Chris Messina

The Club by Allcall - COVID conscious trips & on-demand text recs.

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A members-only club for COVID conscious trip planning and on demand recommendations, curated by our in-the-know community.

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Natasha Hoskins
Hi Product Hunters! I’m Natasha, the founder of Allcall. We launched Allcall on Product Hunt this time last year and frankly, being a startup in travel in 2020 has been~~a journey~~. We built something we loved and it was picking up steam. But in March it was clear, what we built was not what the world needed. We spent a ton of time talking with people about how they are thinking about travel now, and we saw a different type of travel emerge - road trips, long-term homestays, workcations, and a desire to plan for big 2021+ trips. What we learned is that it all comes down to personalization and trusted recommendations. This is true for people who are taking socially-distanced trips now, and it’s true for planning post-vaccine travel just on the horizon. From this, a new direction for Allcall was born. Enter The Club - a subscription-based membership that provides unlimited personalized itineraries, on-demand text recommendations, and exclusive deals curated by our in-the-know community. Every recommendation we make is fully customized, given members' needs and the ever-changing conditions. When your entire industry collapses, you are forced to build something new. Like really build something new - not just pitch deck “new”. We looked at what needed to be cut from the old-school, over-priced travel memberships, like lock-ins with ‘preferred’ hotels and resorts. We saw how itineraries were being recycled. We saw a bunch of noise and time wasted around booking and reservations. We took all of this and designed our new offering from the ground up, and every part of it tailored for today’s traveler, coming in at only $24 a month. The heartbeat of Allcall has always been trusted recommendation from in-the-know people, and travelers need that now more than ever. Join the waitlist today - Product Hunters will skip the line! Also a huge shout out and major thanks to Chris for hunting this product and supporting this launch! Natasha
Underwood Robe
What are some example itineraries
Natasha Hoskins
@underwoodrobe Hi there! Here's an itinerary for a socially-distanced roadtrip that we put together for a member. Roadtrip: NYC to SLC https://allcalltravel.com/itiner... FYI You'll have to sign up to view it (for free).
David Yi
This is awesome! I’ve been looking to travel covid consciously
Deana Burke
@davidyi12 🙏🙏
Andrew Harrington
Very excited to join The Club! This is so needed right now and Allcall is best suited to provide the personalized, conscious travel service that’s missing in the market.
Deana Burke
@andrew_harrington2 Thank you Andrew!!!
Natasha Hoskins
@andrew_harrington2 Thank you so much Andrew!
Bradford Williams
🚀 Congrats! Excited to see founders that haven’t given up on the travel space.
Deana Burke
@bradfordwilliams4 thank youuuu! it's definitely been A YEAR but we think this space is ripe for a very interesting bounce back.
Tom
This must've been a really tough year for you - congrats on launching something. Keep on pushing - here's to 2021!
Deana Burke
@boltfeedback thank you! and yes indeed it has 😅😅😅 cheers to 2021!
Rachel Rogers
Yes! YES! YESS!!!!! I love the perseverance to make travel attainable in this totally shit time. Also the branding is litty.
Natasha Hoskins
@rachel_rogers3 you get it!!!!!
Frank Evans
I’d love to see an example offering! What sorts of travel influencers do you work with?
Deana Burke
@frankevans7 Hi! Here's an itinerary for a socially-distanced roadtrip that we put together for a member. Roadtrip: NYC to SLC https://allcalltravel.com/itiner... FYI You'll have to sign up to view it (for free). We work with over 150 hand-selected influencers (like Bri Emery and Alyssa Coscarelli) and travel experts alike. We've got a streamlined way of gathering recs from experts and then passing them along to our members. Would love to connect and share a more comprehensive list and details on the process!
Dave Thomas Junior
I love this!
Evan Cohen
Awesome!
Natasha Hoskins
@ecohen16 Thanks!
Johnson Patric
Congrats on the launch! Looks really cool and pricing seems affordable
Deana Burke
@johnsonpatric Thank you!!
Alex Shevchuk
Congrats. Looks nice! What the personalization is based on? How does that part work?
Natasha Hoskins
Thanks @alex_shevchuk ! Once members are accepted, they fill out an intake form, telling us what they are looking for in their next trip, what they are comfortable with (re: COVID), when they are traveling, etc. We take all this and create a member's profile and then start building out their next trip based on our database of recommendations from our Guides.
Alex Shevchuk
@natasha_hoskins1 thanks for the info! is this the manual process? if you'll be looking for recommendations automation in some point we could help. dm me if you're interested.
James Britt
Can anyone become part of this membership?
Natasha Hoskins
Hi @jamesbritt Due to demand and and limited availability we accept members on a rolling basis! But yes, anyone can become a member. I'd check out our FAQs for what type of trips and recs we offer to see if you would be into what we do!
Brenda Harty
Looks good, cant wait to try it out.
Natasha Hoskins
@brendaharty Can't wait to hear what you think!
Matthew Hanner
Such a great idea. As someone who loves travel, but is a terrible planner, the club is a perfect solution.
Edik Hartoonian
Pre-Covid, I used to spend a lot of time planning for my frequent travel arrangements. Post Covid, this has become even more challenging and time consuming ... this is a perfect solution for the times!!!
Yulia Ovchinnikova
great job! upvoted
Natasha Hoskins
Thanks @yulia_ovchinnikova We so appreciate the support.
Todd Venegas
Looks very nice. Well done!
Natasha Hoskins
Thank you @toddvenegas
David Ortosky
This looks great
Natasha Hoskins
We think so too! Thanks @davidortosky for the kind words.
Mary Borowiec
Love this idea and the covid pivot- so impressed!
Natasha Hoskins
Thank you @mary_borowiec2 !!! "Pivotttt pivot pivot" - Ross from Friends