Mobile Application Design for Solo Traveler: Travemate

The advancement and application of information technology have provided significant benefits to society. Complete and quality information is needed to achieve efficiency and make it easier for people to find the right and trusted vacation partner. One way that can be done is to create an information system to find vacation companions or travel companions to travel to the same destination at the same time. This study aims to design and build a mobile application. Travemate is a mobile application that helps travelers find the right and trustworthy friends or partners to travel to the same destination. The development of this information system is expected to help the community, especially solo travelers, reduce the time spent looking for the right partner or traveler who meets their criteria. This application is built using a mobile apps platform that can be installed on devices connected to the internet via smartphones and also with the features available on travemate to facilitate and optimize user activities in finding partners for their travels so that with this application, all activities will be easy, fun, and efficient. In the long term, the application programs we create can touch people all over the world, making it easier for people to find friends to travel with.