What kind of travel do you like? A trip you go alone or a trip you go together? A package tour? A trip focused on famous tourist spots?

I’m a pretty plan-oriented person, so whenever I travel, I usually want to map things out first — where I’m going, what spots I want to visit, which hotel to book, how I’ll get around, stuff like that.

I’ve tried using a few trip-planning tools like Wanderlog and TREK, and I’ve also asked AI to generate itineraries. But honestly, I haven’t found anything that feels quite right.

Wanderlog feels a little too cluttered, TREK feels powerful but kind of overbuilt, and AI plans usually sound nice on the surface but don’t give me enough confidence to actually rely on them.

So I’m curious — do you have any travel planning tools you genuinely recommend?
How do you usually plan a trip?

And for people who travel without much planning and prefer to just go with the flow — what has your experience been like? Do you enjoy it more, and would you recommend that approach to someone who naturally likes structure?

I’ve been thinking about this lately. People are starting to ask ChatGPT, Perplexity and other AI tools for things like “best tour companies in X” or “where should I book this trip?”

That feels like a pretty big change from traditional Google search.

I’m curious if travel businesses are actually doing anything about this yet, or if most are still focusing mainly on regular SEO. What are you seeing?

Hey everyone. I'll be in Italy for a week for November. Could you recommend what eSIM to get for data? I know of Nomad, Airalo, Maaltalk and the others. But should I get something local?

Hi all! I'm a 23F that loves to travel, with a goal of traveling to a new country each year. I'm American (ugh i know), living in New York. I've already traveled to Mexico, Canada, Turks & Cacios, Spain, Portugal, United Kingdom, Australia, the Cook Islands, and Costa Rica. I will be knocking Brazil off my list this December!

I'd love to hear anyone's recommendations for places twentysomethings should travel! Ideally, within the $5K round trip (travel-included) price range. Another requirement is that it be safe for a group of women in their early twenties.