Scout makes trip planning faster by combining Google Maps and Sheets/Docs into one web app 📍Collect places in a list 📝Add notes ("why did I add this place again?") 🗺See it all on a map 🚀Build an itinerary
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Hi Product Hunt 👋 I'm Eric. We built Scout because planning a trip is painful and time consuming. Sometimes it felt like a chore.
We found ourselves constantly switching between Google Sheets/Docs and Google Maps to see where places were. We tried other apps out there but nothing was simple, flexible, yet provided the right amount of structure. So we decided to build our own that satisfied what we wanted.
Features:
📍Lists - Dump all your places you collect from friends, travel blogs, and websites
🗺Map - See where places are clustered to plan an efficient route
📝Notes - Add tips like how to get there or what to eat
🗓Itinerary - Drag and drop places to track what and when you're doing things
👫Collaborate - Share a link and anyone can add places (even without an account)
🧭Route overlay - See the path you're taking
🗣Yelp and TripAdvisor - Links to your favorite review sites are 1-click away
💬Simple sharing - Easily share beautiful trip recommendations with friends (like this)
What's different about Scout?
Scout gives you the flexibility of both a list of potential places and a structured itinerary. For example, you can add a bunch of restaurants you may want to go to and decide at lunch time based on how you're feeling. But you can also create an itinerary with specific attractions you know you'll visit.
Second, we love maps and find it very useful for planning so we made it huge. We take a map first approach.
Try out Scout today! We'd love to hear what you think.
For trip planning, I used to place a bunch of pins onto Google Maps and leave it at that. With Scout, I've taken the next step by dragging together a quick day-to-day itinerary with little additional effort :) Useful to plan both solo trips and especially trips with friends/fam!
I love the concept but I would love to see it add in the ability to route plan locations within a trip meaning town to town - I work with a lot of solo touring musicians that need to enter addresses of show locations and create a interary for a tour - especially taking in driving time and such factors - also for me it would be great to have one account and be able to create sdub accounts for my clients
@pksaunders Hey Paul! I'm curious to know what you and/or your artists are using to book their accommodation when on tour. I'd love to discuss an opportunity. You can email me at louis-frederic@stay22.com
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