5 Free AI and ChatGPT Apps for Instant Travel Planning

You can tell the travel agency your dates, the place you want to visit and your budget, and you can expect a complete travel plan about what you want to do there according to your wishes. Can artificial intelligence do the same (quality) work? The free travel planning apps below use the very technology of artificial intelligence and tools like ChatGPT to prepare your itinerary in seconds.

1. Roam Around (web app): An artificial intelligence tool powered by ChatGPT that we use to plan city explorations

Naturally, the first AI that comes to mind these days is ChatGPT. Roam Around uses the popular new internet chat app with artificial intelligence to help you plan your trip in any city, which is another amazing thing you can do with ChatGPT. We're not talking about a super sophisticated app by any means, but it's still easier than learning how to put the right “prompt” in ChatGPT to get what you want.

Roam Around only asks you two things: the city you plan to visit and how many days you will spend there. Based on this information, ChatGPT performs a query and presents the answer in a very understandable way.

The Roam Around app is pretty basic and doesn't allow you to enhance or filter the results in any way. We recommend that you treat it more as a reference or template for starting your trip planning, which you can then check with other guides to refine your plan. It is also a good app for users who cannot access ChatGPT for one reason or another.

2. Vacay Chatbot (web app): Learn how to write effective ChatGPT travel “prompts”

Vacay specializes in advising travelers on selected vacations and experiences, based on destinations, operators or price ranges. Based on the popularity of ChatGPT, they have also developed an AI chatbot powered by ChatGPT to design a custom trip, give you inspiration on where to go and even generate local recommendations for hotels, restaurants and attractions.

At the time of writing this article, the application did not work as it should, but the writers of various blogs claim that it generally provides quality results. Unlike the Roam Around app, Vacay Chatbot has moreč different ways of use. Of course, you will still benefit if you have at least a little practice on how to write an effective appeal. Vacay is aware that not all users are skilled at this and therefore offers more; examples of effective appeals related to travel. It also provides a small guide and best practices to help you customize your ChatGPT queries.

3. Roamr (web app): Plan multi-city trips with maps and photos

Like other apps that help us make the best travel plan based on artificial intelligence, Roamr sees itself as a starting point for your plans or thinking. The basis is to give users three things that make it easier for them to plan their trip:

• “day-by-day” plans with details
• pictures of all locations and activities
• embedded map view for each trip

Roamr first asks for your destination and yes, you can add more destinations, if you plan to visit more as one city. Add a start and end date, then choose a travel style from options like casual, romantic, historical, outdoor, and adventure. You can also choose more possibilities.

In a few seconds, Roamr offers you a route map with a brief description of what to do. As you scroll through activities, the map automatically updates to show locations. You can also view Google Photos of each point of interest. Finally, Roamr adds weather forecast for your travel dates and currency conversion.

4. iPlan.AI (Android, iOS): The simplest travel planning app

Although iPlan.AI doesn't mention which AI or machine learning algorithm it uses, the results are good enough that we don't even care. The app works great on phones as it gives you a complete itinerary for any city, depending on how many days you have available.

iPlan.AI first asks you to select a destination city. As far as we've tested, iPlan.AI works best for popular tourist destinations, but not so much for unusual or obscure trips. Then you enter the information of how many days you will be there and additionally your free time for each day – an interesting step to ensure a better itinerary if you already have some activities in mind. You can trust iPlan.AI even if you are traveling alone, as a couple, with family or with friends, then choose your interest from topics such as history, art and culture, nature, entertainment, shopping, food, Sports, relaxation, etc. Finally, choose a budget between economy, standard or luxury.

In a few minutes, iPlan.AI offers you a daily travel plan. It's drawn on the map so you can see all the locations, and each point of interest has additional details, such as how many minutes people typically spend there. You will also find information about the estimated travel time and modes of transportation between these places. You can share it with a friend or export everything to Google Maps to help during the trip.

The app is free and no ads were seen during testing. The only real limitation is that you cannot get a route plan for traveling in the evening. cities. For now, you will have to make a map for each city you will visit one by one.

Download: iPlan for Android | iOS (free)

5. Curiosio (web applications): AI generated “road trips” anywhere in the world

The easiest last-minute travel plan is to get in the car and drive away. Curiosio specializes in helping when planning a route for a trip to the wind major countries on all continents. It doesn't cover all the places, but the existing collection is impressive enough.

Curiosio uses its own artificial intelligence engine, Ingenee, which is trained on several travel-based resources such as Wikivoyage, Wikipedia, Wikidata, Freebase, DBpedia, GeoNames, OSMNames, OpenStreetMap. With this data set, it can design a route plan that meets your requirements according to various parameters.

You can set the options for roundtrip or one-way travel with a starting and ending point. If there are places you want to visit on the way, add them. Then set the number of travelers, travel dates, the vehicle you use, the total budget and whether you want to visit places that arouse curiosity or are less well known. Artificial intelligence usually offers you more; plans and routes for these possibilities.

The itinerary includes a map of your route along with a daily breakdown of where you will go and what you will see. Each point of interest can be clicked to find more. information about her. There are easy shortcuts to copy the link so you can share it with fellow travelers, print it, or even export it to Google Maps. Curiosio is one of the best travel planners for your next adventure.

Limitations of AI applications for travel planning

All of these apps urge you not to use the trip planner as is and treat it only as a template or guide to start planning your trip. There is a good reason behind this. While tools like ChatGPT are great, they currently have more limitations, such as databases that are not recently updated or require special user “prompts”.

A real human travel agent will always understand you better and offer you a more customized itinerary that will meet your requirements. Of course, this will cost you some money. If you want a free basic guide, AI travel planning apps are a good place to start.