About the Travel-ING On Mobile App

The Travel-ING On Mobile App is a single, multi-purpose travel, tourism & heritage app. The co-op is currently rebranding what was formerly the History Check app, and, once completed it will initially be released for Alberta before expansion to provinces across Canada.

The rebrand include making informational changes to reflect ownership by the Travel-ING On Co-op, verification of data and links, and other improvements. Future additions and features are also planned.

While the download will be free, Lifetime Members will be eligible for specials, discounts and other offers provided exclusively to them by our Business Members.

The 'Near Me' Feature & 'Community Menus'

The 'Near Me' map is the first thing you see when loading the app. It shows you, thorugh graphically correct, colour coded icons, what travel services, tourism oportunities, or heritage sites and stories there are around in your near vicinity.

From here you can choose to open a site listing, or by using your fingers to zoom, these icons will go away and you will see a map of color coded Community Icons. Each of these will open a Community Menu.

When you arrive at the 'Community Menu' you can choose from any category or choose to see all points. A map of that community, similar to the 'Near Me' map, will be shown with your choices. This map is not limited in distances, and some site listings can be a fair distance awy so, use your zoom.

The color code for Community Icons is:

Summer Villages - Light Blue

Hamlets - Green

Towns - Dark Blue

Cities - Red

Indigenous Communities - Black

All Others - Orange (these may be provincial parks or other sites that are a long distance from nearby communities.

Inside a Site Listing or Point of Interest

Viewing the Photo Gallery

Each site listing (attractions & businesses) or point of interest (everything else) offers an easy-to-use format, that allows you to engage, learn and experience.

To access any additional images that may be available, simply touch the main image on the screen. If additional photos are available, touch the one you want enlarged to see it.

Learning More About the Site Listing

To find more information and contact details, touch the 'Read More' button. For business site listings it will give you more information about the business, with contact details and links..

For other points of interest (history & attractions) it will tell you the story of the place, or as many details as possible. If you have additional information you can add it in the comments on the app or complete this form.

Finding Additional Links & Information

The 'For More Info' page will reduce your need for additional online searches. Site listings for businesses and attractions will include their website and social media links. Points of Interest may contain refernce and other relevant links. All will contain links to other organizations that provide information on the local community or event calendars.

In addition, you can add selfies and comments on the main screen and your 'User Menu' records your interactions so you can find them later.

Searching by Keywords

Step 1: Click MENU then SEARCH to access the feature.

Step 2: Type in what you are looking for as shown on the top of the SEARCH SCREEN. Use the search icon to enter.

Step 3: Your results will show in a list. Click MAP to change. You can zoom the map in or out to adjust your view.

Helpful Hints:

1) If you are looking for a place in a certain community, refine your search by typing in the community name before or after that service. In example, Athabasca Restaurants.

2) By using a generic term, such as BIG ICONS or LEGIONS you can take a tour through Alberta looking for those specific places or things.

Personalized Experience

Your 'User Menu' and 'User Dashboard' can be accessed by touching the blue arrow on the left hand side of any screen other than when you are in a point of interst or site listing. The blue arrow on those, will allow you to share that site on social media platforms.

You have a variety of options while in the 'User Menu' including access to your dashboard where you can see which sites you have interacted with. By touching any of the selections it will provide a list of sites, and by selecting one it will take you back to that point of interest of site listing.

In a future edition of the mobile app, this will be the space used for a personal itinerary and other personalized services.

Our Promise to You

The data we collect is for your personalized experience and will never be sold or used in ways other than its intention.