips and even calculate shared expenses, but its interface needs work. 3/5 Stars.
Haas graduates started the platform WeTravel. It is growing very quickly since there is a need in this space. This is promising for our idea. They are more focused on planners organizing a large trip, whereas our platform is more for collaboration with a small-medium group of friends.
Some day soon, you’ll be able to Uber to the moon. Till then, we now have snowcapped peaks to stand in for lunar landscapes. Yes, Uber has taken Tahoe. Uber represents new competition in the Skiing logistics industry.
In the 2011/12 season there were exactly the same number of skier/boarder visits in the US as their were in 1979. Accounting for the population growth in the US during that time, this means effectively 29% less people are hitting the slopes than there were 30+ years ago.
This is not for lack of innovation in the industry - there is lots of new technology being developed all the time! But so far most of the technology in the ski industry is aimed at helping die hard skiers and ski resorts - the average American family, who doesn't want to spend their life savings on a ski trip has been forgotten.
This article suggests improving mobile apps for the resorts to include more detailed "plan your trip" tools, checklists etc. and also positioning the sport as more accessible - reducing the "extreme" image that winter sports have gotten.
NSAA has put together a comprehensive list of statistical information pertinent to the ski and snowboard industry. Ski resorts have seen a dramatic decline in visitors over the past 30 years. The number of ski resorts is also declining. Why is this, and how might HaasSkis be able to reverse this trend?
Some ski resorts have begun a service that allows the rental of drones for video and photos. Cape Production is the main company in this space. They charge from $100-200 for their video package (3 runs with the drone and edited video). How might drones be used in the future for skiing and snowboarding?
Novices can hop on nearly any ski and have fun, particularly on easy-to-turn all-mountain skis. Expert-level skiers can fine-tune their performance by paying attention to subtle differences in sidecut, rocker and flex. No matter your skill level, however, it's important to match your skis to the terrain and snow conditions you typically encounter.
A fact sheet that confirms some of the data from the NSAA, while also showing that sales of ski equipment has been rising despite the stagnation in the number of skiers. Is this a sustainable business model?
The Decorist app offers a service that is often inaccessible for people who aren't the 1% and does it in a virtual way. Could we do something like this as a Travel Agent/Personal Assistant with Virtual group trip planning?
It's well known that traveling with a group of friends can be a great experience, but it can also be very painful to coordinate. People want to do different things and also have different budgets. Most people think there are no easy ways to work through this.
A summer jaunt with your friends can be a source of beautiful memories — or an expensive deathmarch of awkwardness and acrimony. Here's how to make sure it's the former... Money can be an uncomfortable topic, especially among friends.