Yesterday, PlanetEye opened its beta to the public and I took some time to review it. This innovative travel site lets users plan their trip by exploring the location they are going to visit. The core of the user experience happens on a map where hotels, restaurants, attractions, photos can be displayed and collected in the Travel Pack(s), that’s very intuitive and efficient for selecting the perfect hotel. Then users can check reviews written by local experts, rank everything themselves, access the top items lists and share their Travel Pack with their friends.
I love the concept but the user interface needs a lot of improvements. I was surprised that the public launch happened although the website is not good enough regarding usability. PlanetEye CEO Butch Langlois told me that they are re-designing the user interface and that virtually almost all the improvements I had in mind will be in the next version. Flight booking via Travelocity will be added in the next weeks as well. According to Butch Langlois, launching prior to the update was decided in order to collect more feedback from the users. If you feel like it, hit the feedback button in the top navigation bar and send them your thoughts or post a comment here.
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