aitrips.io vs A spreadsheet (or a Notion doc)
The tool most trips are still planned in, and the real competitor
Free — you probably already have it open
Free for one active trip. Pro is $6/mo or $39/yr — see full pricing.
A spreadsheet (or a Notion doc)'s pricing and features checked by hand on 28 August 2026.
What A spreadsheet (or a Notion doc) does well
- Total flexibility. It does exactly what you tell it to, with no product opinion getting in the way.
- Zero new account, zero learning curve if you already live in Sheets or Notion.
- Sharing a link is one click, and most people you'd invite already know how to use it.
Where aitrips.io is different
- 'Ramen place near the station' becomes a real pin with coordinates and a route, not a row of text.
- Weather, transport time, and an automatic check for a day with three overlapping bookings.
- A plan a group can vote on and discuss item by item, not just co-edit generically.
- A structure an AI assistant actually understands as a trip, not a cell it's guessing at.
Feature by feature
Map-first interface
Transport routing across multiple modes
Weather forecast on every activity
Automatic gap detection
Bring your own AI (MCP)
Real-time collaboration
Presence and a full activity log
Desktop-class planning UX
Import from email confirmations
Native iOS / Android apps
Offline access
File and document attachments
Data export, no ads or affiliate links
Self-hostable
Trip check-ins and emergency contact alerts
Offline nearest embassy/hospital lookup
Animated trip retrospective / recap
| aitrips.io | A spreadsheet (or a Notion doc) | |
|---|---|---|
| Map-first interface | Yes | Depends on the tool |
| Transport routing across multiple modes | 11 modes, routed and drawn | No |
| Weather forecast on every activity | Yes | No |
| Automatic gap detection | Yes | No |
| Bring your own AI (MCP) | Claude, ChatGPT, any MCP client | No |
| Real-time collaboration | Yes | Generic document editing |
| Presence and a full activity log | Yes | Depends on the tool |
| Desktop-class planning UX | Yes | Flexible, entirely manual |
| Import from email confirmations | Via a connected AI assistant, not email | No |
| Native iOS / Android apps | No | Yes |
| Offline access | Today tab caches; not the whole trip | Depends on the tool |
| File and document attachments | No | Depends on the tool |
| Data export, no ads or affiliate links | Yes | Depends on the tool |
| Self-hostable | No | No |
| Trip check-ins and emergency contact alerts | Yes | No |
| Offline nearest embassy/hospital lookup | Yes | No |
| Animated trip retrospective / recap | Catch-up recap replay, mid-trip or after | No |
Pick A spreadsheet (or a Notion doc) if
If the trip is a weekend away with one other person and three ideas total, a spreadsheet is not wrong. It's free and it's already open.
Pick aitrips.io if
The spreadsheet stops working the moment a trip has real shape: multiple cities, a group with opinions, days that need to actually connect. aitrips.io is what a spreadsheet turns into once a plan needs a map underneath it, and an AI assistant that can genuinely help build it rather than just filling in a cell.
See the map before you sign up
A real, published itinerary with routed transport between every stop. No account needed to look.
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