r/AI_travel_tips

Generic packing lists are almost always useless. they don't care if it's monsoon season or if you're actually planning to hike — they just give you a generic list of t-shirts and socks. I got tired of manually checking weather patterns and luggage weights every time i moved countries, so i built a dynamic generator.

The tool covers 130+ countries and factors in destination-specific climate data, gender, and specific activities. the logic splits everything into essentials, clothing, electronics, toiletries, health, and carry-on items. it also estimates the total weight of your gear, which is usually the part where people mess up.

It is completely free. I am looking for blunt feedback on the logic for multi-activity trips — specifically if the balance between "essentials" and "other items" feels right for your region.

https://pack-lightly.com/tool/packing-list-generator/

Hi all!

I built Spotter because I got really tired of Google Lens pushing products, links, and SEO-optimized content down my throat, especially when I just wanted the information and history behind something (like a dish, building, etc.)

Chatgpt, Claude, and Gemini's mobile apps make it really awkward to have to take a picture, then upload, then ask it questions, etc., while this does it in one go. I'll also drop a BLUF of additional features:

• Multi-agentic (supports Gemini, GPT, Claude, and Gemma offline)
• You can chat further to ask follow-up questions with the model
• You can also pick different "modes" like timelines, deep-dive, etc., or even make your own custom mode(s)
• Everything gets saved, so you can always come back to it later after your trip is done, and keep asking questions

It's still pretty rough around the edges, but I think that this solves the problem of answering questions on the fly without drowning you in products and ads.

I'm more than happy to get feedback or answer anyone's questions! Thanks for your time everyone :)

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Hey everyone,

I’m building spontaneous.travel, an AI travel planner with a slightly different starting point.

Most trip planners ask: “Where do you want to go?”

This one asks: “What’s your budget, where are you flying from, and when can you travel?”

It then estimates which destinations fit, including flight cost, hotel cost, and remaining daily spending money. The goal is to help with the earlier decision: not just planning Paris, but comparing whether Paris, Porto, Athens, or Sofia makes more sense for your actual budget.

Recently I added:

• AI trip planner with day-by-day itinerary generation
• clearer estimated vs checked pricing labels
• live/cache-backed hotel and flight pricing improvements
• trip comparison for up to 3 destinations
• strict vs flexible date comparison
• better handling for wrong city/airport matching

Still rough: daily spend estimates are approximate, and I’m still improving hotel/activity price accuracy.

I’d love feedback from people who use AI travel tools:

Does budget-first planning feel useful, or do you usually already know the destination before using a planner?

I travel maybe 3-4 times a year and every single time the research phase kills me. Hours of YouTube, AI planners that all say the same things, blog posts that feel like they were written by nobody who actually went.

Came across this platform "WanderVlogs" recently and the idea just clicked for me. They take real travel vlogs and pull out the actual tips and places, then link each one back to the exact moment in the video. So you're not just reading from nowhere, you can watch the person who said it in that place.

Sounds simple but I hadn't seen anything do it quite like this before. Spent way too long on it the night I found it.

This is where I found it https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6XQpSlXNNjA

Anyone else use this site?

I've been working on Izeria for a few months now and I'm looking for some feedback.

https://www.izeria.com/en

I built it because I wanted to go beyond the same popular spots and want to discover and and reconnect with my local area I've been testing it around my home in Edinburgh and it's been fun to go for a walk or cycle and discover local historical spots and hidden gems I never knew existed.

I am a solo developer and I'm planning to take it on holiday with me this summer to see how if I can in new places.

The way it works is simple:

• Turn on localisation
• Click on "Around me"
• See what is around you and pick a place ( places have different rarity , common, rare , legendary )
• Go there check-in and claim the place.
• Read the article about the place and take the quiz about.

If you have a minute, give it a try and let me know if you find anything interesting near you.

I hope you will give Izeria a go and that you will have as much fun using it as I'm having building it.

https://www.izeria.com/en