Getting Started: Your First AI Itinerary in 10 Minutes

The Blank Page Problem

You've decided on Japan. Two weeks. Late October. First time. And now you're staring at a spreadsheet you've opened and closed four times, a browser with eleven tabs, and a Reddit thread from 2023 that starts promising and devolves into an argument about whether you really need to see Kyoto.

Trip planning has a blank page problem. There's too much to know, too much to decide, and no obvious place to start. Most people end up copying someone else's itinerary and hoping it fits their trip. There's a version of this that takes ten minutes instead of ten weekends.

What You're Actually Building

An itinerary isn't a checklist of places. It's a structure: where you sleep each night, how you move between cities, and roughly what you're doing each day — loose enough to adapt, specific enough to book around.

Voyaiger builds you that structure. You bring the preferences; it handles the logistics scaffolding.

Step 1: Start the Trip

From your dashboard, hit New Trip. You'll be asked for:

• Destination — can be a country, a region, or a city. "Japan" works. "Tokyo and Kyoto" works. "Southeast Asia" works if you want a multi-country framework.
• Dates or duration — give it real dates if you have them, or "14 days in late October." The AI uses this to sequence days, factor in seasonal context, and flag timing issues.
• Travelers — solo, couple, family, group. This affects accommodation suggestions, pacing, and activity types.
• Travel style — a few quick prompts: how active do you want to be? How important is food? Are you comfortable with public transit?

That's it. Hit generate.

Step 2: Read What You Get

In about 30 seconds, you'll have a day-by-day itinerary. Read it as a draft, not a verdict.

A few things to check on first pass:

• Does the geography make sense? Good itineraries cluster nearby things together. If Day 3 has you in Kyoto and Day 4 back in Tokyo and Day 5 back in Osaka, something's wrong.
• Is the pacing right for you? The default is moderate. If you want slower mornings or more packed days, you'll adjust this.
• Are the anchor experiences there? If you specifically want to see Hiroshima or do a ryokan night, make sure they're in. If not, you'll add them.

Step 3: Edit It

Every day is editable. Click any day to see the activities on it, add new ones, remove what doesn't fit, and reorder.

A few things that work well:

Add a note to an activity. "I want to do this specific restaurant" or "I already have tickets to this." The AI uses notes when it suggests adjacent activities.

Move an activity to a different day. Drag and drop. The itinerary re-checks transit times automatically.

Ask for alternatives. Not feeling the suggested ryokan? Hit "suggest alternatives" on any activity and get three options with brief rationale.

Step 4: Run the Vet (Optional but Recommended)

Before you start booking, run Vet My Itinerary. It scans your plan for the things that kill trips: unrealistic transit times, places that are closed on the day you have them scheduled, conflicting opening hours, seasonal issues.

Japan in late October is generally fine, but there are specific things — some temples get extremely crowded during fall foliage season, certain rural transport is infrequent — that the vet will catch.

Fix the flags, then book.

Step 5: Save, Share, or Export

Your itinerary lives in your Voyaiger account. You can share a read-only link with travel companions, export to PDF for offline use, or just live in the app.

As you travel, you can mark days done, add notes, and if you want — turn your experience into a Field Note for the next person heading to the same destination.

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That's the full flow. Destination → structure → edit → vet → go. Most people get through steps 1–3 in under 15 minutes the first time.

Already have a plan built somewhere else? Vet My Itinerary can review any existing plan, not just ones built in Voyaiger.