The Travel experience with the only Cool CUZ you need.

intheory (47)in #technology • 6 years ago (edited)

To be a Tourist in a Producer centric Travel Industry.

In an industry whose market value is plenty enough to feed Citizens of three countries combined ("Valued at over $3.2 trillion dollars in 2016, and recognised as one of the largest industries and greatest contributor to the Global GDP") and is deluged with individuals, millennial's who take more and more vacations each year and "spend an average of $4,624 yearly on travel expenses", there is bound to be a lot of Competition.

The competitive nature of this mega industry has led to widespread, accessible, seemingly
travel friendly information which while labeled free, implicitly requires a token of human investment. Once the investment is made, the prospective tourist is introduced to the land of drudgery that is a symptom of the centralization of the industry and is even denied a tour guide. The entire experience is often energy consuming, time wasting, and often results in unprofitable consequences for the consumers for whom these services are provided.

Take for example, bigshot business companies that make up the travel industry. Some of which deliver services that include online booking, provision of hotel's, reviewing as well as recommending top spots in touristy centers and major cities. Lots of services rendered. How much of that however is tailored to truly suit one's travelling needs?
Not much it seems.

These companies like any profit oriented business, make expansion and profit making "at the lowest possible cost" the primary target.

"A lot of profit driven scale strategies are made at the expense of the consumer, Vast resources are used to manipulate search engine optimization and tweak advertising prices. Market interests which prioritize sales over accuracy and volume over personalization taint search results".

"Feeds are filled with content we are most likely to pay for, not information leading to the best personal experience for traveler's".

Much Similar to various online shopping sites in manipulating algorithms, with stores going as far as buying fake reviews in order to improve ratings and in turn sales, the centralized system of the traditional travel industry exposes consumers to quite a lot of biases.

Just as in the African Adage, "When Elephants fight, it's the ground that suffers". While it may seem as if a consumer is empowered with enough tools to make the best decisions, the choices made are from an echo chamber of pre-determined options.

Cool Cousin is Youcentric and subverts the foundations of the traditional travel industry.

The best sales Pitch ever.
Imagine You plan to take a tour of the World's major cities. Now picture a platform that introduces you to the only tour guide you'll ever need. Someone whose taste's align with yours, a person of your choice. A Savvy local that can provide detailed information on accommodation, transportation,
go to spots, make ticket bookings, offer concierge like, as well as other travel agent related services.

Any caveat? None.
All of that can be done with only a few clicks. As an intending tourist, it is now much easier to find the perfect travel guide match without having to go through the stress of wading through endless profiles just as in dating apps.

Cool cousin is a decentralized multifaceted and Youcentric ecosystem that tends to the travel industry in a way that benefits all parties, based on their contributions.
A local, once chosen has a cousin, can take advantage of the knowledge he/she has, to provide services on the cool Cousin platform. These range from activities like curating great content, creating a Map of recommended locations based on the cousin's taste, answering questions and making reviews, to rendering both cousin and traveler agent services as seen in the pro-cousin upgrade.

Businesses are also able to monetize third party transactions by affiliating with cool cousin. A certain percentage of each prospective purchase from service provided is delegated to the platform, paid in Fiat currency, converted and then distributed to the cool Cousin stakeholders (Community pool and Company) in form of CUZ tokens.

Third party affiliations are not left out. Restaurants, hotels and location's that feature on a Cousin's map as a go to spot have the possibility of managing their businesses in the ecosystem in the nearest future. Third party services provided by pro-cousins on the cool cousin platform also preclude the exorbitant commission fees peculiar to employing travel agents. These services are acquirable using the CUZ tokens.

Promotional products, Pop-up Communities and events can be advertised by the addition of an extra map layer on the platform or the purchase of a temporary promotional space. Brands can advertise special offers, discounts on tickets, major events etc. All this is done with an access to the on and off feature, a tool that ensures that quality user experience is not disrupted.

THE CUZ TOKENS.
Think of the CUZ TOKENS as the fuel that feeds the Cool Cousin ecosystem. The CUZ tokens, built on the security and robustness of ethereum blockchain and complying with the ERC20 standard, incentivizes the entirety of the Blockchain based Cool Cousin platform and serves as a medium of exchange for services purchased.

From activities like tipping a Cousin, to requesting a custom itinerary and paying for personal services rendered by a cousin, the CUZ token is used by travelers and earned by service providing Cousins. Traveler's can earn CUZ tokens too by buying and can earn CUZ tokens by their level of engagement.

Travelers can also become contributors and earn CUZ tokens by partaking in value adding actions like flagging inaccuracies, taking photographs of spots, thanking Cousins, reviewing recommendations and promoting cool Cousins, all suggestions and approval been subject to approval by editors.

The wallet is simple enough and easy to access with a hexadecimal key pair created upon account creation. Tokens are credited to the public key and are completely locked out of the company's reach. The wallet Consists of locked(non-withdrawable) and Unlocked tokens (based on smart contract deployed) with the locked CUZ tokens only available for use within the Cool Cousin platform in order to prevent users from withdrawing tokens without contributing to the community.

The Travel experience with the only Cool CUZ you need.

Now that you've got that Cool CUZ at some ancient city you've been dying to visit. You have got places in mind, the eclectic city taste on your tongue, mind-bending sites you can't wait to be at, all of that with one little fact at the top corner of your mind.
You'd like to experience every single moment just like a local would. Every step of the way, without a trace of the energy and time wasting side-effect and other problems associated with the centralized travel industry.

That's just what the Cool Cousin ecosystem promises! This Is further undergirded by the peculiar features of the blockchain.

Signed, sealed, delivered!

Unlike the traditional system, the Cool Cousin platform can boast of autonomy. Smart contract's establish rules and allow for checks and balance amongst stakeholders. Also, the blockchain's immutability ensures that the system is not tainted or overrun by commercial interests.

International payments and Micro transactions which can take up to 3 or 5 days can be made quickly and expediently on the blockchain, avoiding the accrued inexpedient costs and the time wasting peculiar to the traditional travel industry.

Checks and Balances on a platform you can trust.

Escrow services.

"Funds meant for a purchase, along with the cousin fee will be locked in a smart contract until the customer confirms a successful transaction".

Cousin identity Management

Cool cousins will collaborate with blockchain identity management companies to see through online Masquerade's and make sure cousins are real people who have not been banned from our community"

Editors.

"Editors will validate contributors content corrections in exchange for CUZ tokens. The board of representatives will have the final say on content related disputes"