ITINERARY Archives

AI promises hyper-efficient, personalized travel itineraries, but its confident advice is often wrong, recommending closed museums or biased hotel choices. This guide reveals the hidden costs of AI planning and shows you how to use it as a smart tool without derailing your trip.

Can I trust AI to give me good travel advice?

October 14, 2025September 28, 2025 by Christopher Elliott

Always have a travel backup plan ready in case your itinerary melts away

January 31, 2024February 17, 2018 by Christopher Elliott

If you don’t have a travel backup plan for your next vacation, you need to read this. Seriously. Itineraries go sideways all the time.

I ought to know.

Budgetair promises, but then fails to deliver.

Budgetair’s new travel itinerary doesn’t work for me — how about a refund?

December 14, 2023November 14, 2016 by Christopher Elliott

When Joshua Menang’s travel agency changes his itinerary, he asks for his money back. The agency promises a partial refund but then fails to deliver. Can our advocates help him?

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