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tisunov

Hey!

Every year I spend up to a week or two, researching which ski resort to choose next. I have general idea what I like, what is my skill level. But to choose a resort I need to compare 4 or 5 of them by slopes length, snow conditions, price for lift tickets, price for lodging, is there anything to do besides riding (nightlife, hot springs, sledging), choose convenient and cheap place to stay, find available accomodation), find how to get there comparing all the options (flight, bus, train, shuttle).

So this for season I've built Snow Trips to give me all the info I need to choose next ski resort for my trip.

Snow Trips helps answer questions like:

1) How much will snowboarding trip cost me? 2) What is the price level for lodging? How cheap or expensive lift tickets compared to other resorts I consider? 3) How slopes length compares with other resorts for my skill level 4) Which airport to fly to and for how much?

Any feedback is greatly appreciated! Is Snow Trips valuable to you if you ski or snowboard? How would you improve it? How do you choose ski resorts?

P.S. European ski resorts with all the flights, lift tickets lodging prices at and around resort are coming in 1-2 weeks.

3 months ago I was tired of incomplete tracking information I was getting with other apps for my packages from Aliexpress. I decided to build my own app, and learn React Native in the process. I launched with 10 carriers and thanks to CodePush rapidly added support for new carriers, without going through app review, saving immense amount of time.

Any feedback would be very appreciated!

If you are looking for the source code, check out Instacab it's server side Node.js dispatcher, and iOS rider and driver apps https://github.com/tisunov/InstacabClient. I've built it for our rideshare service in Russia, shut it down, and open sourced code
Re:Making of Aprilzero on Thursday July 17, 2014 @06:27AM (#8046753)
Such a thorough peek behind the curtains of his design decisions. And he definitely fueled my passion for travel and active lifestyle.