Window Seater

We do real-time audio & stories for curious travellers.

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We do real-time audio & stories for curious travellers.

2 followers

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Windowseater.com, a home for mindful travel and compelling, high quality audio storytelling.

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Window Seater

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Hello Product Hunters, Richard and I are humble travellers with a philosophy for travel that we're starting to wrap products around. Basically, we want you choosing the window seat, and using the experience of travel as a way to learn about and feel more connected to the amazing world we live in. Window Seater is an idea I had when taking a train in France. A large granite bluff popped up on the horizon. I wished there was a friendly local sitting across from me that would explain what it was, and maybe share a story about it as it drifted past our train window. Fast forward a few years, and we've finally released Window Seater. Its the friendly person sitting with you on your journey, telling you some surprising stories about the amazing places outside your window. We've only built the content for rail journeys in Thailand for now. I know thats a weird choice, but thats just where we were at the time, so it was a good enough place to launch a Beta. The product is working well in Thailand, and its free for now, so if you know someone travelling there, please tell them about it! But we're launching on Product Hunt now because we're keen to know what journeys you'd like us to cover next. What countries? Trains/planes/automobiles? The scenic and historic journeys, or your everyday commute? We've found that there are compelling and surprising stories absolutely everywhere, and we're up for a challenge. So fire away! Happy travels, Pete

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8yr ago

I'm really excited to see more trains and adventures go in. I want to travel from Athens to Paris and go through Eastern Europe. Please Window Seater keep me company!

Pros:

It's clear lots of love has been put into the content. Travel and adventure needs something well researched like this!

Cons:

Small rollout at first. Can you hurry to do the train through Greece-Albania?

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8yr ago

Downloaded and used on my holiday with wife across Thailand rail. Quality voice guides with enough interaction to keep engaged but not too much to distract from the window views. Fascinating Thailand history nuggets makes the whole place seem that much more magical!

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8yr ago

Window Seater

Maker

@myanmarvr Thanks for the positive feedback, Oliver! Magical is a good word!

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8yr ago

Love the idea of an app for the journey, not just the destination. Can't wait to see it working in other countries and rail journeys - Settle-Carlisle line in the Yorkshire Dales please!

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8yr ago

Window Seater

Maker

@t_marcus Ooh! Thats a good one. We're keen to get cracking on the UK content ASAP. Any reason why that line in particular?

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8yr ago

This is such a great idea! Hope you'll expand to more countries and cover buses too :) It's much cheaper to travel by bus (at least in Europe). From example, from Vienna you can go to Bratislava, Budapest, Prague and other capitals for only 15 € per trip. Each trip lasts 3-5 hours so an app like this to keep you company and tell you about the places you pass by would be so valuable.

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8yr ago

Window Seater

Maker

@anna_0x Thanks Anna! We've just gotten started on Europe. I'm definitely keen to do buses, but if we have to start somewhere, I'd rather start with trains, because I think it offers the best window seat experience. Alain de Button said it better than I can: "Of all modes of transport, the train is perhaps the best aid to thought. The views have none of the potential monotony of those on a ship or a plane, moving quickly enough for us not to get exasperated but slowly enough to allow us to identify objects. They offer us brief, inspiring glimpses into private domains, letting us see a woman at the precise moment when she takes a cup from a shelf in her kitchen, then carrying us on to a patio where a man is sleeping and then to a park where a child is catching a ball thrown by a figure we cannot see."

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8yr ago

@psilvester Nice quote! I understand, wishing you the best of luck :)

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8yr ago

This highlights what travel is about for me - really paying attention to your surroundings and taking the time to learn about where you are.

Pros:

The content is worth a listen if you're on the road or suffer from wanderlust, like myself :)

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Hopefully there will be more locations soon

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8yr ago

Window Seater

Maker

Hello! Thanks all you upvoters for helping our young startup us have a moment in the spotlight on Product Hunt. If you want to be kept on the edge of your inbox with all kind of exciting travel stories, fascinating adventure reads and audio guides for curious travellers then you can sign up to the newsletter here (with two-step the GDPR opt in) http://bit.ly/2nSWLNa Thanks again for supporting us! Pete Founder, Window Seater

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