Checkout - The Travel & Hospitality Hackathon | Powered by Lovable

​Event Description

​Come build the future of travel and hospitality in a single day. Checkout is a one-day, in-person hackathon in NYC hosted by localhost:nyc with George (Founder, WanderWorth) and Eni (Founder, TravelSpoke). Founders, engineers, and designers team up in the morning, build all afternoon, and demo real products to founder-judges by evening.

​Problem Statement

​Travel and hospitality is one of the biggest industries in the world and one of the most underbuilt in software. From clunky booking flows to hotels running on decades-old systems, there's enormous room to build. Your challenge: ship something real that makes travel or hospitality better — in one day.

​The Tracks

• ​AI trip planning — agents and copilots for booking, itineraries, and personalized travel

• ​Hotel & hospitality ops — front desk, guest experience, revenue management, back-of-house

• ​Local & experiences — discovery, tours, restaurants, events, the on-the-ground trip

• ​Sustainability & the future of travel — green travel, accessibility, how people move and stay

​What to Expect

• ​A full day of high-energy building - morning to evening

• ​Solo or small teams (your choice)

• ​Sponsor tools, APIs, and mentors on hand

• ​Evening demos, judging, and prizes

​Prizes

• ​TBD

​Judges

• ​TBD

​Who Should Attend

• ​Founders and aspiring founders in travel, hospitality, and consumer.

• ​Engineers.

• ​Designers.

• ​Operators.

​You don't need a finished idea — just show up ready to build.

​Sponsors

• ​TBD

​Hosts

• ​Somya Gupta - The face of the NYC startup ecosystem.

• ​George - Founder, WanderWorth.

• ​Eni - Founder, TravelSpoke.