Who we are
About Us
The founder behind MonkeyEatingMango
Shobhit Shrivastava · Founder
I'm Shobhit Shrivastava, the founder of MonkeyEatingMango. I got tired of losing hours to trip planning and still landing on a plan I wasn't sure about, so I built the tool I wanted to use. It began as a way to learn AI and turned into something I care about: itinerary planning is a hard, genuinely interesting problem, and I know what a good trip feels like. I test every release on my own travels and read the feedback that comes in. You can read more about why I'm building this. If something's off or you have an idea, write to me — I read every message. I hope you enjoy using it as much as we enjoyed building this.
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Common questions
About MonkeyEatingMango
Who built MonkeyEatingMango?
MonkeyEatingMango was built by its founder, Shobhit Shrivastava, to solve his own trip-planning frustration. After too many hours switching between spreadsheets, map tabs, and travel blogs to plan one trip, he built the tool he wanted to use.
Is MonkeyEatingMango really free?
Free to plan, yes: unlimited AI itinerary generation, multi-currency budgets, maps, and the full itinerary on-screen — no signup or credit card. Exporting a trip to a file is a one-time $4.99 that unlocks every format (PDF, Excel, Word, Google Sheets, Docs) for that trip. Blank planner templates are always free.
How is MonkeyEatingMango different from Wanderlog, TripIt, or other planners?
MonkeyEatingMango generates a complete day-by-day plan in a few minutes from 8 questions. Wanderlog and TripIt are manual planners that require you to add each place yourself. Exporting a finished trip to a file is a one-time $4.99 — most planners paywall exports behind a subscription around $40 a year; ours is pay-once, only when you want the files.
Where does the travel data come from?
Itineraries combine AI inference for personalization with verified real-world data — real venue details, landmark photos from Wikimedia Commons, community-curated knowledge from Wikivoyage, and live commute calculations. The goal is grounded, accurate output rather than the hallucination-prone results you get from raw ChatGPT-style prompts.
Do I need to sign up to use it?
No account to generate a trip, view the whole itinerary, or download a blank template. Exporting one of your trips to a file needs a Google sign-in and the one-time $4.99 unlock. Signing in also saves trips across devices and builds bucket lists.
Can I see what MonkeyEatingMango produces before trying it?
Yes — browse 100+ pre-built itineraries at the itineraries directory, organized by country, duration, and travel style. Each one is a complete day-by-day plan with costs, maps, and food guides — exactly what the AI generator produces for custom trips.
Credits
Data sources & attributions
MonkeyEatingMango is built on open and openly-licensed data. We credit the sources that ask for it:
- OpenStreetMap — the map data behind our trip maps, © OpenStreetMap contributors, available under the Open Database License.
- CARTO — our basemap tiles; see CARTO attribution.
- Wikimedia Commons & Wikidata — destination and place photos, each under its own Creative Commons or public-domain license and credited on the itinerary.
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