Describe How You Travel

Before you open Claude, grab a pen and paper (or a notes app) and have a think about how you like to travel.

Why start here? An AI model writes the most likely helpful answer. If it doesn’t know anything about you, it plans for an average traveller. The more you tell it about yourself, the better its suggestions will suit you.

Write it the way you’d explain it to a friend who’s helping you plan. Dot points are fine, and you don’t need to answer every question.

Things to think about

• Who’s coming? Just you, a partner, friends, the grandkids? Does anyone have particular needs?
• Your pace. How many things do you like to do in a day? Do you like an afternoon rest? Early starts or late nights?
• Getting around. How far are you happy to walk? How do you feel about stairs, hills or long flights? Is there a seat or class you prefer?
• Where you stay. Hotel, apartment, B&B? Any must-haves, like a lift, a quiet room, a central location or a kitchen?
• Budget. Roughly how much per night, and per day? Where do you like to spend a bit more, and where are you happy to save?
• Food. Dietary needs or allergies, favourite cuisines, and how adventurous you like to be.
• What you love. Gardens, galleries, history, markets, music, walking, wine, beaches?
• What you’d rather avoid. Crowds, tourist traps, long coach tours, too many early mornings?
• The practical bits. Your home airport, which passport you travel on, travel insurance, any medications to plan around.
• What you’d like Claude to give you. A day-by-day plan? A packing list? A budget table? A checklist of things to book? How much detail?

Two of these make an especially big difference: what you’d rather avoid, and what you’d like Claude to give you. General travel advice often misses the mark because it doesn’t know what you’d rather skip, or how you’d like the answer laid out.

When you’ve got your notes, you’re ready to turn them into a skill.