How to use AI to plan a trip or a week of meals

Turn your dates, budget and tastes into a plan you can check.

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What you'll need
  • Any AI chat tool
  • Your dates, budget, and who's coming or eating

  1. Give it the basics

    “Plan a relaxed 3-day trip to San Diego for two people in their 70s, in March, about $600 not counting the hotel.” Or: “Plan 5 easy dinners for two, under 30 minutes, no shellfish.”

  2. Say what matters to you

    Walking limits, diets and allergies, kids, early nights, favorite foods. The more it knows, the better the plan.

  3. Ask for the format you want

    “Make it a day-by-day list,” or “Add a combined shopping list grouped by store aisle.”

  4. Check the facts yourself

    AI can get opening hours, prices, distances and closures wrong or out of date. Confirm on the official website or by phone before you go, and check ingredients yourself for allergies.

    ⚠️ AI can be wrong. Check names, numbers, dates and prices yourself before you rely on them. See why AI makes things up.

  5. Book and pay on the real site

    Use the airline's, hotel's or attraction's own website or app. Don't type card numbers into an AI chat.

🎉 All done!

Planning to go further? See how to ask your first questions.

Related game: AI or Not?. Related explainer: Why AI makes things up (and how to catch it) .

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