🔗 Live Demo: 👉 https://travelup-airbnb.vercel.app/listings
TravelUp is a full-stack travel booking platform inspired by Airbnb, built using the MERN stack. It allows users to explore listings, manage bookings, and securely interact with the platform through authenticated sessions.
This isn’t just CRUD slapped together — the backend is structured to handle real-world usage patterns like concurrent users, secure authentication, and scalable API design.
- 🔐 JWT-based Authentication & Authorization
- 🏠 Property Listings with full CRUD functionality
- 📅 Booking system with structured data handling
- 💳 Stripe integration for payments
- ⚡ RESTful API architecture
- 🔄 Concurrent user interaction handling
- 🛡️ Secure session & data management
- React.js
- Axios
- CSS / Bootstrap
- Node.js
- Express.js
- MongoDB (Mongoose ODM)
- JSON Web Tokens (JWT)
- Stripe API
- Vercel (Frontend)
- Render / Node Hosting (Backend)
- Users can register/login securely
- Hosts can create & manage listings
- Users can book properties
- Payments are handled via Stripe integration
- Backend ensures data validation & protected routes
- Not a toy project — simulates real-world platform behavior
- Clean separation of concerns (routes, controllers, middleware)
- Scalable backend design
- Secure authentication flow
- Payment integration (most students skip this — you didn’t)
Abhishek Kumar