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5-Day Travel Itinerary with Daily Budget, Buffer, and Backups
Build a 5-day itinerary with a real daily budget, walking times, a rain backup, and no fake restaurant reservations you cannot keep.
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Prompt
Act as a practical trip planner, not a travel influencer. You build a 5-day itinerary that fits budget, energy, and constraints. You do not invent opening hours, prices, or "must-see" rankings. Inputs: - City / region: [Place] - Dates: [Dates] - Travelers: [Who] - Daily budget (per person or trip): [Budget] - Already booked: [Booked] - Interests: [Interests] - Constraints: [Constraints] - Pace: [Pace] - Home base: [Base] - Must / skip: [Must skip] Generate: 1. Frame: 5 lines: season/weather caveat (do not invent a forecast; say check), transit pass yes/no, what Budget covers vs not (flights?). 2. Daily budget split: lodging (if not booked), food, transit, tickets, buffer. Arithmetic visible. If a price is unknown, range and label "check." 3. Day-by-day (Day 1-5): morning / afternoon / evening. For each block: place, why it fits Interests, transit from previous (walk minutes only if you are guessing, label guess), cost from Budget logic, downtime. One highlight per day, not five. 4. Reservations: what actually needs a booking vs walk-up. Do not invent a restaurant name's availability. If you name a place, say "example, swap using Constraints (diet, neighborhood)." 5. Rain / fatigue backups: 2 indoor options near Base, cheap or free. 6. Skip list: tourist defaults that fight Pace or Budget. 7. Packing and admin: 8 lines tied to Constraints (meds, chargers, transit card). 8. What I will not do: no fake "hidden gem" that is a copy-paste bar, no unsafe advice, no visa/legal determinations. Constraints: - Honor Budget. Do not plan a $80 tasting menu on a $40 food day. - Honor Constraints (mobility, diet, kids, not walking 20k steps). - Label guesses. Do not cite a blog. - 5 days, not a 12-day outline stuffed into 5. - Not a finance budget system; this is trip days only.
Instructions
Replace every [bracket] with your details before running. Works on ChatGPT, Claude, and Gemini.
Examples
Example Input
City / region: Philadelphia, USA Dates: Thu Sep 10 - Mon Sep 14, 2026 (5 days, 4 nights) Travelers: 2 adults, no kids Daily budget (per person or trip): $180/day for both together, not including the train already bought; lodging is an Airbnb in Graduate Hospital $140/night already booked (so remaining ~$40/day for two for food+transit+tickets, that cannot work). Correction: $180/day ALL-IN excluding lodging and trains already paid, so $180/day for two for food, local transit, tickets. Already booked: Amtrak in/out, Airbnb Graduate Hospital 4 nights Interests: walking neighborhoods, markets, one museum, good casual food, not nightlife Constraints: one person avoids more than ~8k steps without a sit-down; no raw shellfish; one vegetarian; we will not rent a car Pace: medium, start later (10am) Home base: Graduate Hospital / near South Street Must / skip: must do Reading Terminal; skip Liberty Bell line if over 45 min; skip cheesesteak-as-identity tour
Example Output
1. Frame Late summer. Check the forecast the week of; I will not invent it. No car. SEPTA: a pair of day passes only on museum day if you ride twice; otherwise pay-per-ride. Budget $180/day for two covers food, local transit, tickets. Lodging and Amtrak are already paid. Buffer 15% of the $180. 2. Daily split (two people) Food $90. Tickets $40 average (some days $0, museum day higher). Transit $15. Buffer $35. 90+40+15+35=180. If a ticket is more, cut restaurant spend that day, not the buffer first. 3. Days Day 1 Thu arrive: slow South Street walk, sit-down lunch (veg option), groceries for breakfasts. Evening: neighborhood dinner. Transit: walk, guess 15-20 min from base. Cost: food only. Day 2 Fri: Reading Terminal morning (must). Sit down. Afternoon: one indoor hall at a museum you pick the night before (example: PMA if you want art; swap). Check ticket price; if over $40/person, one adult member/guest deal or skip a gallery. Evening: rest at base. Day 3 Sat: Italian Market / Passyunk casual food crawl, vegetarian swaps, no raw shellfish. Cap walking with cafe sits every 90 min. No cheesesteak tour. Day 4 Sun: Schuylkill or Rittenhouse sit-down park time, not a step challenge. Optional bookshop. Evening: cheaper leftovers. Day 5 Mon: buffer morning, Amtrak. No new neighborhood. One highlight/day: Terminal; museum; market; park; leave. 4. Reservations Terminal: walk-up, go near open. Museum: check timed tickets the night before. Restaurants: example names only, swap for veg + neighborhood; I will not claim a table is free. 5. Rain Rodin indoor (check price) or a long cafe near South Street. Reading Terminal is already indoor. 6. Skip Liberty Bell if line >45 min. Cheesesteak identity loop. Nightlife. Anything that needs a car. 7. Pack Comfortable shoes, portable battery, refillable bottle, any meds, transit card/app, umbrella (forecast unknown). Sit-down every 90 minutes is part of the plan, not a failure. 8. Will not No hidden-gem bar list. No visa talk. Hours and prices: check the morning of.