CASE STUDY: CrewFare

Intro

It has always been difficult to plan travel for large groups attending festivals, sporting events, and brand celebrations. Both organizers and the guests struggle to book flights and hotels to ensure a smooth experience. To solve these issues, CrewFare partnered with Apptechies and created and launched a website for customized group travel booking.

What is CrewFare?

CrewFare is an innovative travel management platform that allows travelers to book travel packages to be provided by brands, events, festivals, and sports. CrewFare simplifies how to book hotels and travel for large groups by combining technology, partnerships, and a user-friendly design.

About Project

In 2021, established by Zach Picon, Jason van Esso, and Jordan Scheffler. CrewFare, a next-generation travel technology company that provides event-based travel solutions for both employees and guests. It provides an integrated and social way of booking a journey directly related to the event experience. From custom hotel deals to split-pay options and exclusive packages.

Project Idea

The founders of the CrewFare wanted to solve a vital pain point: fragmented event trips. Most attendees had to book separate tickets and hotels, often facing high prices and coordination issues. The idea of ​​CrewFare was simple, but creating a powerful platform that integrates the event ticket with a trip, making the whole trip even and more cheap.

Project Challenges

While developing CrewFare came with unique challenges, for example:

• Creating a system that can handle thousands of bookings at the same time.
• Combining a payment gateway with a travel API to offer real-time accessibility and prices for hotels.
• Developing features such as group booking, split payments, and travel management for employees.
• Building a platform that is flexible to support both attendees and organizers.

Solution

Apptechies worked closely with the CrewFare team to create a high high-performance, fully customized website. The solution includes:

• A UI/UX responsive and error-free design that works on devices.
• API integration with hotels and travel partners to offer real-time discounts.
• AI-powered travel suggestions via “CrewFare Explore”.
• Encore allows ticket platforms to wrap the event ticket with an integration trip.
• Technology for Backstage® employees and travel management of the group travel replaced old manual procedures

How Does CrewFare Work?

CrewFare’s website provides users with:

• Choose a festival or event.
• Explore carefully curated hotel and travel offers that are directly related to the event.
• Use features such as split-pay or book as a group.
• Complete their purchase with a smooth checkout process.

The technology allows organizers to easily manage staff accommodations and offer event-branded travel packages, which creates additional revenue streams.

Main Features

• AI-based event discovery and booking
• Group-friendly booking
• Integrate Ticket and Travel Checkout
• Admin Dashboard for Event Organize
• Exclusive Hotel Deals
• Split Pay

Services We Offered

• Custom Website Development 
• UI/UX Design
• Backend Development
• API Integrations (Flights, hotels)
• AI-powered Module Integration
• Payment Gateway Integration

Tech Stack We Used

• Frontend: React.js 
• Backend: Node.js / Express.js
• Database: MongoDB
• APIs: Payment Gateway, Push Notifications
• Cloud Hosting: AWS
• Integrations: Payment Gateway, Travel API’s

Result

The result was an amazing event travel platform that has already created waves in the industry. CrewFare:

• Supported 200,000+ passengers at 75+ global live events and collaborated with 3000+ hotels.
• Won the 2024 TravelTech Show Trailblazer Award for innovation in event travel technology.
• Simplified travel for prestigious events such as Rolling Loud, Ultra Music Festival, and Governors Ball.

With a powerful digital platform developed by Apptechies. CrewFare is a well-known brand in event travel booking, which reduces the gap between unforgettable experiences and trouble-free trips.