Feature Friday 2: Ask Friends

Hello, Readers! This Friday’s feature is — “Ask Friends”.

Have you ever faced a situation where you wanted to go sightseeing , but weren’t sure of the places to visit at your holiday destination?

What if your friends could help you out? Using the Ask Friends feature, you can easily ask your friends for recommendations. With the click of a button, you can send your itinerary to the friends you want, and request suggestions from them.

Here is how you can take advantage of this nifty little feature.

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Open your itinerary in Trip Manager.

1. Tap the ‘Ask Friends For Suggestions’ button, located below your itinerary. (On the website, the button says ‘Ask Friends’).

Tap on ‘Ask Friends For Suggestions’

3. If you wish to ask friends on HopBucket for suggestions, just tap the ‘Request’ button next to the desired friends’ names.

Tap on ‘Request’ next to the desired friends’ names

If you wish to ask friends outside HopBucket for suggestions, just tap the ‘Share Link’ button on the top. It will allow you to share a link to your itinerary with your friends off-the-app (like on Facebook or Whatsapp)(on the website, you can copy and share the link to your itinerary anywhere you want).

Tap ‘Share Link’ to share your itinerary off-the-app

4. You will be notified each time you receive a recommendation, which can be viewed in the Trip Manager.

An example of a Recommendations notification

Viewing Recommendations in the Trip Manager

The Ask Friends feature is a really good way to make sure that you don’t miss out on any of the cool experiences.

We hope that this feature enhances your travel experience. Go ahead and try it out today.

HopBucket is free to download and use at https://hopbucket.com, the App Store, and the Play Store.