Photerra: Social Travel & Trip Planning
Find hidden gems locals love, plan trips with friends
# Trip PlannerWhat is Photerra: Social Travel & Trip Planning?
Photerra is the ultimate social travel app connecting explorers worldwide. Discover hidden gems, plan trips with friends, and share local experiences.
Problem
Users struggle to discover authentic local travel spots and efficiently collaborate on trip planning, relying on fragmented tools like generic review platforms, spreadsheets, and multiple messaging apps which cause disorganized coordination and lack of curated local insights
Solution
A social travel planning app that combines crowdsourced local recommendations with collaborative trip organization tools, enabling users to crowdsource hidden gems from locals, co-create itineraries with friends in real-time, and share experiences globally (e.g., group voting on destinations, shared budget tracking)
Customers
Millennial/Gen Z travelers aged 22-35, frequent international explorers, digital nomads, and friend groups seeking unique local experiences rather than tourist traps
Unique Features
Social-driven discovery layer blending user-generated content with verified local expertise + real-time collaboration features like synchronized itinerary editing and group decision tools
User Comments
Finally replaces 5+ apps I used for trip planning
Game-changer for finding non-touristy spots
Makes group travel decisions less chaotic
Wish I had this for my last Euro trip
Local recommendations feel genuinely authentic
Traction
Launched 3 months ago with 15k registered users, featured in ProductHunt's Top 5 travel apps of July 2023, founder @traveltechenthu has 4.2k Twitter followers
Market Size
Global online travel market projected to reach $1.2 trillion by 2027 (Statista), with social travel planning niche growing at 18% CAGR
