Chalo is a travel company that helps users build trips based on tips and insights from other travelers. Planning a new trip is exciting, but it can get time consuming and frustrating. Many travelers have to spend hours researching online through an overload of information to piece together the perfect sequence of activities. Chalo helps anyone search and discover real trips taken by fellow travelers just like them.
Chalo isn’t just about listing the top 25 things to do. Anyone building a trip helps other travelers easily decide what they want to do and how. Users can easily search and filter with Chalo to find a trip summary that works best for them from a database of uploaded trips. A trip summary presents activities in a meaningful sequence. It provides visual inspiration and also useful information to help potential travelers decide what they should go do on their vacation. Anyone can also easily share their trips anywhere with a link or through social channels. Travelers can comment or ask questions about the trip that users have uploaded. Thus, users can provide follow-up tips or receive ideas that they can try next time. Viewers can also provide feedback on how useful a trip summary is or recommend the trip to a friend!
The location database is powered by Foursquare and easy to use, and users can tell Chalo where they went each day (in a sequence). They can then provide a short comment and choose a picture. When they are completely done, they can add an interesting title and description. All they have to do to finish is hit publish and share the trip!
“Chalo” translates to “Let’s Go” in Hindi, a very popular language spoken in India. “Chalo” represents humanity’s thirst for geographic exploration, knowledge and shared experiences.