Overlap App Development for Social Travel Planning

Overlap – Travel Together – Social Travel & Planning App

Overlap is a travel-focused social app designed for digital nomads, backpackers, and travelers to stay connected, plan trips together, and discover personalized recommendations from trusted friends. The app acts as a centralized hub for organizing travel plans, tracking journeys, and finding like-minded travel companions around the world.

Core Features:

Real-time travel alerts: Notify users when friends are traveling or visiting wishlist destinations.

Centralized travel plans: Keep all trips organized in a single, easy-to-use interface.

Live map tracking: See where friends, friends-of-friends, and public travelers are in real-time.

Group trip planning: Coordinate upcoming trips with friends and connections.

Travel feed & updates: Stay informed on friends’ travel activities as they happen.

Travel tracker & journal: Log adventures, check off visited countries, and document experiences.

Travel wishlists: Discover and track destinations, and find overlaps with friends’ plans.

Personalized recommendations: Receive advice on destinations and hidden gems from trusted friends.

Community connections: Meet new travel buddies and expand your global nomad network.

My Contributions:

Designed and implemented intuitive interfaces for trip planning, live maps, and travel tracking.

Built real-time notification and alert systems for travel overlaps and friend activities.

Developed feed and recommendation systems to deliver personalized travel content.

Optimized UI for mobile performance and smooth map interactions.

Integrated secure user data handling for location, personal info, and travel history.

Challenges & Solutions:

Real-time travel tracking: Ensured live map updates with minimal latency using optimized backend sync.

Personalized recommendations: Built algorithms to match friends’ suggestions with user travel preferences.

Scalable community features: Designed expandable social connections for large nomad networks.

Success Metrics:

Growing community of global travelers and digital nomads.

Increased user engagement through real-time alerts and group trip planning.

Positive user feedback on travel organization and discovery features.

Tech Stack:

Mobile: React Native (cross-platform for iOS & Android)

Backend: Real-time data handling with WebSocket/Firebase

Maps & Geolocation: Interactive maps and live location tracking

Notifications: Push notifications for travel overlaps and updates

Security & Privacy: Encrypted data handling for personal and location info

Development Environment: Replit for collaborative coding and deployment