We wanted a personal trip assistant: something simple but smart.
Tell it about your plans, and it figures out when you need to leave, how to get there, what to pack, and even the weather. 🌤️
- 📍 Finds your location automatically
- 🗺️ Plans your trip (driving or public transport)
- 🌦️ Shows weather at your destination
- ✅ Interactive packing list (check off items!)
- 📅 Add events to Google Calendar
- 🗺️ Google Maps preview directly in-app
- Frontend: React Native + Expo
- Backend: Node.js + Express
- APIs: Google Maps, Gemini AI, WeatherAPI
- Bonus: Cute UI theme (pompompurin 🐶✨)
- CORS issues hitting Maps API
- Formatting Gemini AI responses correctly
- Embedding Maps in mobile-friendly way
- Designing a dropdown without using native Picker everywhere
- Fully working planner with travel, schedule, packing, weather
- Clean, playful, non-boring UI
- Google Calendar integration from schedule ✅
- Weather affecting packing suggestions 🌧️
- Dealing with async APIs smartly
- Improving UI/UX to make apps feel alive ✨
- How to embed Google Maps properly
- Clean TypeScript React Navigation structure
- 📱 Publish a real mobile app version (iOS / Android)
- 🧳 Suggest packing lists based on weather automatically
- 🔔 Notifications for when to leave
- 🌐 Host backend publicly
- 🎒 Offline checklist mode
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