Best AI trip planners
Best AI trip planners in 2026: an honest comparison
For an AI plan the whole group can use, Visby: Ask Visby drafts the day-by-day itinerary around everyone’s tastes and puts it on a shared board friends can vote on and edit. For planning alone by chatting with an AI, Mindtrip or Layla. For open-ended brainstorming, ChatGPT.
We make Visby, so weigh our pick accordingly. Each entry links to the app’s own site.
At a glance
| App | Best for | Planning with others | Pricing |
|---|---|---|---|
| Visby | Best AI trip planner for groups | Invite by link, everyone edits, ranked votes, taste profiles, shared costs | Free; paid plans from $6.99/month |
| Mindtrip | Best AI chat planner with maps | Group chats with the AI; collections and itineraries friends can edit together | Free; no paid plan published |
| Layla | live flight and hotel prices in the chat | Share itineraries and lists with travel buddies | Free to try; Layla Premium $9.99/month or $49.99/year (US App Store) |
| ChatGPT | brainstorming and open questions | Group chats of up to 20 people from a link (everyone needs a ChatGPT account); no shared itinerary or map | Free; paid ChatGPT plans add more usage |
| Tripadvisor | AI plans grounded in reviews | Save AI plans to Trips and share them with travel companions | Free |
| Wanderlog | AI suggestions inside a hand-built itinerary | Friends co-edit in real time from an email or link invite; shared budget and expense splitting | Free; Wanderlog Pro is a paid upgrade (US App Store annual plans from $31.99/year) |
One by one
Visby
Best AI trip planner for groupsAsk Visby drafts a day-by-day itinerary from real places on a map, fitted to the tastes of everyone on the trip. The draft lands on a shared board where friends vote, move things around and track costs.
- Works on
- Web (any browser), nothing to download
- With friends
- Invite by link, everyone edits, ranked votes, taste profiles, shared costs
- AI
- Ask Visby drafts a day-by-day plan from real places, fitted to the group
- Pricing
- Free; paid plans from $6.99/month
- Stands out for
- The AI plans for the whole group, not just the person typing, and the result is a real shared plan rather than a chat transcript.
Mindtrip
Best AI chat planner with mapsMindtrip is a conversational AI travel planner with maps, saved collections and itineraries, and group chats with the AI in them.
- Works on
- Web, iOS
- With friends
- Group chats with the AI; collections and itineraries friends can edit together
- AI
- Chat-based AI itineraries with maps
- Pricing
- Free; no paid plan published
- Stands out for
- Mindtrip is one of the most polished AI chat planners, with maps and media, a shared group chat that includes the AI, and in-chat flight booking.
- Watch out for
- Group decisions happen in a chat thread rather than through votes, and we found no expense splitting or Android app.
Layla
Best for live flight and hotel prices in the chatLayla is a chat-based AI travel agent that builds itineraries with live flight and hotel prices from partners. Expedia Group announced it was buying Layla in July 2026.
- Works on
- Web, iOS, Android
- With friends
- Share itineraries and lists with travel buddies
- AI
- Chat-based AI itineraries, with voice input
- Pricing
- Free to try; Layla Premium $9.99/month or $49.99/year (US App Store)
- Stands out for
- Layla turns a chat into an itinerary fast, with live prices from big booking partners.
- Watch out for
- It is built around one person chatting with the AI; friends can see and comment on a plan, but we found no shared editing, voting or expense splitting.
ChatGPT
Best for brainstorming and open questionsChatGPT is OpenAI’s general AI assistant. Many people use it to draft itineraries, and it has partner travel apps such as Expedia and Booking.com inside it.
- Works on
- Web, desktop, iOS, Android
- With friends
- Group chats of up to 20 people from a link (everyone needs a ChatGPT account); no shared itinerary or map
- AI
- General AI chat writes itineraries on request
- Pricing
- Free; paid ChatGPT plans add more usage
- Stands out for
- ChatGPT is flexible and everywhere: it can brainstorm any trip, answer follow-up questions, and pull live prices through partner apps.
- Watch out for
- The plan lives in a chat thread, not a shared itinerary: there is no map of each day, no voting and no shared costs, and the draft has to be copied somewhere else to use on the trip.
Tripadvisor
Best for AI plans grounded in reviewsTripadvisor’s free Trips planner and AI travel assistant turn a chat into a day-by-day plan built on its reviews database.
- Works on
- Web, iOS, Android
- With friends
- Save AI plans to Trips and share them with travel companions
- AI
- AI travel assistant builds a day-by-day plan from Tripadvisor reviews
- Pricing
- Free
- Stands out for
- Tripadvisor has the largest reviews and places database, free, with hotels and experiences bookable in the app.
- Watch out for
- Planning with others is basic: plans can be shared, but we found no voting, taste profiles or shared costs.
Wanderlog
Best for AI suggestions inside a hand-built itineraryWanderlog is a free, map-based itinerary planner that friends can edit together, with places, routes, imported reservations and a shared budget.
- Works on
- Web, iOS, Android
- With friends
- Friends co-edit in real time from an email or link invite; shared budget and expense splitting
- AI
- “Auto-fill your days” suggestions and an AI assistant
- Pricing
- Free; Wanderlog Pro is a paid upgrade (US App Store annual plans from $31.99/year)
- Stands out for
- Wanderlog is the strongest free collaborative itinerary: map, day planner, routes, reservation import and expense splitting on web, iOS and Android, with very high app store ratings.
- Watch out for
- It is a shared itinerary rather than a decision tool: we found no voting or polls in its help pages, so groups still settle choices in the group chat. Offline use, route optimization and Gmail import are on Pro.
What to watch for with AI trip plans
- Real places only. Check that the AI picks real, open places on a map, not invented ones.
- Travel time. A plan that ignores getting between neighborhoods or cities falls apart on day one.
- Who it plans for. An AI that only hears the organizer plans the organizer’s trip.
- Where the plan lives. A chat transcript is hard to use on the road; a shared itinerary isn’t.
Questions travelers ask
Straight answers. Anything else: hello@visbytravel.com.
What is the best AI trip planner?
For group trips, Visby: its AI drafts a day-by-day plan around everyone’s tastes on a shared board. For solo chat planning, Mindtrip and Layla are strong; Layla shows live flight and hotel prices. ChatGPT is good for ideas but leaves the plan in a chat thread.
Is ChatGPT good for planning a trip?
It is good for ideas and a rough first draft. The plan stays in a chat, with no map of each day, no voting and no shared costs, so groups usually move it into a trip planner like Visby to actually use it.
Is there a free AI trip planner?
Yes. Visby includes a couple of AI drafts a month on its free plan, with more on Voyager ($6.99/month). Mindtrip and Tripadvisor’s AI assistant are free; ChatGPT has a free tier.
Can an AI plan a trip for a group?
Visby’s does: each traveler shares their tastes, pace and budget, and Ask Visby fits the itinerary to all of them. Most AI planners only know what the person chatting tells them.
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