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Follow the Weather: A No-Code Solution for Holiday Planning
Technology Category
- Platform as a Service (PaaS) - Application Development Platforms
Applicable Industries
- Buildings
- Cement
Use Cases
- Building Automation & Control
- Time Sensitive Networking
Services
- Testing & Certification
The Challenge
The founder of Follow the Weather, Chris Whitehead, identified a gap in the market for a tool that allows users to search for holiday destinations based on weather conditions. With the COVID-19 pandemic causing many people to take holidays at unusual times of the year, there was a need for a simple, user-friendly tool that could provide information on where it would be sunny and hot during different months. The challenge was to create this tool without investing too much time and without the need for extensive coding skills.
About The Customer
The primary customers of Follow the Weather are individuals planning holidays who want to find destinations with specific weather conditions during certain months. These users may be planning holidays at unusual times of the year due to the COVID-19 pandemic and are frustrated by the lack of easy-to-access information on where it will be sunny and hot during these times. The app is designed to be simple and user-friendly, making it accessible to a wide range of users, regardless of their technical skills or knowledge.
The Solution
Whitehead chose to use Bubble, a no-code platform, to build the Follow the Weather web app. This platform allowed him to quickly prototype and test the product with users. The app works by allowing users to select which continents they are open to visiting and the month they would like to go. They can then adjust sliders according to their weather preferences, and locations that meet their criteria are marked on a map, with a list of cities appearing next to or below the map. The app was built in just two days, with an additional two weeks spent gathering the necessary data.
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