Fly to a picture postcard, with the help of an app

Tripstr is a new Google Chrome extension that plans a holiday based on pictures of places that are geo-tagged from Flickr or Instagram.

Tripstr works as a desktop app, using geo-tagged images available on Instagram and Flickr.

We all have browsed through Flickr images and liked Instagram posts of beautiful locations around the world, bookmarking them for future travel plans. Now, a new Google Chrome extension Tripstr, lets you plan a holiday based on pictures of places that are geo-tagged from Flickr or Instagram.

Tripstr, launched last month, is founded by advertising company DDB Mudra in collaboration with travel company Broken Compass. It provides users a chance to visit any geo-tagged place, from a tiny lane to an offbeat beach.

"It works as a desktop app. It opens up by giving you the geo-tagged images available on your Instagram or Flickr feed. You have to provide information such as trip duration and number of people. It gives you a trip estimate, starting from your flight travel - including the nearest airport to the country or city you want to travel to - and also your entire itinerary of the place you wish to visit," says Manjari Verma, 34, co-founder of Broken Compass.

The app thus will give you a trip estimate, starting from your flight travel - including the nearest airport to the country or city you want to travel to - and if you wish, an itinerary of the places you wish to visit.

Richa Dholi, 30, a marketing consultant from Mulund, fell in love with Switzerland after seeing an image on Flickr - it was a long lane which was covered in snow in Zurich, Switzerland. "I instantly opened the app and saw the trip estimate and now I am saving up to plan a trip to Switzerland in November."

Similarly, Milan Deshpande, 30, a dentist from Ghatkopar is using Tripstr to help plan a trip to Australia's Gold Coast region in in October. "It is very user-friendly and very simple to use and their flight and travel bookings are helpful," he says.

What: A desktop application that allows you to plan a trip through geo-tagged images available on your Instagram and Flickr pages.