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AI prompts for planning a trip

Planning a trip means holding many small decisions in your head. An AI assistant is good at producing a first outline and at reminding you of things you would forget. It is not a booking site or a timetable. Its knowledge of fares, timings, opening hours and entry rules is often out of date or simply wrong, so use it for the shape of the plan and confirm every detail yourself.

The prompts

A day by day outline

Help me outline a trip.

Where: [PLACE OR PLACES]
When and how long: [MONTH, NUMBER OF DAYS]
Who is going: [ADULTS, CHILDREN, ELDERS, ANY HEALTH LIMITS]
What we enjoy: [TEMPLES, FOOD, WALKING, SHOPPING, REST]
Pace: [RELAXED / BUSY]

Suggest a day by day outline with no more than three things a day and time to rest. Do not give exact timings, fares or prices, because I will check those myself. Tell me what must be booked in advance and what I should confirm before going.

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A packing list

Make a packing list for [NUMBER] days in [PLACE] in [MONTH] for [WHO IS GOING]. Group it under clothes, documents, medicines and first aid, electronics, and things for the journey. Mark the items people most often forget. Keep it to what fits in [ONE BAG EACH / WHAT YOU HAVE].

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A budget sheet

Make a budget table for my trip with these heads: travel there and back, local travel, stay, food, entry tickets, shopping, and a reserve. Leave the amounts blank for me to fill in. Add a row for the total and a per-person figure for [NUMBER] people. Suggest what share of the total a reserve should usually be.

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Questions to ask before booking

I am about to book [A HOTEL / A HOMESTAY / A TAXI FOR THE TRIP / A TOUR PACKAGE]. List the questions I should ask before paying, including about cancellation, what is included, extra charges, and anything specific to travelling with [CHILDREN / ELDERS / A WHEELCHAIR USER].

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Travelling with elders or small children

We are travelling to [PLACE] with [AGES AND NEEDS OF THE ELDERS OR CHILDREN]. Suggest how to adjust the plan: pace, rest, food, seating, toilets, and what to carry. Keep to practical points. Do not give medical advice. Remind me what to ask our doctor before the trip.

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If things go wrong

Make a short checklist for my trip of what to do if: a train or flight is cancelled, someone falls ill, a phone or wallet is lost, or we get separated. Keep each to three steps. Tell me which phone numbers and copies of documents I should note down before leaving. Do not give phone numbers yourself.

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How to adapt these prompts

Say who is travelling. A plan for four college friends will exhaust a family with grandparents and a toddler.
Give the month. Weather, crowds and what is open change with the season.
Limit the day. The line "no more than three things a day" is deliberate. Assistants over-pack plans.
Give your interests and your limits. Vegetarian food, a knee problem, a fear of heights, a fixed budget.
Ask for alternatives. "Give me a rainy day option for each day" is a useful follow-up.

Confirm everything that has a time or a price

Do not rely on an assistant for train and flight timings, fares, hotel prices, ticket charges, opening days, permit or visa rules, or distances and driving times. It may state them confidently and be wrong. Check each on the official source: the railway or airline, the monument or park's own website, the government's own page for permits and visas.

It also may describe a place that has closed, or one that does not exist. Before building a day around a suggestion, confirm it on a map and with a recent source.

Emergency numbers should come from an official source, not from a chat. Note them down before you leave, with the addresses of where you are staying.

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This is an independent site. It is not connected with any company that makes AI assistants. The prompts are plain text and can be used in any AI chat assistant. An AI assistant can give wrong or made-up answers: check anything important before you rely on it, and do not paste private details into a prompt.