Facing a seven-week trip taking in Copenhagen, Colorado, Iceland, Edinburgh, London and Switzerland, with glacier hikes, a graduation and a West End show, a travel writer gave ChatGPT each stop, month and activity. It produced a layered packing list she only tweaked slightly, and her husband and son adjusted it for themselves.
Make me a packing list for one suitcase for this trip. Consider the weather, temperatures and events at each stop: [CITY, MONTH, NUMBER OF DAYS, ACTIVITIES] for each leg. Focus on layers and items that work in more than one place, list how many of each item to take, and include toiletries, tech and documents. Flag anything I could buy or borrow there instead.
Replace the [PLACEHOLDERS] with your own details before you send it.
How to try it
- List every stop with the month, number of days and planned activities.
- Paste it into ChatGPT and trim anything you won’t really use or can get on arrival.
- Share the list with your travel companions so they can adapt it for themselves.
More travel use cases
Decide whether a rail pass is worth it for your trip with ChatGPT
Planning a winter trip around Europe, a traveller uploaded his list of city pairs and travel days and asked ChatGPT whether a Eurail pass made sense. It helped him choose a 15-day pass over two months, decide which journeys to use it for, and flagged that ferries weren't covered and Italian high-speed trains need €15 seat reservations.
Here's my rough train plan: [LIST OF JOURNEYS WITH DATES]. There are [NUMBER] of us, aged [AGES]. Help me compare buying a [RAIL PASS NAME] with buying separate tickets: which pass type would fit, which journeys are worth using it on, and what extra costs (seat reservations, ferries, supplements) I should expect. Tell me what to check on the official sites, as prices change.
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.
Chase a cancelled-flight refund with ChatGPT
After JetBlue cancelled his flight at the last minute, one traveller later asked ChatGPT to go and get his refund. He ended up with $866.36 back plus a $100 flight credit.
My flight [FLIGHT NUMBER] on [DATE] was cancelled by [AIRLINE]. I paid [AMOUNT] and [DID/DID NOT] accept an alternative. Tell me what I'm entitled to, then draft a short, firm refund request that quotes my booking reference [REF], asks for a cash refund to my original payment method within a set time, and says what I'll do if they don't respond.
Reference: QuirkyCruise