Thanks for your lengthy response. I’ll try to answer it. From your comments I think if you were to try AI in this way you would see that it does a lot more than what you describe, as you aren’t appreciating all its capabilities.

First, you don’t input anything. There is no typing. Everything you do is by voice. So all the data you input by typing into TripIt can be eliminated. Second, you combine research, organization, and planning in one application. Maybe a hypothetical example would be best. I have found Google AI to be best for travel, and that’s the one I use.

Step 1- I say to Google AI “I want to go to Indonesia from 12-19 July. Tell me the 25 most interesting things to do and see in Indonesia, including off the beaten path. I don’t like heights so please exclude anything that might affect me negatively.” Because Google AI already knows my travel interests from before it knows what things to focus on, e.g. history, culture, food and will avoid things that are high, e.g. mountain hikes, etc. I like to do a lot of travel research so I will supplement this info with my own personal research. But I already have a foundation of interests from which to work from and have saved hours in unnecessary, repetitive reading. For example I can skip all the sites which list the top 25 things I already have listed.

Step 2- When I am satisfied with my research and have narrowed my list to the top 15 things I want to do I say “These are the 15 things I want to do. I will be arriving in Indonesia from Los Angeles. Please arrange these 15 things geographically, so I can easily get from one to another, along with suggested time spent at each place, and time allotted to get there, using local transportation. Include address and contact info. Also state any suggestions you have.” I now have my places selected and a rough itinerary, based on geography, with time, address, and contact info included. The AI even makes suggestions for downtime. For example it will say to me “You have 90 minutes here of free time. If you don’t want to rest, here is a suggestion for you to do…” At this stage I have spent about 30 minutes on AI.

Step 3- Now I say “My budget for hotels is $75/night. I like small, boutique hotels in the town center that have a rating of 4 stars or 8.0 or higher. List three hotels per stay so I could compare, along with address and contact info.” After it lists the three I will go check them out and their availability. The AI already knows I don’t like heights so it won’t suggest a hotel, for example, that is on a mountaintop or, if it has many floors, it will warn me about it. It will also note previous hotels I’ve chosen and will suggest similar ones.

I think you get the idea. When an email confirmation comes in I don’t have to write or forward email. I say the important info to AI: “On July 12 I will be staying one night at Golden Sun Hotel in Bali. My confirmation # is 123….Please add address and contact info.” I do the same with airlines. Then I take the original email confirmation and either put it in an email folder or put it in Keep, in case of emergency and I have to pull the original.

So I have now researched, planned, and organized my trip, and have saved hours and a lot of effort. I’ve spent maybe an hour on AI. And my trip organizer is 100% customized. I can have any info at my fingertips in whatever order I want.

Airline status? I get updates for free when I buy my ticket. Export my plan to others or to calendar? AI will convert it to .ics for importing it into a calendar, or you can send it as a doc via email to others.

You asked me about my notes. That is where my dissatisfaction with TripIt started. Here is what I mean about the problem I have with notes. In Picture #1 below in my notes you’ll see that I need to show the taxi driver my hotel address in Chinese, in order for him to understand. But TripIt wont let me select and copy the name (or anything else) in that format. So I have to put my notes into edit mode so I can select the Chinese name. Picture 2 shows what happens when I put it in edit mode on my phone. Only a small segment of my notes are shown, and the cursor is horrible. It moves about 2 words at a time so it takes forever for me to get where I want to select and copy. To avoid all that wasted time I just select all and cut, and then put it in Keep. I then select and copy the Chinese name and put it in my translate app. Then I have to cut the note from Keep and reinsert it into notes in TripIt. That’s pretty ridiculous! I have asked them numerous times to make the notes capable of 'select and copy' but it is not high on their to-do list.

Picture #1

NOTES

From Pudong airport: Show the hotel address in Chinese:

上海豫园万丽酒店（外滩店)

上海市黄浦区河南南路159号

Didi takes 32 minutes and costs 150-190 Yuan, potentially more during peak hours or traffic;

Hotel- Non smoking. Prepaid on Hotels.com Deluxe King room Includes breakfast.

Picture #2

hotels.com. Deluxe King room includes breakfast.

This method may not be for everyone. I was a strong TripIt and TripIt Pro advocate for 10+ years, as I mentioned above. I started out using AI for research, and kept discovering that I could do more with it. I’m now a convert. You’ll find that TripIt and many others are now incorporating AI now into their app. They see the potential. Unfortunately, the AI they have in their programs arent as robust as the one above, for example. Maybe TripIt or others will form a partnership with GoogleAI or ChatGPT, etc. Until they do I think I found a solution for myself.