A full-stack tourism marketplace that connects travelers with verified local guides, enabling seamless tour discovery, booking management, secure payments, and role-based dashboards for travelers, guides, and administrators.

🚀 Key Features

Frontend (Traveler Platform)

• Explore tours with advanced destination search and filtering.
• Browse verified guide profiles with ratings, languages, and experience.
• View detailed tour pages with itinerary, gallery, pricing, and availability.
• Secure traveller authentication and profile management.
• Responsive booking workflow with real-time availability.
• Mobile-first responsive interface with SEO optimisation.

Guide Dashboard

• Create, edit, and manage tour packages.
• Accept or decline booking requests.
• Manage availability schedules.
• Track bookings and earnings.
• Update guide profile, pricing, and expertise.
• Communicate with travellers through the platform.

Admin Dashboard

• Manage users, guides, and administrators.
• Verify guide accounts before publishing.
• Moderate tours and destination content.
• Monitor bookings and payments.
• View analytics and platform reports.
• Manage homepage banners, blogs, FAQs, and content.

Backend

• JWT authentication with role-based access.
• Booking management API.
• Stripe payment integration.
• Email notification system.
• Cloud image upload and management.
• RESTful API with scalable architecture.

💻 Technology Stack

Frontend

• Next.js 15
• React.js
• TypeScript
• Redux Toolkit
• Tailwind CSS

Backend

• Node.js
• Express.js
• TypeScript
• MongoDB
• Mongoose

Authentication

• JWT
• Bcrypt

Payments

• Stripe

Cloud & DevOps

• AWS EC2
• PM2
• Nginx
• GitHub Actions
• Cloudinary
• AWS S3

🧗 Technical Challenges & Solutions

1. Real-Time Booking Availability

Challenge

Managing tour availability while preventing multiple travellers from booking the same time slot.

Solution

Implemented transactional booking validation with server-side availability checks to eliminate double bookings.

2. Multi-Role Authentication

Challenge

Providing secure access for Admins, Guides, and Travellers without exposing restricted resources.

Solution

Developed a role-based authentication system using JWT middleware and protected APIs for each user role.

3. Advanced Tour Search

Challenge

Delivering fast filtering across destinations, price, category, language, and duration.

Solution

Optimised MongoDB aggregation pipelines and indexed database queries for high-performance searching.

4. Booking Workflow

Challenge

Managing booking requests from submission through approval, payment, and completion.

Solution

Designed a complete booking lifecycle with status tracking, payment verification, and automated notifications.

5. Responsive User Experience

Challenge

Creating a seamless experience across desktop, tablet, and mobile devices.

Solution

Built a responsive Next.js interface using Tailwind CSS with image optimisation and lazy loading.

6. Secure Payment Processing

Challenge

Integrating reliable online payments while maintaining booking integrity.

Solution

Integrated Stripe Checkout with secure server-side verification and webhook-based booking confirmation.

Portfolio Summary

Project: NativeWays – Local Tourism Marketplace

Industry: Travel & Tourism

Type: Marketplace Platform

Role: Full Stack Developer

Tech Stack: Next.js 15, TypeScript, Node.js, Express.js, MongoDB, Redux Toolkit, Tailwind CSS, Stripe, AWS, Cloudinary

Highlights:

• Multi-role platform (Admin, Guide, Traveller)
• Tour booking and itinerary management
• Advanced destination search & filtering
• Guide verification system
• Secure Stripe payments
• Real-time booking availability
• SEO-friendly responsive UI
• Scalable REST API
• Cloud media management
• Analytics and content management dashboard