Sharing Onix’s experience in building a travel booking system
TravelBid.com is a platform where travelers can book a hotel room or holiday home, order an airport transfer, or rent a car in Cyprus. Instead of using traditional booking engines like Booking.com or Expedia, they can enter their trip details on TravelBid and within minutes get direct offers from over 14K local businesses. As part of travel software development services, we helped the company create a revolutionary new platform.
Ralph Schonfelder, the client, provided Onix with the software requirement specification (SRS) document. This enabled the team to use the Waterfall management approach during the travel booking service development.
The creation of the UX/UI design began with carefully studying the client’s requirements and references.
Immediately after that, the designers analyzed the major players in the market, such as Airbnb, Booking.com, trivago, and others. Their task was to make the future app’s user flow as straightforward and convenient as possible.
She divided the inquiry form into several steps to facilitate a quick and easy understanding and filling out.
The page ‘My inquiries‘ displays the inquiries as cards with essential information and the number of offers for each, so the user instantly understands how many options they have.
Displaying the traveler’s requirements on the offers page along with detailed information on each offer helps users quickly compare what they need with what each provider offers.
After minor changes, the client finally approved the UI design and requested a logo for the platform. At first, he wanted a generic sign suitable for a travel business. However, we convinced the client that the new service deserved a unique logo to make it recognizable.
TravelBid.com was launched in June 2022. Currently, the platform counts 14K+ service providers and adds 5K new users every month.
The development of the platform continues as the client works to expand the business to other countries.