Simple

Enter starting locations

 

Enter a budget - total or per person

 

Tag interests for each person

 

Click and let Jaunt book everything for you

Randomized

Jaunt randomly creates a trip based on your budget and location

 

It can be completely random, or interests can be tagged to give your trip a slant

 

Go places you never would have planned

        Laugh at weird museums

        See major tourist attractions

 

 

Our Inspirations

Ability to link up with old friends or long distance significant others

 

Tap into the fun and excitement of random subscription boxes

(20% growth per month last year)

 

Quickly capturing the desire to adventure without hassle

Market

Small businesses with remote employees

Everyone wants to travel but planning is hard

Unique trips on a budget

Young people with wanderlust

Old college friends in different states

Operations

Begin with our team of four for approximately the first year

 

Three programmers/designers, plus a business expert

 

Use free open source software and software made available to students (Dreamspark)

 

Online development resources like GitHub removes the need for traditional office space.

Financial

Initial funding  will come from

         Personal finances

         Potential investors (Sequoia and Baird)

 

On launch, revenue from

         Processing/service fees

         Advertising

 

Partnerships with

         Airlines

         Hotels

         Attractions

Partnering with Jaunt lets companies sell off excess tickets and rooms

What happens if I wind up at the butter museum?

End up somewhere wacky? Either learn a new interest or share a laugh with your traveling companion(s). 

 

The heart of Jaunt is the social experience, not the trip itself

Limitations

Planning optimal trips through a computer is impossible

Randomized Trips have inherent negative qualities but, the social aspect of Jaunt negates these qualities.

Technobabble

• Github: Let's us work on code remotely at the same time
• Open Source: Freely licensed foundation code
• Dreamspark: Microsoft Initiative to teach college programmers
• Django: Website development platform for Python
• Python: Programming Language
• Randomized: Procedurally constructed, using some crafted "randomness"