🚀 WanderLust – Travel Listing & Review Platform

A full-stack travel listing web application where users can explore destinations, create listings, post reviews, upload images, and view locations on interactive maps.

Built with the MERN-style backend stack using Node.js, Express, MongoDB, EJS, and deployed live on Render.

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✨ Features

🔐 Authentication & Security

• User Signup / Login / Logout
• Secure session handling
• Password hashing
• JWT based authentication

🏠 Listings

• Create, edit, delete travel listings
• Upload multiple images
• Cloud image storage using Cloudinary
• Price, description, and location details

📝 Reviews

• Add reviews & ratings
• Edit/Delete reviews
• One review per user restriction

🗺 Maps & Location

• Interactive maps using Leaflet.js
• Location markers for each listing
• Real-time geographic visualization

📦 Backend

• RESTful APIs
• MVC architecture
• MongoDB Atlas database
• Server-side rendering with EJS

🚀 Deployment

• Backend hosted on Render
• MongoDB Atlas cloud database
• Cloudinary image hosting

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🛠 Tech Stack

Frontend

• HTML5
• CSS3
• Bootstrap
• EJS Templates
• Leaflet.js (Maps)

Backend

• Node.js
• Express.js
• MongoDB + Mongoose
• Authentication
• Passport.js
• Cloudinary

Deployment

• Render
• MongoDB Atlas

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⚙️ Installation & Setup

Install dependencies npm install

Create .env file ATLASDB_URL=your_mongodb_url SECRET=your_secret_key CLOUD_NAME=your_cloud_name CLOUD_API_KEY=your_api_key CLOUD_API_SECRET=your_api_secret

4. Run server npm start cd wanderlust