Life & fun · alternatives · 2026
24 alternatives to Trip Mate
Hey HN, I built Trip Mate after discovering that rental companies often offer extremely cheap (sometimes even free) one-way camper van trips when they need their vehicles relocated. These deals were scattered across multiple rental platforms, making it tough to find them efficiently. The most interesting technical challenge was creating robust scrapers for multiple rental platforms, each with its unique data structures and quirks. I solved this by developing a flexible scraping framework in Python combined with PocketBase for storing and serving the data in real-time. The frontend uses…
Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes.
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Transfercar▲148Free one-way rental cars for flexible travellers
2014 · transfercarus.com · its alternatives →
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I made TripGeeks, a website where you create and share travel itineraries. Would love to hear any feedback you might have. Thanks!
2024 · tripgeeks.app · its alternatives →
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Clever Layover▲153Combine round trip airfare from two airlines to save money
2015 · cleverlayover.com · its alternatives →
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Hey there, I've been working on a project that helps you plan a trip by swiping through attractions like tinder. Features include: - Add places by swiping - Simple to use drag-and-drop itinerary planner - Add notes to each place - Get estimated travel and arrival times between places automatically - Automatically arrange places into your itinerary (This doesn't work that well tbh) - Share trips with friends Source code available at: https://github.com/Suu-ly/Outbound It's pretty good for planning day trips but frankly not the best for multi-day trips. Let me know what you…
2025 · outbound-one.vercel.app · its alternatives →
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Hey HN, For the last several weeks, I have just been sleeping, eating, operating and developing itineraries.io. Rinse and repeat. I work as a surgeon in the UK. My main other passions are travel and programming. Recently, when I haven't been stitching someone up, I've been working on my project. Having always dreamed of exploring the world as a child, I struck a goldmine when I found a wife who shared the same love of adventure as me. We couldn't afford to travel much when we first met at university. Over the last couple of years, since both entering the workforce, we have been able to live…
2024 · itineraries.io · its alternatives →
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Hey HN, My co-founders and I have been building GridTravel, a free iOS app for planning and sharing travel routes with turn-by-turn GPS nav. We just launched yesterday after App Store approval. We're three 21-year-old cofounders and best friends since middle school. We built GridTravel after years of frustration navigating new cities on every trip we took together. The idea: most people either search Google for "top 10 places to visit in…" lists or go on social media to get inspiration on where to go. GridTravel is built around user-generated routes — actual paths someone walked, that you…
May 2026 · gridtravel.app · its alternatives →
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I made a platform that finds trips (return flight + accommodation) under £100 to European destinations. You can - * See return flights details and a link to book. * See hotel details and a link to book. * See any local transport passes to buy with their official link. * Generate itinerary (Need to optiise the response time) * Ask our Travel Bot (Eazy) for any tips (WIP) No sign-ups or paywall. Simply explore. I'd love any feedback. We currently cover departures from UK cities. The basic functionality will always be free for everyone. Subscribe to the email list to get notified of the best…
2025 · easytraveldeal.com · its alternatives →
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I've built Villagers, a group travel app, in an attempt to overcome my own social isolation while working remotely, especially as someone who's friends are now largely parents and much less available for group travel. I find small group travel magical from an interpersonal and experience standpoint but organizing trips is absolutely brutal. With Villagers, I wanted to see if software could overcome some of those planning challenges with financial incentives, social features, and automation -- especially around messaging. I love climbing, so I've built a trip to co-work and climb in Red Rocks…
2022 · villagersapp.com · its alternatives →
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Aruko▲38A few months ago I shared my travel app here. Today I'm back with something that solved a real technical challenge I was facing. The problem: Parsing booking confirmation emails accurately. Built a parsing system that: - Distinguishes between connection hubs and actual destinations - Captures all segments (flights, hotels, trains) in the right order - Handles different booking site email formats - Creates complete itineraries automatically Happy to discuss more if anyone's interested :)
2025 · aruko.world · its alternatives →
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Small-group guided travel packages worldwide, booked easier.
Sep 2026 · vibeadventures.com · its alternatives →
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Hey HN! I’m excited to introduce Companero, my open-source ridesharing solution! As a traveler, I often struggled to find rides in smaller cities. So I built Companero on Telegram using pure Java 21 and MongoDB. I recently added a rating system to this app to make rides safer, but all in all, you can request a ride using your location, can see recommended trip price based on your country (it has an index for each country and a currency converter) and much more features. I’d love your feedback and any questions are welcome! Thanks!
2024 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Campmate▲3Find and book the perfect campsite, wherever you are!
2016 · campsites.co.uk · its alternatives →
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Hello HN, I made the web app that helps plan your routes/road trips. It has so many options that I don’t know how to explain in simple words :), so I’ll try like this. What is cool about it is that your routes are shareable and hackable. The routes come in the format ie. https://camptarget.com/London,Uk/Vienna,AT/Istanbul,TR/5h:6d, meaning we travel from London via Vienna to Istanbul, driving 5 hours daily while our total time budget would be 6 days. At given breakpoints (after 5 hours) we can explore the nearby locality in radius of some 30-40 miles, for…
2020 · its alternatives →
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I made this simple site that tells you which travel adapter you need for your next trip. I found myself googling this info and always being linked to a random article that was super long. Decided to make this crisp page that gives key info above the fold. Built with NextJS + Tailwind. I'd love some feedback and what should I add?
2024 · checkplug.com · its alternatives →
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Over the last year, me and my co-founder have been working on a startup that provides a marketplace for what we call "self-guided tour itineraries". The best way to understand it is to have a look, here is an example: http://www.unanchor.com/itinerary/view/149 We just did our public launch today - it would be great to get your feedback on it. Be blunt, we can handle it :)
2011 · unanchor.com · its alternatives →
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Many years ago (2007?) I put together this site: http://www.tripzard.com . I never launched it, because it was basically a MVP/POC so it's not very refined, but I just found it again today and was surprised it still kind of works decent. The idea was kind of like "Find Your Spot" where you answer a bunch of questions about what you like to do when you travel, and it calculates where the best places for your to travel would be. Most people I found don't realize there are some interesting options out there instead of just going to Cancun. What does the HN community think, is this a project…
2011 · tripzard.com · its alternatives →
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Rent a car in an instant, open the car with the Getaround app, #1 for carsharing! 24/7. 200mi/day and insurance included.
2012 · getaround.com · its alternatives →
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Find a rental car or make money renting your car
2015 · turo.com · its alternatives →
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Solo Backpacker and Travel Buddy Meetups
2017 · roammateapp.com · its alternatives →
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