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Built for the trip. Not the planning.

Wanderlust drafts your days from real places, keeps the plan on your phone once you're there, and turns it into a trip friends can copy. Here's every part — and exactly what it does.

Plan my trip free →Take the tour ↓
01 — Start here
A place, some dates, the kind of trip you want. That's the brief.

An AI planner that writes the first draft — you write the trip.

Tell it where you're going, when, who's coming and your budget. Pick the vibe — food, culture, nature, nightlife — how full you like your days, and add anything you can't miss. It drafts a day-by-day itinerary of specific places and opens it in a real editor, not a chat window.

  • A short brief, not a prompt. Destination, dates (or leave them flexible), who's coming, a budget, vibes, pace — and your must-sees, in your own words.
  • Real places, pinned. Each stop is looked up as a real place, so the ones it finds land on your map with a photo.
  • A note on every stop. Each comes with a line on what it is and a suggested time — all of it yours to change.
  • Free to start. 3 AI-built itineraries every 30 days on the free plan; unlimited with Pro.
Plan my trip free →
NEW TRIP · KYOTODRAFTING
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Kyoto, Japan
DESTINATION
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Oct 12 – Oct 18
DATES · OR FLEXIBLE
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Couple
WHO'S COMING
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Food & Drink · Culture
VIBES · MODERATE PACE
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Day 1 · Nishiki Market, Gion
4 STOPS · PINNED ON THE MAP
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Portugal · 9 days
AUTO-SAVED
SAT12OCT
08:15Arrive LIS · ride to Alfama
11:00Coffee at Fábrica
20:00Dinner: Taberna da Rua das Flores
SUN13OCT
10:00Gulbenkian Museum dragging…
14:00Tram 28 · full loop
19:30Fado at Mesa de Frades
MON14OCT
09:45Train to Évora · Alentejo
13:00Lunch at Fialho (booked)
02 — Shape it
Drag a stop. Tap Optimize. Skip the spreadsheet.

An itinerary builder that bends without breaking.

Drag a stop to a new slot or a different day and the plan follows. See how long it takes to get between stops. Leave a morning deliberately empty. Everything auto-saves, and anyone you've invited sees it update in real time.

  • Optimize Day. One tap reorders a day's stops into the shortest route and shows the “saves ~X min” before you commit. Stops with a reservation or a time you set stay put — and you can pin any other. On the web and in the iOS app.
  • Drag-and-drop stops. Move a stop within a day or to another day in one gesture.
  • Travel times between stops. Drive, walk or cycle times between mapped stops — so a 9am start with a long transfer shows up before the morning does.
  • Real-time sync. Edits show up live in every open browser tab — yours, and with Pro, the travel companions you invite.
  • Undo an optimize. Changed your mind after Optimize Day? One tap puts the day back.
Build my itinerary →
03 — Ask anything
“Somewhere cheap and safe in Southeast Asia for a month?”

An assistant that looks it up before it answers.

Ask where to go, what a month somewhere costs, or what to add to Day 3. The assistant checks Wanderlust's own city data — cost of living, safety, internet speed, seasons — before it answers, and tells you when it's working from general knowledge instead. Inside a trip, it can make the change for you.

  • Answers from real data. Budget and safety questions run against Wanderlust's city database, not a guess.
  • Knows where you've been. It reads your passport and bucket list, so suggestions lean toward places you haven't done yet.
  • Edits the trip you're in. Ask it to add, change or reorder stops — you see the proposal and confirm before anything is saved.
  • Free on every plan. Generous daily AI chat is part of the free plan.
See what it can answer →
Somewhere cheap and safe in Southeast Asia for a month?
From Wanderlust's city data: Chiang Mai and Da Nang both fit a nomad budget and score high on safety. Chiang Mai has the faster internet.
CITY DATACOST · SAFETY · INTERNET
Add a cooking class to Day 3.
Add Thai cooking class to Day 3 at 10:00?
PROPOSED CHANGECONFIRM ✓
JPNOV 25
ISMAR 26
MAAPR 25
PTSEP 25
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04 — Your map
34 countries. 6 continents. 17% of the world.

A living passport of everywhere you've been.

Tap a country on the globe to stamp it — backfilling years of travel takes minutes. Wanderlust counts your countries and continents, shows how much of the world you've seen and how far you are from the next milestone. It stays private until you make your profile public.

  • Tap to stamp. Every country you've been to, on one spinning globe.
  • Stats that mean something. Countries, continents, percent of the world, next milestone.
  • A recap to share. Download a Travel Wrapped image of every country you've stamped.
  • Feeds the next trip. Your bucket list sits alongside it, and the assistant reads both.
Start my passport →
05 — With your people
Four friends. Four opinions. One plan.

Group trips that don't devolve into a 200-message group chat.

Invite the people you're traveling with into one shared itinerary. Everyone sees edits land in real time and who else is planning right now — and ideas go in the trip's notes, not a 200-message chat. Sending invites takes Pro; anyone you invite can join on a free account.

  • Invite by link. Send one link; they sign in — free — and they're in.
  • Live, together. Edits and who's-here presence update as you plan on the web.
  • Shared notes. Park ideas and decisions with the trip, where everyone can find them.
  • Pro to invite, free to join. Only the trip's owner needs Pro.
Start a group trip →
J
Jules12 MIN AGO
Moved Day 4 lunch to Afuri in Ebisu — shorter walk from the museum.
M
Maya2 MIN AGO
Added a 3pm pottery class — optional for the non-crafty among us.
Editing now · Tokyo trip
3 people here
JMA
$2,412/ $3,000
12 DAYS · JAPAN · $588 LEFT
Flights$842 / $1,000
Stays$1,120 / $1,400
Food & experiences$450 / $600
Just logged: Nishiki Market lunch · $38 · Food & experiences
06 — Stay on budget
Spent vs. planned, per category — no spreadsheet.

Know what's left before the last night.

Give the trip a budget, split it into your own categories and log what you spend as you go — on the web or in the iOS app. Each category shows spent against planned, so an overspend shows up while there's still time to adjust.

  • One budget per trip. A total and your own categories, in the currency you choose.
  • Log it in seconds. Add an expense from the trip, on the web or in the iOS app.
  • Spent vs. planned. A running total for the trip and a bar for every category.
  • Shared with the trip. Everyone you've invited sees and adds to the same budget.
Start a trip with a budget →
07 — Where the wifi isn't
Airplane mode. Subway tunnels. The second-to-last Greek island.

Your itinerary, without a signal.

The Wanderlust iOS app keeps your trips on your phone — each day's stops and times, addresses, flights and hotels. Open it in airplane mode and the plan is still there.

  • Saved on your phone. Trips that are coming up or underway are stored on the device, so the itinerary opens with no connection.
  • Trip Mode on travel days. A “today” view of what's now and what's next, straight from the saved trip.
  • A home-screen widget. Your next stop at a glance, even on a plane.
  • On every plan. Offline Trip Mode is part of Free, not a Pro upsell.
Get the iOS app →See Trip Mode ↓
AIRPLANE MODE · SAVED ON THIS PHONE
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Flight SFO → LIS
TAP 263 · APR 12
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Day 2 · Lisbon
5 STOPS · TIMES & ADDRESSES
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Hotel das Amoreiras
CHECK-IN APR 12
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Notes & budget
SAVED WITH THE TRIP
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TRIP MODE · DAY 4 · KYOTO72°F
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Leave in ~38 min
NEXT · NISHIKI MARKET · 12:45
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Now · Fushimi Inari
10:30 · GET DIRECTIONS
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Tonight · Ryokan check-in
16:00 · NEXT RESERVATION
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08 — On the ground
Where am I going next, and when do I have to leave?

Trip Mode — your day, live on your phone.

On a travel day, the Wanderlust iOS app opens straight into Trip Mode: your current stop, your next one, and a countdown to when you need to leave — in the destination's time zone. Your stops load from the trip saved on your phone, so they're there in a subway tunnel or a dead zone.

  • Today, with a countdown. Current stop, next stop, and “Leave in ~38 min” — worked out from your plan's times.
  • Flights, live. Today's flights with their status, delays, and gate and terminal where the airline shares them — when you have signal.
  • Weather on the day. A one-line “72°F, partly cloudy” at the top of the screen.
  • One-tap directions. Hand any stop to your phone's maps app.
  • Reminders before you go. Push notifications a week, three days and a day before the trip, and on hotel check-in day.
Get the iOS app →
Portugal · 9 days
IMPORTED FROM 3 FORWARDED CONFIRMATIONS
SFO → LIS (TAP 263)Day 1
Hotel das Amoreiras · 4 ntsDays 1–4
Quinta da Romaneira · 3 ntsDays 5–7
ON YOUR TRIP3 of 3
— FLIGHTS AND HOTELS ON THE RIGHT DAYS —
09 — Your bookings
Book wherever you like. Keep it all in one plan.

Your confirmations, right where the plan is.

When the plan looks right, the assistant points you to where to book each piece. Book with whoever you like, then forward the confirmation emails to Wanderlust — or paste one in — and once you've checked the details, the flights and hotels land on the right days of your trip.

  • Where to book, surfaced. The assistant's suggestions come with links to search and book them. Some of those links earn Wanderlust a commission.
  • Forward your confirmations. Your personal import address reads booking emails into a review queue — add each one to a trip in a tap.
  • Or paste one in. Drop a confirmation into the trip; it's read for you and you confirm the details before it saves.
  • On every plan. Importing bookings isn't a Pro feature.
Start a trip →
10 — Share & discover
One place to start. One place to discover. One tap to make it yours.

Discover real trips — then plan your own version.

Every great trip starts with someone else's. Explore is one feed where shared journeys and bookable group trips sit side by side, newest first. Find one you love, hit “Clone this trip” — or “plan my own version” on a group trip — and the day-by-day plan copies into your own editable journey, ready for your dates.

  • One discovery feed. Shared journeys and bookable group trips in one list, newest first — no two apps to check.
  • Copy it in one tap. Clone any shared journey or hosted trip into your own editable plan.
  • Yours to change. A clone is a real draft, not a read-only copy — rearrange days, swap stops, set your own dates.
  • Share yours back. Turn on a public link and anyone can read your trip and clone it.
Browse shared trips →Plan my own trip
EXPLORE · NEWEST FIRSTJOURNEYS + TRIPS
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10 days in Portugal
SHARED JOURNEY · LISBON
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Patagonia base camp
GROUP TRIP · BOOKABLE
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Tokyo food crawl
SHARED JOURNEY · TOKYO
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Honest comparison

Generic AI guesses. Storage apps just file.

You've probably tried both. A general AI chatbot like ChatGPT writes a plausible plan, but it can get places wrong and the plan stays in the chat. A trip organizer like TripIt files the bookings you've already made, but it won't draft your days. Wanderlust drafts them from real places, answers from its own city, cost & safety data, edits the trip when you say so — and carries it offline on your iPhone.

Capability
Wanderlust
Generic AI (ChatGPT)
Storage apps (TripIt)
AI answers from real city, cost & safety data — and says when it can't
Yes
No
No
Edits your itinerary when you ask — you confirm each change
Yes
No
No
Drafts a day-by-day plan of real places, pinned on a map
Yes
In a chat
No
Optimize Day — reorders a day by real travel time
Yes
No
No
Your itinerary on your phone, offline
Yes
No
Yes
Plan one itinerary live with your travel companions (Pro to invite)
Yes
No
Shared, not live
Files the bookings you already made
Yes
No
Yes
Web + iPhone

Plan at a desk. Live it on your phone.

Your trips are the same everywhere you sign in. The web app is the full planner; the iOS app carries the trip — offline — once you're there.

iOS

Native app for iPhone and iPad, with offline Trip Mode, trip reminders and an Up Next home-screen widget.

Get it on the App Store →
IPHONE & IPADOFFLINE TRIP MODE

Android

In beta, and not in the Play Store yet. On an Android phone, the web app works in your browser meanwhile.

BETAWEB APP FOR NOW

Web

The full planner at a keyboard — AI drafts, drag-and-drop, Optimize Day, and live planning with the people you invite.

ANY BROWSERFULL PLANNER
Read the feature tour?

Good. Now use it.

Free isn't a trial. Generous daily AI chat + 3 AI-built itineraries every 30 days, plus booking import and offline Trip Mode in the iOS app. No card to sign up — Pro is there when you want unlimited itineraries and trip invites.

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See it on a real trip

Features are easier to judge against a destination

Open a ranked list or a city guide and the planner, itinerary builder and passport all have something to work with.