An AI-powered travel assistant helping users discover and book their next adventure — built with Spring Boot, PostgreSQL, Next.js, and Vercel.
NextDestAInation is a modern, full-stack travel assistant demo designed to showcase:
- 🔍 AI-based destination recommendations
- 🧾 Booking management system
- 📈 Business dashboard (v2 planned)
- 🚀 CI/CD and cloud readiness
This project was built as a real-world showcase of clean architecture, modern tooling, and AI integration — aimed at demonstrating leadership and technical delivery in a team lead context.
| Layer | Tech / Tool |
|---|---|
| Frontend | Next.js 14, Vercel, TailwindCSS, ShadCN UI |
| Backend | Spring Boot 3.x, Java 17, JPA |
| Database | PostgreSQL (hosted on Neon) |
| AI Integration | Simple prompt-to-destination flow (OpenAI-ready) |
| CI/CD | GitHub Actions → Vercel & Render deploy |
| DevOps | Sentry (logging), GitHub Projects, VS Code |
- ✅ AI-powered destination recommendations
- ✅ Save and view bookings
- ✅ Fully styled UI using V0 and ShadCN
- ✅ PostgreSQL-based backend with JPA
- ✅ CI/CD setup for both frontend and backend
- 🛠️ Admin dashboards and analytics (coming v2)