Trip planner that builds itineraries from your saved travel photos

Travel inspiration is fundamentally visual. People bookmark Instagram posts featuring tucked-away cafes in Prague, golden-hour overlooks in Santorini, and vibrant street art neighborhoods in Mexico City. Over time, camera rolls and Pinterest boards fill up with hundreds of these saved images. But converting that collection of screenshots into a real vacation requires painstaking hours of reverse image lookups, digging through Reddit threads, and assembling spreadsheets that drain all the fun out of planning. The distance between a mood board of dream destinations and an executable travel plan is enormous, and conventional trip planners are no help — they open with questionnaires instead of working with the images travelers have already gathered. PhotoTrip bridges that divide. Drop in 10 to 20 saved travel images and the AI pinpoints precise locations, experiences, and atmospheres. It assembles a day-by-day schedule reflecting exactly what sparked your interest: that tucked-away cafe, the panoramic sunset perch, the curated street art walking path. The system links identified spots to booking APIs for lodging and experiences, pushes calendar events to your phone, and recommends photogenic detours along your route. Visual wanderlust transformed into an actionable plan in under five minutes. Begin with a straightforward upload interface where users drag in their photos. Leverage Google Cloud Vision for location and activity recognition. Construct a backend that maps identified places to Booking.com, Viator, and GetYourGuide for reservable experiences, plus Google Maps for route optimization. Produce itineraries through Claude or ChatGPT, enriched by photo metadata and stated user preferences. Roll it out to 50 travel-obsessed early adopters and refine location accuracy and vibe alignment through their feedback. Monthly pricing begins at $15 for unlimited itineraries, supplemented by 5 to 8 percent commission on completed bookings. User acquisition flows through TikTok creators showcasing AI-built travel plans, Instagram travel influencers, and shareable "my dream trip planned in 5 minutes" viral moments. The booking commission layer is where revenue truly scales: with 30,000 active users, subscriptions alone generate $450K per month, while commissions layer on an additional $300K to $500K.

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