Show HN: Vamo – Flight search for the traveling salesman
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Would suggest that allowing a little more flexibility on duration (e.g. minimum and maximum time spent per place) might be worthwhile although I realise it makes the calculation a lot more complex.
More straightforwardly, I would suggest highlighting the start and finish dates above the full itinerary data with "earlier" and "later" options so if the "about three months" search suggests a result which is just a few days too early/later you can rerun a similarly broad search which will ensure you return the week before/after if not earlier/later. That would be much better than having to rerun the search with a quite specific date in mind.
I like that i can almost 'sketch' out possibilities with the tool. reminds me almost like a vacation planning version of hipmunk in that sense. I like UIs that are flexible like this.