Version : 3.0.3
Traveler WordPress theme is one of the best selling travel WordPress theme on Themeforest. It more than 4 years old theme with regular updates and bug fixes. As per traveler developers, its a completed OTA Booking System for Hotel, Room, Tour, Car, Rental, Activity likes Booking.com, Agoda.com, Viator.com, Getyourguide.com. but question is “How much it worth?” and “Is it really one of the best travel WordPress theme?”. Well lets find out.
One of our clients ask us to develop his Tour and travel WordPress website using traveler WordPress theme. As per the client request we have to code and design as per his requirement. We worked on Traveler WordPress theme for 2 weeks to achieve what actually client is looking for. So below is our review for Traveler WordPress theme in terms of Speed, code Quality, Design features, optimization and functionality.
Included Plugins:
- Contact form 7
- MC4WP: Mailchimp for WordPress
- OptionTree
- Traveler-code (To manage all features of theme)
- WooCommerce
- WPBakery Page Builder/Elementor (Themes Pages built on it)
Theme Speed :
Speed is very important when we work and develop on WordPress website. Good Speed enhances customer experience and lower bounce rate which results in more leads and sale. A good coded WordPress theme has lightening speed. There’s is a myth that WordPress is slow but its wrong WordPress is not slow, it’s all about the quality of theme and server. Good high speed Server is very important to achieve good speed in WordPress.
We tested Traveler’s WordPress website own demo in Google Insights and GT Metrix.
Please note : Google Insights and GT metrix are just recommendations for improving quality of website. There is no hard and fast rule to implement them and these recommendations are not always true,
Both tools have below average rating for the demo site. Now let’s talk real world stats which makes more sense. Travelers WordPress theme is quick which we noticed during the development.. Also developers mentioned that they optimized whole website package. We think that there is room for some improvement in speed. Sometimes theme gives 404 error or not responding when trying to open any page or function. Travelers WordPress theme is average in terms of Speed.
Code Quality :
Our team checked the Code structure and hierarchy, there are few drawbacks which should be removed by developers. Actually theme has two version/Design : Modern design and old design. These design/version are in form of page templates.
Design & Features :
There is no doubt that the Traveler WordPress theme developer worked hard to make attractive and professional. Demos look very clean and attractive. However some demos may seems confusing to users. Theme has file of both Modern and Old design as page templates which create many confusion for customers during page design.
You can read Functionality section for detailed features.
Optimization :
An optimized WordPress theme is a soul of a WordPress site. It enhances customer experience and brings more revenue and business. As per the official website and Theme forest, Travelers WordPress theme developers optimized whole website from 80mb to 40mb. It also reflects in theme. Most of theme pages opens quickly and page load time is really good.
Functionality:
Traveler WordPress theme offers ton of functionality but at the same time few functionality is not working as expected. below are some functionality makes Traveler WordPress theme unique.
- Customer can build services like Tour, Cab, Hotel, Activity and Rental. These services can be enabled or disabled from theme options.
- Theme is available in WPBakery Page Builder or Elementor Page builder.
- Footer is completely customized as page, header can be customized as 8 types of design and Mega menu can also be added.
- Customized Email templates (HTML, just like POST edit) can be created and can be connected to required functionality from theme options
- Vendors can be added from frontend. Separate page for Vendor/user Dashboard.
- Affiliate can be added like booking.com, Expedia, Travel Payout and Hotels combined.
- Separate form builder for Theme based Checkout page.
- Theme works on WooCommerce checkout and Inbuilt default checkout. So any payment gateway can be used in WooCommerce based checkout.
- Mapbox map as a alternate to Google Map for Tour Page.
- Admin can manage refunds and Vendor/Partner statics from Admin dashboard.
- There is an option for complete verification of the vendor by ID and Email. Vendor/Partner can apply for verification from his/her dashboard.
Things that can be improved:
There are some other features which are missing or should be improved/fixed:
- We cannot define number of columns for Services like Tours, Cabs, Hotel etc for mobile or tablet device during page design.
- Most of the Tour/Rental/Hotel Design/layout has out of date style.
- There is no option for defining the Design layout for mobile devices.
- There are many page builder elements which was used in old design of theme but they are still showing in page builder list. Its creating confusion during designing.
- Search box can’t customized and not much styling can be added.
- Register as Vendor/Partner or normal user make no sense because Vendor and User has same dashboard page so its creating confusion for normal user to offer option to register a package.
- Customer can’t design pages like membership page, checkout page, Location page etc because they run after selecting respective predefine page templates.
- Theme’s default checkout page has limited Payment gateways (Some are available in paid Addons) and sometimes page also crashes.
- Default Demo imported Emails are not responsive. Customer may need a designer to to design proper responsive email templates.
- Booking ID, Booking details and Emails don’t work when WooCommerce checkout is used. Which also create confusion on bookings on vendor/user Dashboard.
- Theme Updates are very slow and sometimes crashes during update.
- Typography is very limited. Single Typography for whole theme.
- Blog archive and single pages are limited. No customization available.
- There are many bugs which customer can encounter during development of website using Traveler WordPress theme.
Pricing :
As per our latest check Traveler WordPress theme is available at 79$. I think its bit costly as compared to same theme’s category. Prices has been updated recently. There are also many Add-ons like payment gateways, Invoice addons (Some free) developed by Shine Themes to provide additional features to theme.
Website we built using Traveler WordPress theme
So that’s all, Let us know your experience regarding Traveler WordPress theme and comment if you have any query regarding the same. If you want to built your website using Traveler WordPress theme, Please contact us
Below is our overall rating for the Traveler WordPress theme.
The Review
Traveler WordPress theme
Traveler WordPress theme is a OTA Booking System for Hotel, Room, Tour, Car, Rental, Activity likes Booking.com, Agoda.com, Viator.com, Getyourguide.com. During WordPress development we focus mostly on Code quality and Speed. Traveler WordPress theme is going good in terms of Speed and Code Quality. We believe that there is always a room for Improvement. If you planning for full fledge Travel system then we recommend Traveler WordPress theme with Good Hosting service
PROS
- Wide range of option for all Travel Services like Tours, car rental, flight, activity etc.
- Wide range of option for all Travel Services like Tours, car rental, flight, activity etc.
- Mapbox mapping is there in case you wanna avoid Google maps due to billing issues.
- Theme is available in WPBakery Page Builder or Elementor Page builder.
- Paid Memembership feature for Partners.
- There is option for Enabling and disabling the different services.
- Multiple third party booking system for Hotels and Flights like Expedia, Booking.com, Skyscanner etc
- Customizable email templates for Partners and customer Bookings.
- Theme works on WooCommerce checkout and Inbuilt default checkout. So any payment gateway can be used in WooCommerce based checkout.
CONS
- Typography feature is limited. No option for define fonts as heading Specific or content specific.
- Register as Vendor/Partner or normal user make no sense because Vendor and User has same dashboard page so its creating confusion for normal user to offer option to register a package.
- No option for adding specific header and footer codes like Javascript or css codes.
- Blog archive and single pages are limited. No customization available.
- There are many page builder elements which was used in old design of theme but they are still showing in page builder list. Its creating confusion during designing
- Theme has file of both Modern and Old design as page templates which create many confusion for customers during page design.
- Sometimes enabling all Travel services like car rental, Tour, Hotel, Flight etc slows down the website.
- Customization of Pages, Blogs and services are very limited
Review Breakdown
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Theme Speed
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Code Quality
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Design & Features
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Optimization
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Functionality
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Wonderful! I’m currently working on Traveler Theme and read your post by chance. Your review of our theme is very helpful for everyone so it helps us get better.
Now our theme version is 3.0.4, which add a lot of features and fixed bug that you can check it on our website. We really hope that you will update your content of this post with the lasted version
https://themeforest.net/item/traveler-traveltourbooking-wordpress-theme/10822683
Thank you so much!