A New Zealand tech fan asked Copilot in PowerPoint to visualise their travel itinerary and was impressed with the result, joking that seeing it all laid out made them think they might need extra insurance.
Create a short presentation from my travel itinerary below. Give each day or each stop its own slide with the date, place, main activities, travel times and where I'm staying, plus a simple overview slide with the whole route at the start. Keep the text brief and add suitable images. Itinerary: [PASTE ITINERARY].
Replace the [PLACEHOLDERS] with your own details before you send it.
How to try it
- Paste or attach your itinerary in PowerPoint and open Copilot.
- Ask it to build a deck with an overview slide and one slide per day or stop.
- Check every date and booking detail against your confirmations, then share it with your travel companions.
More travel use cases
Translate menus and practise phrases abroad with ChatGPT
On Hacker News, one traveller described using ChatGPT to translate a Japanese menu into romaji and English, explain the difference between two Turkish yoghurt dishes, and talk them through basic Tagalog phrases by voice while walking around Manila.
Here's a photo of a menu in [LANGUAGE]. Translate each dish into English, show how to pronounce it in [ROMAN LETTERS/PHONETICS], and briefly explain what it is. Flag anything containing [ALLERGENS OR FOODS I AVOID]. Then teach me how to order [DISH] politely.
Turn a holiday itinerary into a calendar file with ChatGPT
One holidaymaker asked ChatGPT for an itinerary based on his and his wife's interests, then to add a rocket launch, then to turn it into a calendar file. After a few failed attempts it produced a working one that they both imported into their phones.
Make me an itinerary for [DESTINATION] on [DATES]. I like [INTERESTS]; my partner likes [INTERESTS]. Add [SPECIAL EVENT]. Then create a calendar file (.ics) with each activity as an event with start and end times, location and a short note, so I can import it into my phone's calendar.
Find your way through a huge airport by talking to Gemini
Arriving late at Chicago O'Hare, columnist Joy Schwabach had to meet her stepson at a distant terminal without knowing his gate. She asked Gemini through the phone app's microphone and listened to its answers, so she could follow its directions without looking down at her screen.
I've just landed at [AIRPORT] at [TERMINAL / GATE] and need to get to [WHERE YOU'RE MEETING SOMEONE OR CONNECTING]. Give me step-by-step walking directions, including any trains or shuttles between terminals, roughly how long it will take, and what signs to follow. Keep each step short so I can listen while I walk.
Reference: X @nztechtweet