The spots that locals love, planned into your trip.
We're building Trip Designer around a hand-picked collection of local spots - where people who live there eat, run, hike and watch the sunset. Pick what you like, and it becomes a day-by-day plan on a map, with an assistant to rework it when your day changes.
Free. One email to confirm, then the odd update while we build.
Early access when we openStarting in Barcelona, more European cities to followBuilt by two travellers
- 109:00Market breakfast
- 210:30Indoor pool swim
- 313:30Tapas in Barceloneta
- 419:30Sunset viewpoint
Re-planned on request You asked to avoid the rain: the seafront run is now a swim at an indoor pool.
An example day in Barcelona - a preview of what we're building.
The catalogue
Built on the spots locals actually recommend
Every city starts as a catalogue we put together by hand: where to eat, where to run, which hill to climb for the sunset - the places people who live there send their friends to, each with how long it takes and when it's open. Not whatever ranks highest on a review site.
- Food
Market breakfast at a food-hall counter
El Raval1 h
- Active
Seafront run along the beaches
Barceloneta45 min
- Outdoors
Sunset from a hilltop viewpoint
El Carmel90 min
- Food
Tapas and vermouth in the old fishing quarter
Barceloneta1 h
- Active
Run on a flat forest trail above the city
Collserola75 min
- Evenings
Evening terraces on a busy square
Gràcia2 h
- Food
Vermouth hour on a neighbourhood terrace
Sant Antoni1 h
- Outdoors
Hike up to the city's highest peak
Collserola3 h
- Active
Day pass at an Olympic pool and gym
Montjuïc90 min
- Food
Tapas crawl through the old lanes
El Born2.5 h
- Outdoors
Forest loop round a hidden reservoir
Collserola2 h
- Evenings
Cava and sandwiches at a standing bar
Barceloneta1 h
These cards are placeholders: we're still collecting the spots for our Barcelona catalogue.
Pick the spots. Shape the days. Change your mind.
01 · Pick
Start from what you're in the mood for
Tell us where you're going, for how long and what you enjoy - market food, a long run, a hike with a view. We pull the matching spots from the catalogue into a first plan, or you start from a blank map and add your own.
Design preview - not the finished product 02 · Plan
A planner that's a pleasure to use
Your days on one side, the map on the other. Drag a stop to another day, give it a start time, or plan only until 5 pm because you're meeting friends. Your flights, your stay and the bar a friend recommended all live in the same place.
Design preview - not the finished product 03 · Adjust
An assistant for when the day changes
Rain on the beach day? Legs tired after yesterday's hike? Ask the assistant and it reworks the day - swaps the run for an indoor pool and reshuffles the stops and the walks between them. Every change can be undone, and each stop opens in Google Maps when it's time to go.
Example conversation
You: It's pouring - can we swap the seafront run for something indoors?AssistantDone. The run is now a swim at an indoor pool nearby, and I've moved lunch to 14:00 so you're not rushing.- 09:00Market breakfast
8 min walk
- 10:30Indoor pool swim
18 min walk
- 14:00Tapas in Barceloneta
25 min walk
- 19:30Sunset viewpoint
Example conversation
- 09:00Market breakfast
8 min walk
- 10:30Indoor pool swim
18 min walk
- 14:00Tapas in Barceloneta
25 min walk
- 19:30Sunset viewpoint
What we're building, and who's building it
Grounded in local knowledge
The catalogue is built from what locals recommend - the places they'd send a friend to, not whatever ranks highest. If the assistant suggests somewhere from outside it, your plan says so.
Less time planning, more time there
Everyone we interviewed lost 15 to 30 hours per trip across four to six different tools, and still landed on the same tourist spots. Cutting that down is the point of the whole app.
Built by two travellers
Not a content farm. We got tired of stitching a trip together from Google, screenshots and a group chat, so we're building the thing we wanted to use.
Questions, answered
Is this just another AI vibe-coded app?
No. We're a very small team of engineers, so we do leverage AI development, but all of our code is meticulously reviewed by a human, an experienced senior software engineer with 7+ years of professional industry experience, before it's released. And the spots in the catalogue are chosen by people, not generated.
Where do the spots come from?
From people who know the city. They send us the places they'd recommend to a friend, with their tips, and we add them to the catalogue by hand. If the assistant suggests a place from outside the catalogue, your plan marks it as not verified.
How is this different from asking an AI chatbot for an itinerary?
A general chatbot plans from whatever it has read online, so you tend to get the same famous sights as everyone else. Trip Designer starts from our hand-picked catalogue and uses AI to fit those spots to your days, and to rework them when plans change. And it doesn't stop at planning: Trip Designer comes with you on the trip, to re-plan on the go, help you stay on track and guide you from one spot to the next.
Which cities will it cover?
We're starting with Barcelona, and more European cities will follow. When you join the wishlist you can tell us where you'd like us to go next - your answers help us decide the order.
When can I use it, and is there anything to install?
We'll open to the wishlist first and email you the day we do. It will run in your browser, on your phone or your laptop, so there's nothing to install.
Be first in when we open
Leave your email and we'll tell you the day it opens. Answer a few quick questions afterwards and we'll fill the first catalogues with the kinds of spots you actually go for.
We'll email to confirm, then now and again while we build, and the day we open. Every email has an unsubscribe link.