TRADEL research
Research on the road
Some travel problems only show up once a trip starts moving. A tent is useful for three weeks and awkward after that. A seat exists, but not on the day you need it. We use these small projects to see where the normal options work well and where timing or location still gets in the way.
Camping and trekking gear
Planning ahead, already trekking, or about to move on? We are looking at how useful gear changes hands between travellers across Patagonia.
See the Patagonia project
Leaving Cairns with gear
What happens to useful camping and roadtrip gear when a traveller has a departure date and no reason to carry it further?
Open project
Routes, dates and spare seats
Travellers often have the same route in mind but miss each other by a day, a town or a separate thread.
Open projectWhy are we doing this?
Why research these travel problems at all?
Because the problem is often not that something does not exist. The gear, seat, service or person may already be there, just in the wrong place, at the wrong time or hidden in another group. We want to understand where that actually gets in the way of a trip.
What are we trying to improve?
We want useful overlaps to become visible earlier. That could mean finding gear before you arrive, passing it on before you leave, or seeing that another traveller has the right route, timing or spare capacity before both of you make other plans.
What could travellers actually get from this?
Less stuff carried from home, fewer unnecessary purchases or rentals, less dead weight after one part of a trip, and less jumping between separate posts, chats and groups. Ideally, planning before arrival becomes easier too.
What if Facebook groups, rentals or hostels already solve it?
Then that is a good answer. We are not trying to replace things that already work. We care about the awkward leftover cases where timing, route or availability is hard to see and two useful sides still miss each other.