Inspiration
Meeting each other and making friends lead to the discussion of something almost every university student has on their bucket lists: backpacking. Wandering off on your own without any plan seems like fun, but we realised that as adventurous as we may be, some things such as finding cheap places to stay at along the route are quite necessary. Alas, Bag'Packers was born.
What it does
This web app takes in the details of your trip, and proposes a route you could take during your journey. It also proposes an itinerary for you, taking into account how much hiking you would have done in a day, and shows you various options for cheap hostels and places to stay at where you'd be stopping your day's hike.
How we built it
Using sky scanner and google's API. Written in Python and integrated in Django. HTML, CSS and JavasScript for front end.
Challenges we ran into
Every one coded in python for the first time and it was also our first time using an API. The Skyscanner API was particularly difficult, especially for the hotel search.
Accomplishments that we're proud of
We were able to complete a working prototype despite our lack of experience, and managing to actually use the Skyscanner API.
What we learned
python, api , teamwork, how to stay up all night to finish the work.
What's next for BagPackers
to keep improving on what we have built to make it better and simpler with more features. Also create a mobile app.
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