Out Of Office - OOO.

I’ve used this app plenty of times to plan my trips. I’ve loved being able to wishlist places to try and recommend stuff to others. I like getting to see honest recs from people who have traveled before me! It’s nice to have things saved for other states & countries so I can check them on the map once I get there to see around me. However, this app is only great when it works. I’ve had basic functionality issues happen all of a sudden for no reason. Recently, it’s been closing out of the app after taking too long to load or not loading any searches at all when I’m trying to search a new place to add to my wishlist. The search circle disappears after a second and nothing loads- because of this I can’t even use the app anymore until this is fixed. I’ve submitted feedback and nothing has been updated to fix the bug. It seems bugs are a common problem with this app, doesn’t seem like it’s thoroughly tested before it goes live.

EDITS: Would also love to see the ability to add a “manual” item- for example: hop-on, hop-off bus tours. Would be super helpful to leave a review and just save my pictures and notes from the experience for keepsakes. This could easily be the next big social media craze, especially with travel coming back! I love the concept: plan and document all my trips in one place, with ability to recap them in the perfect mix of photos and written descriptions, WITH A SCHEDULE :) so I can easily pass down detailed plans. Amazing. BUT, there are definitely features missing before it can go viral… I’d love to see: - The ability to add photos to a place just for you/even if you don’t “rec” a place, so I don’t have to post personal pictures to the internet if I want to use it like a social network with a cute recap of me and my partner on a trips’ pictures for our friends and family. This would go along great with better privacy/sharing settings, so I can share my trips and photos and comments/notes with people, allow others to add comments who are tripmates and maybe a “view only” tier with public/private comments for what I want a friend to be able to see (if someone from work asks for trip recs, but maybe I don’t want them to see my reservation notes on a place but do want them to see my review).

I’m already obsessed with the app as-is. It’s been. A very practical, helpful tool for trip research & planning - especially for group trips with friends or family. I don’t have a ton of friends on the app yet, so my planning process is still to go to Pinterest or travel blogs for ideas and then I save my wishlist things to do in Out of Office. If they keep building out additional features that make it more useful, building a user base I want to follow, and create more opportunities for engagement across users, this app will be an absolutely must have for anyone who enjoys a trip!