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Show HN: Travel Guide Tool – Personalized Recommendations and Itineraries (tripbespoke.com)

12 points by TroubleSprouter ↗ HN
Built a simple tool for travelers. Input your city and preferences, get back a list of recommendations or a detailed itinerary. Includes non-touristy spots, practical tips, and Google Maps links for every place mentioned. No signups required.

Recommendations: Includes attractions, rentals, local tips, hidden gems. Example: Café La Biela.

Itineraries: Detailed plans considering your preferences.

Give it a try. Also live on Product Hunt: https://www.producthunt.com/posts/trip-bespoke

Looking for feedback or any thoughts on how to improve.

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ibdf
What part of this is "Personalized"?
TroubleSprouter
You enter your preferences, which can vary wildly. e.g. "I'm only interested in Armenian food", "I like books and films, little else", etc.
helloimraghav
I’m getting my results in Spanish
helloimraghav
So in my preferences if I entered “parks food live music” I got my results in Spanish while “Parks, food, and live music” returned English results
TroubleSprouter
Thanks for the feedback. Sometimes "Faster" mode gets confused, especially if you are requesting information from (in this case) a Spanish-speaking area. That has a fairly simple solution that will be implemented if I continue working on the project (though unfortunately it looks like there might not be enough interest to justify it), but for now, you can:

(a) use "slower but smarter" mode, or (b) simply re-send the request (It'll often get it right the second time), or (c) be explicit in the preferences that you want your recommendations in English

Did you find it useful? Sort of useful but not really enough to actually use it?

helloimraghav
Most of the recc's it gave me for NYC I already knew about. But I did learn of some live music that happens out in Propsect Park and I think I'll be checking it out tomorrow. Would definitely use again
TroubleSprouter
Glad it helped. It probably won't teach locals much, but if you go elsewhere and don't have a friend there to explain, it probably works.

You may want to be even more specific about what you want in the preferences and sometimes that can make it go deeper, but in the end it knows what it knows.

You may also want to try "slower but smarter" mode. But yes, it'll help more in a place you don't already know.

newaccount74
This is pretty impressive. It seems to work best with verbose descriptions of what you are looking for (eg. I said I wanted suggestions for kid friendly hikes and archaelogical sites in northern Italy and that is exactly what I got).

The itineries suggested for me have pretty long distances (1-2h drive back and forth every day is a bit much, especially with kids).

I'm assuming this is based on ChatGPT?

TroubleSprouter
Thank you, glad you like it. Yes, it's better when you give it some specificity, though not too much either.

If you have constraints like drive duration limits, you can also tell it that and it'll often (not always) comply, especially in "slower but smarter" mode.

Yes, GPT is the main tool back there.