Champion Traveler
Consumer and social
travel planning
SHOW HN2017
395points
118comments
#36of 2,242 in 2017
Top 2%of 2017 by points
How HN took it
MixedNo clear lean
9 positive, 35 neutral or asking, 8 mixed, 34 critical, out of 86 comments about the project. Thread score -0.27.
Execution: 1 for, 24 againstIdea: 8 for, 2 againstDesign: 0 for, 4 againstPerformance: 0 for, 4 against
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What HN said
What people liked
Useful concept that people would reference and use
From 3 comments
This is super interesting idea and something I'd reference a lot. The big question I have is what are your factors for deciding the best time to visit? I'd argue setting up the…
andyjsantamaria on HNThis is a really interesting idea - the kind of tool that you only realize that you've been waiting for when someone shows you it! As someone who likes to travel quite a bit,…
kristianc on HNI'm stoked you built this, as I've had the idea and desired the platform for a while. I do a ton of last minute travel and have semi-unlimited options so it's hard to filter down…
madman2890 on HN
Weather summaries and best-time pages are well done
From 2 comments
I love your weather summaries. Your formula nails it with this one: https://championtraveler.com/dates/best-time-to-visit-san-diego-ca-us/ Most weather summaries seem to miss…
Eiriksmal on HNThis is a really interesting idea - the kind of tool that you only realize that you've been waiting for when someone shows you it! As someone who likes to travel quite a bit,…
kristianc on HN
Objections
Weather alone ignores crowds, cost and other travel factors
From 4 comments
This is super interesting idea and something I'd reference a lot. The big question I have is what are your factors for deciding the best time to visit? I'd argue setting up the…
andyjsantamaria on HNThis is really neat! Only thoughts: it assumes one's definition of 'best' is 'best weather' and that in turn means it matches with what your algorithm decides is most pleasurable…
stinos on HNWeather is just one small piece of people's thought process when planning a vacation. But this tool is clearly all about weather... Perhaps finding a new way to describe it other…
codingdave on HNI like this idea a lot, but there is also on thing to consider, Crowds. The best weather also draws the biggest crowds. This drives up food and hotel prices. If you could somehow…
tmaly on HN
Data errors in graphs and summaries (Portland, Sydney, Cuba, Barcelona, A Coruna)
From 5 comments
This seems really off: https://championtraveler.com/dates/best-time-to-visit-portland-or-us/ It's says the daily highs in the summer are low 60s and that the driest months are in…
pkulak on HNOn the 'Weather in Sydney' page: "The warmest time of year is generally mid-January where highs are regularly around 61.9°F (16.6°C) with temperatures rarely dropping below…
jeromesalimao on HNSomething fishy is going on here: https://championtraveler.com/dates/best-time-to-visit-cuba/ https://imgur.com/YlM3zda.png But really great idea!
clishem on HNHey, this is really useful! I'll bookmark it and probably use it. A few bugs/glitches, though: - The Celsius temperature graph for Barcelona (…
Al-Khwarizmi on HNSo the best time to visit Sydney is almost the entire year, except for the last 2 weeks of January? > February 5th to January 14th…
cakedoggie on HN
Poor mobile and UI design, and search quality
From 3 comments
It's a nice idea, for sure. I'm not sure I'd use it much since other considerations apart from weather also exist. A few things I've noticed: • The search could use some…
ygra on HNThis is great - I think the search functionality could be improved a bit (a lot of results following the one I was looking for that didn't seem related, but the right one did…
sharkweek on HNNice website, as I had always been looking for such travel website like this. On the travel-weather-map site, I searched for "San Francisco" and the first result was Argentina,…
otterpro on HN
Requests
Add crowd and tourist volume data
From 2 comments
I like this idea a lot, but there is also on thing to consider, Crowds. The best weather also draws the biggest crowds. This drives up food and hotel prices. If you could somehow…
tmaly on HNThis is super interesting idea and something I'd reference a lot. The big question I have is what are your factors for deciding the best time to visit? I'd argue setting up the…
andyjsantamaria on HN
Sitewide Celsius/Fahrenheit switch and metric units
From 3 comments
It's a nice idea, for sure. I'm not sure I'd use it much since other considerations apart from weather also exist. A few things I've noticed: • The search could use some…
ygra on HNGreat site, the UI/design isn't the best though. Improving that will make a huge difference. One of the first things I would do is to make Fahrenheit/Celcius a sitewide setting,…
kristofferR on HNWould be nice to be able to select degrees celcius.
combinationy on HN
Customisable preference sliders for weather factors
From 2 comments
Pretty cool job. It would be nice if the user had a few sliders to toggle (heat, humidity, rain, and crowds), rated say 0 to 10 (with 5 meaning don't care), to get around having…
mule76 on HNThis is really neat! Only thoughts: it assumes one's definition of 'best' is 'best weather' and that in turn means it matches with what your algorithm decides is most pleasurable…
stinos on HN
Better search with alternate place names and missing cities
From 3 comments
It's a nice idea, for sure. I'm not sure I'd use it much since other considerations apart from weather also exist. A few things I've noticed: • The search could use some…
ygra on HNFollowing the feedback from others, a few things seem odd (for Peru): - I tried it with Lima-Peru and it actually suggested a bad time to visit the city:…
zzleeper on HNNo results found for Osaka :(
horsecaptin on HN
Questions
What factors and data drive the best-time scoring
From 2 comments
This is super interesting idea and something I'd reference a lot. The big question I have is what are your factors for deciding the best time to visit? I'd argue setting up the…
andyjsantamaria on HNThis is very cool. Long shot but any chance you can blog about the algorithm used? Or open source the same?
fwx on HN
Whether the algorithm or code will be open sourced
From 1 comment
This is very cool. Long shot but any chance you can blog about the algorithm used? Or open source the same?
fwx on HN
Alternatives named
WeatherSpark
From 2 comments
Anyone here might be interested in https://weatherspark.com/
foota on HNGreat site, the UI/design isn't the best though. Improving that will make a huge difference. One of the first things I would do is to make Fahrenheit/Celcius a sitewide setting,…
kristofferR on HN
Weatherhopper
From 1 comment
Cool! I've built similar tool somewhere around 2011. I travel a lot and wanted to have a tool that would help me plan my travels according to specific months. I use it on regular…
wjan on HN
Lonely Planet guides
From 1 comment
Best time of year is subjective!! All Lonely Planet guide books solve this problems by explaining what each place is like at each time. Eg, for Yosemite, it describes how during…
Humphrey on HN
DecisionData best time to visit tool
From 1 comment