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Age: 16+. Basically, everyone can use it, but we think it is reasonable to assume that the users will be of some age.
Gender: Both.
Culture: As diverse as possible, in order to share a lot of different experiences. Primarily educated and English speaking.
Computer Skills: Basic Internet Browsing Capacity
Motivation: Experiencing, sharing, learning, and tracking.
Marital Status: All applicable
User Interviews
Person 1: (A social mid-age female, light traveler)
This person represents a large class of users in our project. Our interviewee is a mid-age female in her early 40s. She is a light traveler but in a very travel oriented community.
She states that her largest concern when planning a trip is how to go through the overwhelming amount of information online. She states that she is always irritated at how slow the process is, and states that it is a very 'hectic' experience for her as she has to filter through so much information to cut down unnecessary and irrelevant data. Our interviewee also said that if she wanted to go to an unfamiliar location in any part of the world, she could never trust a writer of a review as she has no idea what that person is like, what they enjoy, their motives for writing the review, etc.
Our interviewee said that this project would possibly alleviate a lot of the problems she faces while trying to plan a trip. She also mentioned the hidden addition to the website: She would be able to keep track of her friends' adventures and activities. Their profiles would be a source of education for her as she will be able to learn about new things from other cultures vicariously through a friend. This is an added value for the use of the website.
Person 2: (A travel agent)
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