Stash

A travel app built around planning your trips through your saved social media content. This is the product of our 30 day start-up validation sprint

Industry:

Travel

Duration:

6 weeks

Role:

UI/UX Designer

Partner:

Rohina — UI/UX Designer

Our Problem Space

We started by thinking about how we could optimize social media saves. Currently, it’s an Explore page 2.0 minus the search feature and a goldmine of content we resonant with.


We did different types of user testing to figure out if our product would be a success and to help us ideate what it could be.

TEST 1

Are people willing to use a 3rd Party App?

We gave users a "real" product for 2 weeks

This test allowed us to analyze how users would respond to our product without having to build a full MVP and what view would ressonate.

TEST 2

Does this product have scale?

We created a funnel that would use fake content to get real metrics

From this, we would track KPIs and gain information on our potential demographic 

TEST 3

Which Vertical is this Best Suited for?

We analyzed the content people sent us the first two weeks → analyzed potential pain points → concept tested with people from different communities

SOLUTION

Stash – a travel app that gets you to all your favorite places

People plan trips around their saves but TikTok and Instagram aren’t optimized for that. 

We created: a clear map – only your saves + travel planning mechanics

INSIGHT 1

People plan around
“must go destinations”

Allow people to generate other potential travel spots around key locations

INSIGHT 2

People plan in the moment, some plan ahead

Let’s design for both and form a fluid planning experience

INSIGHT 3

Travel doesn’t have immediate value

Create a casual use-case. We developed a way to see the saves closest to your location.

SOLUTION

Stash – a travel app that gets you to all your favorite places

People plan trips around their saves but TikTok and Instagram aren’t optimized for that. 

We created: a clear map – only your saves + travel planning mechanics

INSIGHT 1

People plan around
“must go destinations”

Allow people to generate other potential travel spots around key locations

INSIGHT 2

People plan in the moment, some plan ahead

Let’s design for both and form a fluid planning experience

INSIGHT 3

Travel doesn’t have immediate value

Create a casual use-case

Our Problem Space

We started by thinking about how we could optimize social media saves. Currently, it’s an Explore page 2.0 minus the search feature and a goldmine of content we resonant with.


We did different types of user testing to figure out if our product would be a success.

TEST 1

Are people willing to use a 3rd Party App?

We gave users a "real" product for 2 weeks

This test allowed us to analyze how users would respond to our product without having to build a full MVP and what view would ressonate.

TEST 2

Does this product have scale?

We created a funnel that would use fake content to get real metrics

From this, we would track KPIs and gain information on our potential demographic 

TEST 3

Which Vertical is this Best Suited for?

We analyzed the content people sent us the first two weeks → analyzed potential pain points → concept tested with people from different communities

Stash

Stash

A travel app built around planning your trips through your saved social media content. This is the product of our 30 day start-up validation project

Industry:

Travel

Duration:

6 weeks

Role:

UI/UX Designer

Partner:

Rohina — UI/UX Designer

SOLUTION

Stash – a travel app that gets you to all your favorite places

People plan trips around their saves but TikTok and Instagram aren’t optimized for that. 

We created: a clear map – only your saves + travel planning mechanics

INSIGHT 1

People plan around
“must go destinations”

Allow people to generate other potential travel spots around key locations

INSIGHT 2

People plan in the moment, some plan ahead

Let’s design for both and form a fluid planning experience

INSIGHT 3

Travel doesn’t have immediate value

Create a casual use-case

Our Problem Space

We started by thinking about how we could optimize social media saves. Currently, it’s an Explore page 2.0 minus the search feature and a goldmine of content we resonant with.

We did different types of user testing to figure out if our product would be a success.

This test allowed us to analyze how users would respond to our product without having to build a full MVP and what view would ressonate.

TEST 1

Are people willing to use a 3rd Party App?

We gave users a "real" product for 2 weeks

TEST 2

Does this product have scale?

From this, we would track KPIs and gain information on our potential demographic 

We created a funnel that would use fake content to get real metrics

TEST 3

Which Vertical is this Best Suited for?

We analyzed the content people sent us the first two weeks → analyzed potential pain points → concept tested with people from different communities

A travel app built around planning your trips through your saved social media content. This is the product of our 30 day start-up validation project

Stash

Industry:

Travel

Duration:

6 weeks

Role:

UI/UX Designer

Partner:

Rohina — UI/UX Designer

Let's chat!

When I say I'm curious, I'm serious. Would love to hear about your story and if I can assist :)

Let's chat!

When I say I'm curious, I'm serious. Would love to hear about your story and if I can assist :)

Let's chat!

When I say I'm curious, I'm serious. Would love to hear about your story and if I can assist :)