Patagonia mountains
How it started

Wanting a better way to plan

The hardest part of traveling is planning the trip. I've spent many late nights staring at the computer with 20 tabs open -- so many I couldn't even read the tab title. At the same time I found myself constantly switching between Google Maps and Docs/Sheets, seeing where things were on a map, then copying it into my itinerary. I looked at other travel planners, but nothing had the simplicity I wanted -- a list of places to visit, a big map, and an itinerary.

So I decided to build Scout. One place, easy to use, and less tab switching.

Creator

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Eric Mao

Former product manager at Microsoft and an AI startup. Left my job to backpack for 7 months across 14 countries in Southeast Asia, Africa, and South America.

Top of the bucket list: W Route in Torres del Paine, Patagonia.

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