Alpaca My Bags
Consumer and social
travel booking
SHOW HN2018
238points
141comments
#134of 2,155 in 2018
Top 7%of 2018 by points
How HN took it
MixedNo clear lean
13 positive, 41 neutral or asking, 6 mixed, 44 critical, out of 104 comments about the project. Thread score -0.36.
Design: 4 for, 14 againstExecution: 1 for, 16 againstIdea: 6 for, 7 againstPricing: 1 for, 4 againstPerformance: 0 for, 3 against
The thread, comment by comment
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What HN said
What people liked
Clean, playful design and color palette
From 3 comments
I like this a lot, especially the artwork/design. Can I make two suggestions? 1. Consider shortening the name, this is really just a subjective thing but a shorter name is easier…
warent on HNThe design of your site is very pleasing, nice one. Is there a common name for this style? It looks familiar but I'm not sure from where.
adav on HNThis site looks awesome! What did you use to build it? Especially like the design and color palette.
itsevrgrn on HN
Upfront pricing with fees included
From 1 comment
I've noticed that nearly every travel website does this--you search within a budget, find something you really like, but once you go through the checkout flows, you realize it…
ezekg on HN
Objections
Slow loading and timeouts
From 3 comments
I like this a lot, especially the artwork/design. Can I make two suggestions? 1. Consider shortening the name, this is really just a subjective thing but a shorter name is easier…
warent on HNCan't open result in new tab, slow loading, and prices that are way higher than they would be if I searched on my own. Not really sure whats the use case. Google flights does a…
dawnerd on HNThe deals seem particularly expensive and the site in general is very slow.
peterbraden on HN
Dark patterns and FOMO notifications
From 3 comments
I like the idea, but it needs more work. Bug 1: After searching, I clicked to another tab for a couple of minutes, and then back to it. It popped up a dialog saying "it's been a…
flavor8 on HNFlight search UI is janky as fuck, recommended I spend €4,000 on a hotel for a six night "budget" trip, and the FOMO notifications are infuriating. Hard pass.
supernes on HNWhy are you trying to get permissions for browser notifications? That is incredibly annoying and immediately makes me distrust the site.
DangerousPie on HN
Budget not respected in details and results
From 2 comments
I like the idea, but it needs more work. Bug 1: After searching, I clicked to another tab for a couple of minutes, and then back to it. It popped up a dialog saying "it's been a…
flavor8 on HNCorrectly identified my local airport (Manchester), however failed to recognise my local currency (GBP). Hilarious costs too for a "budget", and a default of 10 days away isn't…
isostatic on HN
Bugs with airports, city matching and images
From 3 comments
when selecting JFK as airport the first result was NYC. why would I want to stay at NYC if I already selected the airport looking for places to go to
elvirs on HNSeeing this picture for one of the European capitals is funny: https://d19wm5yhteu8df.cloudfront.net/destination/images/attachments/000/000/097/large/slovakia.jpg?1503758567 .…
tmoravec on HNJust as some feedback, it saw that I was based in London, auto-selected Heathrow as my base airport and the first trip it offered me was a $800 trip to London. Don't think I'll…
datamoshr on HN
Requests
Autocomplete for city and airport input
From 1 comment
Congrats on the great site! Small suggestion: the "what city" input threw me off because there was no autosuggest menu, like on most other travel sites. It felt like I was…
gregsadetsky on HN
Support for city-wide airport search
From 2 comments
Like the overall idea. One important feedback - needs the ability to specify a 'departure' city not just airport. E.g. London has 5 main airports, and most people would be able…
tomgreen000 on HNSelecting a list of airports, or an area, or city with distance range would be nice. From where I live, there are multiple airports about the same distance away, and I don't care…
creichenbach on HN
Questions
How is it profitable with flight and hotel APIs
From 1 comment
Neat idea. Does anyone know how these relatively small operations all have the flight and hotel search API integrated? My understanding was that flight commission's are quite…
notoriousjpg on HN
Alternatives named
Skyscanner
From 1 comment
SkyScanner is still the king when searching for flights coupled with the "Explore" option which will return the cheapest flight destinations. You can also simply search for a…
jonballant on HN
Google Flights
From 1 comment
Can't open result in new tab, slow loading, and prices that are way higher than they would be if I searched on my own. Not really sure whats the use case. Google flights does a…
dawnerd on HN
Kayak
From 1 comment
I don't see anything that sets this service apart from flight and hotel aggregators. I was hoping it would be for flash deals or alertnative / thrifty vacation ideas. Instead it…
dyeje on HN