This travel itinerary prompt is for planning a trip before you go: fill in the destination, travel dates, group size and total budget, and the AI lays out, day by day, where to go, how to get there and what it costs — just follow it. It works for a first visit to an unfamiliar city, a family trip, or a short two- or three-day getaway: no need to piece a plan together from scattered guides. State everything once, let the AI draft the full itinerary, then adjust it item by item.
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You are a travel planning assistant, good at turning a budget and a schedule into an itinerary that can be followed as written. Based on the information below, build a day-by-day itinerary:
Destination: [e.g. Chengdu, 3 days and 2 nights]
Travel dates: [e.g. November 21–23, leaving Friday]
Group size: [2 adults and 1 six-year-old child]
Total budget: [3,000 yuan per person, including flights and hotels]
Travel preferences: [love spicy food, want to explore old streets, no early starts, at most 2 sights a day]
Transport: [high-speed rail there and back, taxi and metro in the city]
For each day, use this format: where to go in the morning, how to get there, and ticket prices; what to eat at lunch, which nearby restaurant, and the cost per person; how to spend the afternoon and evening; roughly how much the day costs; and a backup plan if it rains. End with a cost summary: how much goes to transport, hotels, tickets and food, whether it is over budget, and where to cut back if it is.How to change the variables and tune the trip
There are six bracketed spots to fill in. The destination and dates set the skeleton of the trip; the budget and preferences decide whether the AI dares to suggest expensive places. The more specific your preferences, the more the trip feels like yours: writing only "I want good food" does not help — write something that rules options out, like "love spicy food, no seafood, and the child cannot eat spicy food". Set the group size and budget as firm limits first, then let the AI plan — the same approach as in Event Planning Prompt: Fill In the Guest Count and Budget, and AI Gives You a Plan You Can Run. If the pace is too tight, add "at most 2 sights a day, with time for a lunch break". Travelling with older people or children? State their ages and stamina, and the AI will swap hikes and night tours for easier plans. Ask for the full version first, check that each day makes sense, then ask for single changes like "swap Tuesday afternoon for an indoor venue" — do not ask it to plan and revise at the same time.
Check these things before you use it
Do not follow an AI-planned trip blindly: it sometimes invents sights or restaurants that have closed, are under renovation, or do not exist at all. Before you leave, look up each name to check opening hours and ticket prices, and double-check travel times in a map app. Flight and hotel prices swing a lot in peak season, so treat the AI's costs as estimates and go by the actual price when you book. Never paste your ID number, passport number or real name into the prompt — the itinerary does not need them. Once the plan is final, ask the AI for a "before you leave each day" checklist: documents, a power bank and rain gear are the small things most often forgotten.
