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?
Yes, today: unlimited AI itinerary generation, multi-currency budget tracking, and free PDF, Excel, and Google Sheets export. No signup or credit card required. A freemium tier may come later if costs scale faster than affiliate revenue.
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. We are also free for PDF, Excel, and Google Sheets export, which most competitors paywall at around $40/year.
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. You can generate an itinerary, view it, and export it as PDF, Excel, or Google Sheets without an account. Signing in with Google is optional and useful if you want to save trips across devices and for later use. It is also immensely useful to build 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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