Pick your days, budget, and interests. We'll match you with the destinations from our guides, split the days into a real route, and show you what each leg costs and when to go.
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Trip length
7 days
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Transfer allowances are editorial estimates. Confirm the actual connection.
Budget per day
$ · Backpacker
Simple accommodation and fewer paid extras; compare actual quotes.
$$ · Mid-range
Private-room and meal preferences; compare actual quotes.
$$$ · Comfort
More services and organised extras; compare actual quotes.
Interests (pick all that fit — leave empty for "surprise me")
Set your days, budget, and interests — then hit Build my route. We'll suggest real routes from our 30 destination guides.
🧭 How this planner works
Each suggestion links to the guide’s route choices and booking checks. These are planning outlines, not confirmed departures or prices.
How suggestions are selected
Trip length and budget filter first. A single destination must meet the guide’s suggested minimum and list your chosen budget category. These are editorial planning categories, not a confirmed journey or price.
Interests rank eligible guides. Matching selected interests adds points; not every interest must match.
Two-place suggestions must fit both guides. Both budget categories must match, and each part receives at least its guide’s suggested minimum plus a separate transfer allowance. Real connections still need checking.
Budget categories
The $ / $$ / $$$ labels describe broad planning styles, not daily prices. Results do not retrieve quotes. Use the budget workbook to calculate your own trip.
Interest tags in the data
The selectable interests add weight to matching guide tags. With no interests selected, destinations receive the same small interest bonus; the trip-length and budget scores determine the ordering.
What this planner does not do
It does not search flights, hotels or live availability, and it cannot book anything.
It does not retrieve current prices. Result categories are planning labels, not live quotes or a verified price survey.
It does not store your inputs. There is no account and no server-side step — everything runs in the page and
resets when you reload.
It is not a substitute for visa, safety or health checks, which change by nationality and by date.
If a route looks wrong for you, the guide behind it is the thing to argue with — each
one lists its own daily costs, seasons and pacing notes, and that is where corrections belong.
Frequently asked questions
Is the trip planner free, and do I need an account?
It is free and there is no account. The planner is a single front-end page: your days, budget and interests are used in the browser to build the route and are never sent anywhere.
How many destinations does it actually choose from?
Thirty, one for each destination guide on this site. The planner mirrors those guides one-to-one, so any route it suggests can be traced straight back to a full guide with its own daily costs and season notes.
Why did it suggest a country I did not expect?
Matching first checks the guide’s suggested minimum and budget category, then ranks eligible guides by selected interests. A guide can rank well without matching every chosen interest. Two-place suggestions require both parts to fit; read the linked guides and confirm the connections.
Are the costs in the results exact?
No. Results show a selected budget category, not a current daily price. Check actual accommodation, transport and activity prices for your dates, and add flights, insurance, visas and any other exclusions separately.
What happens to my inputs when I close the page?
Nothing is saved. There is no cookie, no localStorage entry and no server call for the planner itself, so reloading the page returns it to the default state.