Lexie Zhu
Creator
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Plannin
Plannin is a community-driven travel platform that lets users share and discover personalized hotel, experience, and cruise recommendations from friends, family, and trusted creators. The site integrates a booking engine that applies exclusive member discounts and offers cash‑back rewards on both personal and referral bookings, streamlining planning while adding a trusted social layer.
- Applications
- Commerce & Shopping
- Creator / Creative Economy
- Hospitality & Travel Technology
- Software Only
Updated 5 months ago
Funding
Raised to date
$1.8MRaised to date based on public sources. This may differ from the amount the company actually raised and is based only on what is publicly available on the internet.
Funding rounds are not available yet.
Founders
Product
Problem
Travelers face an overwhelming amount of anonymous reviews, making it hard to trust which hotels, experiences, or cruises will meet their expectations. The lack of personal recommendations limits confidence in booking decisions and often leads to missed savings.
Solution
Plannin is a community-driven travel platform that surfaces qualitative recommendations from friends, family, and trusted creators instead of generic reviews. Users can create and share personalized trip guides or recommendation lists, then book hotels, experiences, and cruises directly through the site. The platform negotiates exclusive member discounts—often 10%‑40% off—and offers cash‑back incentives on both the user’s own bookings and those made by referred friends. By combining social sharing with a built‑in booking engine, Plannin streamlines travel planning while restoring the personal trust factor.
Target Audience
Plannin serves leisure travelers who value trusted personal recommendations, as well as travel influencers and content creators looking to monetize their curated itineraries.
Features
- Ability to create and publish personalized recommendations, Trip Guides, and curated lists for hotels, experiences, and cruises
- One‑click sharing of recommendations via unique links to friends, family, or social networks
- Integrated booking engine that applies exclusive member‑only discounts on stays, activities, and cruises
- Cash‑back rewards of 2‑4% on the user’s own bookings and 1‑2% on referrals’ bookings
- Community profiles that showcase trusted travelers’ recommendations and allow users to follow creators
- Creator program enabling influencers, bloggers, and YouTubers to earn commissions by sharing their travel picks
- Search and discovery tools that surface top‑rated experiences and destinations based on community recommendations