AI planning · 7 min
We tested an AI trip planner with a three-day Tokyo brief
The first draft omitted day three and did not account for travel between stops. Here is the review process we used before treating it as an itinerary.
Travel planning guides
Turn travel ideas into realistic itineraries
Evidence-based guides for AI itinerary generation, itinerary workflow testing, route calculations, and reusable travel budget worksheets.
Itinerary · 7 min
A practical travel itinerary app test: six tasks to complete
We used a fictional trip to test whether a traveler could save a place, assign a day, reorder stops, review the map, and record a cost without switching planning models.
Routes · 7 min
Tokyo route test: the proposed order cut straight-line distance by 15.2%
We fixed four coordinates, compared the original and proposed orders, and found that the model’s own 8.5 km total did not match our independent calculation.
Budget · 7 min
A $2,000 travel budget worksheet with fixed costs and daily limits
This fictional four-day example separates prepaid costs, a contingency reserve, and a $650 daily spending pool you can replace with your own quotes.