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TravelBudge
See the world on a budget
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TravelBudge is an application designed to help travel lovers budget and track their trip expenses to alleviate financial stress.
role
UX/UI Designer
UX Researcher
tools
Mural
Figma
Adobe Illustrator
The Background
✈️ TRAVEL = GOOD FOR THE SOUL
🫠 EXTRA STRESS = BAD
As an avid traveler, I know firsthand the countless benefits of exploring the world.
However, I also understand the challenges that come with it. My goal for this project was to create an application that makes travel accessible to everyone, because I believe it’s one of the best ways to broaden your horizons.
The Challenge
Through multiple user interviews, I uncovered the #1 stressor for travelers before, during and after their trips was the lack of predictability of how much they would spend.
*A study done by TNS, an independent research company, found that money is one of the top 3 things that cause friction for travelers during their trips.
A Glance at the Market
With the problem in mind, I analyzed four competitors in the finance tracking and travel planning spaces. Through this analysis, I discovered a gap: there was no finance tracking tool specifically tailored to travel. Additionally, competitors like TripAdvisor lacked a personalized approach to travel budgeting.
User Interviews
Key takeaways
How do users currently go about planning their travels?
Interview goal: Understand how interviewees plan their trips, manage their finances, and, most importantly, the pain points they face when it comes to money and travel.
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Users want to evaluate the financial viability of a trip before making a commitment.
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Travelers seek a tool to monitor their expenses throughout their journey.
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The main obstacle to adhering to a budget is the absence of accountability, lack of self-motivation, and previous experiences of financial setbacks.
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Users view budgeting as a challenge they can overcome, almost like a game to win.
Personas Uncovered
Wireframing Samples
Mid-fidelity
Hi-fidelity
Sign up/Sign In
Create a trip
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Current trips
Past trips
Add an expense
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Link a bank account
Add bank account expense to trip
Budgeting on itinerary
Quickly reflect on past trips & create new ones
Users are able to create their trip in a few, quick steps. Financial tracking can be intimidating so the less barriers to commit the better. Users also have the option to look at past trips to see how they budgeted in the past.
Seamlessly add expenses to your itinerary to stay organized
The itinerary feature easily allows you to place expenses where you see fit to both get the most accurate travel expense guesstimate as well as help you streamline planning!
Add expenses on the fly
To encourage users to accurately track their budget, the process to add a new expense is only a couple of clicks. Users can easily go back and edit any budget 'guesstimates'.
Add expenses on the fly
To encourage users to accurately track their budget, the process to add a new expense is only a couple of clicks. Users can easily go back and edit any budget 'guesstimates'.
Pull expenses directly from your bank statement for easy input
The itinerary feature easily allows you to place expenses where you see fit to both get the most accurate travel expense guesstimate as well as help you streamline planning!
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