TravelCrew

Hello, Welcome to our thesis project TravelCrew. It's a collaborative application for planning trips in groups. Everyone can participate in the process of organizing the trip.

Demo · Features · Tech Stack · Getting Started

Live

🌐 travelcrew.org

Demo

Demo video: YouTube Link

Screenshot

Features

• Login/Signup: Create an account and login to start planning your trips.
• Planner Visualize your upcomings trips on the dashboard.
• Add/Edit/Delete a trip: Add trips and modify them as you wish.
• Add/Edit/Delete an activity: Add and modify activities for each trip.
• Invite collaborators: Invite friends by email to plan trips together.

Tech Stack

Frontend

• React (UI)
• Vite (dev server & build)
• Tailwind (CSS Framework)
• React Router (Managing routing)
• Flowbite React (Dark/Light mode)
• React Leaflet (Map)
• FullCalendar (Calendar)

Backend

• Nodejs + Express (REST API)
• PostgreSQL + Sequelize (Database/ORM)
• Resend (Email invite service)
• JWT (Authentication)

Deployment

The app is deployed on AWS at travelcrew.org.

• EC2 — Node.js server
• RDS — managed PostgreSQL database
• Nginx — reverse proxy with SSL termination, serves static files directly from disk

Getting Started

Prerequisites

• Node.js + PostgreSQL

Installation

Clone the repository, then install dependencies for both the client and server.

git clone <YOUR_REPO_URL>
cd <YOUR_REPO_NAME>

Install server dependencies

cd ../server
npm i 

Install dependencies

cd ../client
npm install

Run Locally

1) Start the backend

From the project root:

cd server
npm run start

2) Start the frontend

Open a new terminal, then from the project root:

cd client
npm run dev

Local URLs

• Frontend: http://localhost:5173
• Backend: http://localhost:3000

Project Context

Designed and developed as a team during the Codeworks Fullstack Bootcamp.

The Development Team

• Vitoria Lozado
• Ivan Georgiev
• Sonia Lopez

License

MIT