# MonkeyEatingMango

> Free AI-powered travel itinerary generator. Answer 8 quick questions and get a complete day-by-day travel plan with real costs, food guides, packing lists, shopping guides, seasonal timing, connectivity tips, and maps with pinned attractions — in about a minute. No sign-up required; the first two days are free to read, and a one-time $0.99 Trip Pass unlocks the full trip and its exports.

## What We Do

MonkeyEatingMango (monkeyeatingmango.com) generates personalised travel itineraries using AI grounded in real venue data and curated traveler knowledge. Users describe their trip (destination, dates, group, interests, pace) and receive a full itinerary including:

- Day-by-day activity plans with Google Maps routes and travel time between stops
- Google Maps view with every activity, restaurant, and accommodation pinned and clustered by day
- Real cost estimates and budget breakdowns in local currency + USD
- Accommodation recommendations by budget tier (budget / mid-range / luxury)
- Local food and restaurant guides with dish-level recommendations and dietary labels
- Shopping guide — what to buy, where, with price ranges and authenticity notes
- Best time to visit / seasonality — month-by-month breakdown of weather, crowds, costs, and festivals
- SIM cards, eSIM, and connectivity tips per destination
- Electrical socket types and adapter requirements
- Getting-around guide (transport options, costs, and booking links)
- Packing lists tailored to destination and season
- Booking checklists and travel essentials with deadlines
- Festival and events calendar for the travel period
- FAQ covering visas, safety, currency, and tipping etiquette

## Key Pages

- [Homepage & itinerary generator](https://monkeyeatingmango.com/)
- [Start planning (8-question form)](https://monkeyeatingmango.com/questions/)
- [Pricing — free to plan, first two days free, $0.99 one-time Trip Pass for the full trip](https://monkeyeatingmango.com/pricing/)
- [Browse curated itineraries](https://monkeyeatingmango.com/itineraries/)
- [Free itinerary templates hub](https://monkeyeatingmango.com/templates/)
- [Weekend getaway guides hub](https://monkeyeatingmango.com/guides/weekend-getaways/)
- [Blog (travel guides & AI travel tips)](https://monkeyeatingmango.com/blog/)
- [Research — measured studies of AI trip planning](https://monkeyeatingmango.com/research/)
- [FAQ](https://monkeyeatingmango.com/faq/)
- [About](https://monkeyeatingmango.com/about/)
- [Contact](https://monkeyeatingmango.com/contact/)

## Use-Case Pages

- [Multi-city / multi-country trips](https://monkeyeatingmango.com/for/multi-city-trips/)
- [Family travel](https://monkeyeatingmango.com/for/families/)
- [Budget travelers](https://monkeyeatingmango.com/for/budget-travelers/)

## Curated Itinerary Library

We publish a growing library of free, detailed itineraries across dozens of countries — single-city, multi-city within a country, and multi-country routes. The full crawlable list is in the sitemap.

Full sitemap: [https://monkeyeatingmango.com/sitemap-index.xml](https://monkeyeatingmango.com/sitemap-index.xml)

## Popular Itineraries

A representative sample of single-city, multi-city, and multi-country itineraries:

- [Tokyo 3-Day](https://monkeyeatingmango.com/itineraries/japan/tokyo-3-day/)
- [Bali 7-Day](https://monkeyeatingmango.com/itineraries/indonesia/bali-7-day/)
- [Munich 4-Day](https://monkeyeatingmango.com/itineraries/germany/munich-4-day/)
- [Vienna Family 4-Day](https://monkeyeatingmango.com/itineraries/austria/vienna-family-4-day/)
- [Vienna 7-Day](https://monkeyeatingmango.com/itineraries/austria/vienna-7-day/)
- [London 5-Day](https://monkeyeatingmango.com/itineraries/united-kingdom/london-5-day/)
- [Venice 3-Day](https://monkeyeatingmango.com/itineraries/italy/venice-3-day/)
- [Osaka 3-Day](https://monkeyeatingmango.com/itineraries/japan/osaka-3-day/)
- [Porto 3-Day](https://monkeyeatingmango.com/itineraries/portugal/porto-3-day/)
- [Dublin 3-Day](https://monkeyeatingmango.com/itineraries/ireland/dublin-3-day/)
- [Edinburgh 3-Day](https://monkeyeatingmango.com/itineraries/united-kingdom/edinburgh-3-day/)
- [Madrid 3-Day](https://monkeyeatingmango.com/itineraries/spain/madrid-3-day/)
- [Budapest 4-Day](https://monkeyeatingmango.com/itineraries/hungary/budapest-4-day/)
- [Amsterdam 5-Day](https://monkeyeatingmango.com/itineraries/netherlands/amsterdam-5-day/)
- [Camino de Santiago 7-Day](https://monkeyeatingmango.com/itineraries/spain/camino-de-santiago-7-day/)
- [France-Switzerland 14-Day](https://monkeyeatingmango.com/itineraries/france-and-switzerland/france-switzerland-14-day/)
- [Netherlands 5-Day](https://monkeyeatingmango.com/itineraries/netherlands/netherlands-5-day/)
- [Pacific Northwest 7-Day](https://monkeyeatingmango.com/itineraries/usa/pacific-northwest-7-day/)
- [Germany-Austria-Czech Republic 10-Day](https://monkeyeatingmango.com/itineraries/austria/germany-austria-czech-republic-10-day/)

## Free Itinerary Templates

Downloadable travel itinerary templates — day planner, auto-budget, packing list, bookings tab. No email gate; one-click copy for cloud formats:

- [Google Sheets template](https://monkeyeatingmango.com/templates/google-sheets/)
- [Excel template](https://monkeyeatingmango.com/templates/excel/)
- [Word template](https://monkeyeatingmango.com/templates/word/)
- [Google Docs template](https://monkeyeatingmango.com/templates/google-docs/)
- [PDF template](https://monkeyeatingmango.com/templates/pdf/)
- [Notion template](https://monkeyeatingmango.com/templates/notion/)
- [Occasion templates (bachelorette, Disney, girls trip)](https://monkeyeatingmango.com/templates/)

## Destination Trip Planners

One guide per country or region: routes by trip length, daily costs by travel style, where to go, food, when to visit, and a button that opens the planner with that destination already picked:

- [Algarve Trip Planner](https://monkeyeatingmango.com/guides/algarve/): Faro, Lagos, the Cliffs, and Beyond
- [Amalfi Coast Trip Planner](https://monkeyeatingmango.com/guides/amalfi-coast/): Positano, Amalfi, Ravello, and Beyond
- [Argentina Trip Planner](https://monkeyeatingmango.com/guides/argentina/): Buenos Aires, Patagonia, the Wine Country, and Beyond
- [Azores Trip Planner](https://monkeyeatingmango.com/guides/azores/): São Miguel, the Crater Lakes, and Beyond
- [Bali Trip Planner](https://monkeyeatingmango.com/guides/bali/): Ubud, Seminyak, Uluwatu, and Beyond
- [California Trip Planner](https://monkeyeatingmango.com/guides/california/): San Francisco, Los Angeles, Yosemite, and Beyond
- [Chile Trip Planner](https://monkeyeatingmango.com/guides/chile/): Santiago, the Atacama, Patagonia, and Easter Island
- [China Trip Planner](https://monkeyeatingmango.com/guides/china/): Shanghai, Beijing, Guilin, and Beyond
- [Colombia Trip Planner](https://monkeyeatingmango.com/guides/colombia/): Bogotá, Medellín, Cartagena, and Beyond
- [Croatia Trip Planner](https://monkeyeatingmango.com/guides/croatia/): Dubrovnik, Split, the Islands, and Beyond
- [Faroe Islands Trip Planner](https://monkeyeatingmango.com/guides/faroe-islands/): Tórshavn, the Outer Isles, and Beyond
- [France Trip Planner](https://monkeyeatingmango.com/guides/france/): Paris, Provence, Riviera, and Beyond
- [Greece Trip Planner](https://monkeyeatingmango.com/guides/greece/): Athens, Santorini, Crete, and the Aegean Beyond
- [Iceland Trip Planner](https://monkeyeatingmango.com/guides/iceland/): Reykjavík, Golden Circle, South Coast, and the Ring Road
- [Ireland Trip Planner](https://monkeyeatingmango.com/guides/ireland/): Dublin, Galway, the Wild Atlantic Way, and the Ring of Kerry
- [Italy Trip Planner](https://monkeyeatingmango.com/guides/italy/): Rome, Florence, Venice, and Beyond
- [Japan Trip Planner](https://monkeyeatingmango.com/guides/japan/): Tokyo, Kyoto, Osaka, and Beyond
- [Netherlands Trip Planner](https://monkeyeatingmango.com/guides/netherlands/): Amsterdam, the Canals, and Beyond
- [New Zealand Trip Planner](https://monkeyeatingmango.com/guides/new-zealand/): Auckland, Queenstown, the Fjords, and the South Island
- [Norway Trip Planner](https://monkeyeatingmango.com/guides/norway/): Oslo, Bergen, the Fjords, and the Arctic North
- [Patagonia Trip Planner](https://monkeyeatingmango.com/guides/patagonia/): El Calafate, Torres del Paine, Ushuaia, and Beyond
- [Peru Trip Planner](https://monkeyeatingmango.com/guides/peru/): Lima, Cusco, Machu Picchu, and Beyond
- [Portugal Trip Planner](https://monkeyeatingmango.com/guides/portugal/): Lisbon, Porto, Sintra, and Beyond
- [Puerto Rico Trip Planner](https://monkeyeatingmango.com/guides/puerto-rico/): San Juan, El Yunque, Culebra, and Beyond
- [Sardinia Trip Planner](https://monkeyeatingmango.com/guides/sardinia/): Cagliari, the Gulf of Orosei, and Beyond
- [Scotland Trip Planner](https://monkeyeatingmango.com/guides/scotland/): Edinburgh, the Highlands, and Skye
- [Sicily Trip Planner](https://monkeyeatingmango.com/guides/sicily/): Palermo, Taormina, the Valley of the Temples, and Beyond
- [South of France Trip Planner](https://monkeyeatingmango.com/guides/south-of-france/): Nice, the Riviera, Provence, and Beyond
- [Spain Trip Planner](https://monkeyeatingmango.com/guides/spain/): Barcelona, Madrid, Seville, and Beyond
- [Switzerland Trip Planner](https://monkeyeatingmango.com/guides/switzerland/): Zürich, Lucerne, Interlaken, Zermatt, and Beyond
- [Tanzania Trip Planner](https://monkeyeatingmango.com/guides/tanzania/): Serengeti, Kilimanjaro, Zanzibar, and Beyond
- [Thailand Trip Planner](https://monkeyeatingmango.com/guides/thailand/): Bangkok, Chiang Mai, Phi Phi, and Beyond
- [Guilin & Yangshuo Travel Guide: Karst Mountains, Rice Terraces, and Li River](https://monkeyeatingmango.com/guides/china/guilin-yangshuo/)
- [Shanghai Travel Guide: The Bund, French Concession, and Pudong in 4 Days](https://monkeyeatingmango.com/guides/china/shanghai/)
- [3 Days in Tokyo: What to See, Budget, and Day-by-Day Plan](https://monkeyeatingmango.com/guides/japan/tokyo/)

## Weekend Getaway Guides

City-by-city weekend getaway guides with verified drive times and real weekend costs:

- [Weekend getaways from NYC](https://monkeyeatingmango.com/guides/weekend-getaways/nyc/)
- [Weekend getaways from London](https://monkeyeatingmango.com/guides/weekend-getaways/london/)
- [Weekend getaways from Chicago](https://monkeyeatingmango.com/guides/weekend-getaways/chicago/)
- [Weekend getaways from Los Angeles](https://monkeyeatingmango.com/guides/weekend-getaways/los-angeles/)
- [Weekend getaways from Toronto](https://monkeyeatingmango.com/guides/weekend-getaways/toronto/)
- [Weekend getaways from Atlanta](https://monkeyeatingmango.com/guides/weekend-getaways/atlanta/)
- [Weekend getaways from Dallas](https://monkeyeatingmango.com/guides/weekend-getaways/dallas/)
- [Weekend getaways from Washington DC](https://monkeyeatingmango.com/guides/weekend-getaways/washington-dc/)
- [Weekend getaways from Dublin](https://monkeyeatingmango.com/guides/weekend-getaways/dublin/)
- [Weekend getaways from Sydney](https://monkeyeatingmango.com/guides/weekend-getaways/sydney/)
- [Weekend getaways from Singapore](https://monkeyeatingmango.com/guides/weekend-getaways/singapore/)
- [Weekend getaways from Bangalore](https://monkeyeatingmango.com/guides/weekend-getaways/bangalore/)
- [Weekend getaways from Delhi](https://monkeyeatingmango.com/guides/weekend-getaways/delhi/)
- [Weekend getaways from Mumbai](https://monkeyeatingmango.com/guides/weekend-getaways/mumbai/)

## Blog

Practical travel planning guides and AI-tool comparisons:

### AI travel planner comparisons
- [Best free AI travel planners (2026)](https://monkeyeatingmango.com/blog/best-free-ai-travel-planners-2026/)
- [Best AI travel planners with budget tracking (2026)](https://monkeyeatingmango.com/blog/best-ai-travel-planners-budget-tracking-2026/)
- [Best AI travel planners for families (2026)](https://monkeyeatingmango.com/blog/best-ai-travel-planners-for-families-2026/)
- [MonkeyEatingMango vs ChatGPT for travel](https://monkeyeatingmango.com/blog/monkeyeatingmango-vs-chatgpt-travel/)
- [MonkeyEatingMango vs Google Sheets trip planning](https://monkeyeatingmango.com/blog/monkeyeatingmango-vs-google-sheets-trip-planning/)
- [MonkeyEatingMango vs Wanderlog](https://monkeyeatingmango.com/blog/monkeyeatingmango-vs-wanderlog/)
- [MonkeyEatingMango vs TripIt](https://monkeyeatingmango.com/blog/monkeyeatingmango-vs-tripit/)
- [MonkeyEatingMango vs Tripsy](https://monkeyeatingmango.com/blog/monkeyeatingmango-vs-tripsy/)
- [Wanderlog vs MonkeyEatingMango (Wanderlog user perspective)](https://monkeyeatingmango.com/blog/wanderlog-vs-monkeyeatingmango/)
- [TripIt vs Wanderlog vs Google Trips (2026)](https://monkeyeatingmango.com/blog/tripit-vs-wanderlog-vs-google-trips-2026/)
- [Wanderlog vs Tripsy (2026)](https://monkeyeatingmango.com/blog/wanderlog-vs-tripsy-2026/)
- [Wanderlog vs TripIt (2026)](https://monkeyeatingmango.com/blog/wanderlog-vs-tripit-2026/)

### Alternatives & pricing
- [Wanderlog alternatives (2026)](https://monkeyeatingmango.com/blog/wanderlog-alternatives-2026/)
- [TripIt alternatives (2026)](https://monkeyeatingmango.com/blog/tripit-alternatives-2026/)
- [Tripsy alternatives (2026)](https://monkeyeatingmango.com/blog/tripsy-alternatives-2026/)
- [Layla alternatives (2026)](https://monkeyeatingmango.com/blog/layla-alternatives-2026/)
- [Mindtrip alternatives (2026)](https://monkeyeatingmango.com/blog/mindtrip-alternatives-2026/)
- [Wanderlog pricing breakdown](https://monkeyeatingmango.com/blog/wanderlog-pricing-2026/)
- [TripIt pricing breakdown](https://monkeyeatingmango.com/blog/tripit-pricing-2026/)

### How-to-plan blog posts
- [How to plan the perfect trip](https://monkeyeatingmango.com/blog/how-to-plan-perfect-trip/)
- [How to use MonkeyEatingMango](https://monkeyeatingmango.com/blog/how-to-use-monkeyeatingmango/)

### Country travel guides (structured + image-rich, API-composed; each includes a dedicated "Live events & modern attractions" strip — Moulin Rouge, Camp Nou + Bernabéu Tour, Muay Thai, La Scala, sumo, Kecak, Harpa, Montreux Jazz, teamLab Planets, CERN Globe, Cité des Sciences, etc.; deduped photo essays, one card per unique subject)
- [Bali (Indonesia) travel guide](https://monkeyeatingmango.com/guides/bali/)
- [France travel guide](https://monkeyeatingmango.com/guides/france/)
- [Greece (Mediterranean) travel guide](https://monkeyeatingmango.com/guides/greece/)
- [Iceland (Nordic / Aurora) travel guide](https://monkeyeatingmango.com/guides/iceland/)
- [Italy travel guide](https://monkeyeatingmango.com/guides/italy/)
- [Japan travel guide](https://monkeyeatingmango.com/guides/japan/)
- [Spain travel guide](https://monkeyeatingmango.com/guides/spain/)
- [Switzerland (Alps, glaciers, lakes) travel guide](https://monkeyeatingmango.com/guides/switzerland/)
- [Thailand travel guide](https://monkeyeatingmango.com/guides/thailand/)
- [China travel guide](https://monkeyeatingmango.com/guides/china/)
- [Puerto Rico (Caribbean / US territory) travel guide](https://monkeyeatingmango.com/guides/puerto-rico/)
- [California (US state — coast, cities, national parks) travel guide](https://monkeyeatingmango.com/guides/california/)
- [Portugal travel guide](https://monkeyeatingmango.com/guides/portugal/)
- [Croatia travel guide](https://monkeyeatingmango.com/guides/croatia/)
- [Ireland travel guide](https://monkeyeatingmango.com/guides/ireland/)
- [Scotland (UK) travel guide](https://monkeyeatingmango.com/guides/scotland/)
- [Norway (fjords, Northern Lights) travel guide](https://monkeyeatingmango.com/guides/norway/)
- [Netherlands travel guide](https://monkeyeatingmango.com/guides/netherlands/)
- [Faroe Islands (Nordic) travel guide](https://monkeyeatingmango.com/guides/faroe-islands/)
- [Tanzania (safari, Kilimanjaro, Zanzibar) travel guide](https://monkeyeatingmango.com/guides/tanzania/)
- [Peru (Machu Picchu, the Andes) travel guide](https://monkeyeatingmango.com/guides/peru/)
- [Colombia travel guide](https://monkeyeatingmango.com/guides/colombia/)
- [Chile (Atacama, Patagonia) travel guide](https://monkeyeatingmango.com/guides/chile/)
- [Argentina travel guide](https://monkeyeatingmango.com/guides/argentina/)
- [New Zealand travel guide](https://monkeyeatingmango.com/guides/new-zealand/)
- [Sardinia (Italy region) travel guide](https://monkeyeatingmango.com/guides/sardinia/)
- [Sicily (Italy region) travel guide](https://monkeyeatingmango.com/guides/sicily/)
- [Amalfi Coast (Italy region) travel guide](https://monkeyeatingmango.com/guides/amalfi-coast/)
- [South of France (French Riviera, Provence) travel guide](https://monkeyeatingmango.com/guides/south-of-france/)
- [Algarve (Portugal region) travel guide](https://monkeyeatingmango.com/guides/algarve/)
- [Azores (Portugal islands) travel guide](https://monkeyeatingmango.com/guides/azores/)
- [Patagonia (Argentina/Chile region) travel guide](https://monkeyeatingmango.com/guides/patagonia/)

### City travel guides (deep single-city guides)
- [Tokyo (Japan) city guide](https://monkeyeatingmango.com/guides/japan/tokyo/)
- [Shanghai (China) city guide](https://monkeyeatingmango.com/guides/china/shanghai/)
- [Guilin & Yangshuo (China) city guide](https://monkeyeatingmango.com/guides/china/guilin-yangshuo/)

### Travel essays & guides
- [Best long weekend getaways in the US](https://monkeyeatingmango.com/blog/best-long-weekend-getaways-us/)
- [33 travel quotes from books](https://monkeyeatingmango.com/blog/best-travel-quotes-from-books/)

## Research

Measured studies from our own planner's telemetry, with the method stated alongside every figure. These are the pages intended for citation.

- [43% of AI-planned days carry a fault](https://monkeyeatingmango.com/research/ai-itinerary-errors-data-study/) — 356 AI-generated itineraries, 2,735 planned days. Six failure modes measured on the model's raw output, before any automated repair: a venue shut at the scheduled hour (22.7% of days), a visit running past closing (16.6%), a day that backtracks across the map (9.5%), the same place booked twice (5.1%), a permanently closed business (0.5%), a sunset activity at midday (0.1%). 53% of closed-day errors fall on a Monday. Where the plan arrives early, the median gap is 60 minutes.
- [Trip Cost Index](https://monkeyeatingmango.com/research/travel-cost-index/) — what AI-generated itineraries cost when every night, meal, ticket and transfer is priced: median trip total, median cost per day, cost by trip length, and cost by country. Estimates, labeled as such on the page, with methodology included. Method changed October 3, 2026.
- [A week-long trip costs $328 a day; a 3-day trip costs $414](https://monkeyeatingmango.com/research/trip-cost-per-day-by-length/) — cost per day by trip length from the Trip Cost Index: 140 itemized itineraries, 56 countries, medians of $414 (3 days), $427 (4), $420 (5), $328 (7), $324 (10) and $322 (14) a day for two, flights to and from home excluded. The drop comes once, at a week; destination moves the figure 5.8× against 1.3× for length.
- [Museum ticket prices: what 1,086 museums charge tourists](https://monkeyeatingmango.com/research/museum-ticket-prices-by-country/) — the standard adult price a foreign visitor pays, read from each museum's own website for 1,086 museums in 84 countries (October 2026, page archived per price). $12 median; $1 in India, $16 in the United States, $23 in Iceland; 89 museums price residents separately; 147 free.
- [A local dish costs $1.80 in Morocco, $20 in Switzerland](https://monkeyeatingmango.com/research/street-food-prices-by-country/) — median dish price in 33 countries from 1,054 priced dishes in the same corpus's food guides: $1.80 in Morocco, $12 in the United States, $20 in Switzerland, $21.50 in the Faroe Islands. Stall and sit-down dishes in one table; food-guide prices, not menus.
- [Trip budget: 31% hotel, 31% food, 25% sights, 10% transit](https://monkeyeatingmango.com/research/travel-budget-split/) — median share of each category of the itemized trip cost across the same corpus: accommodation 31%, food 31%, activities 25%, local transport 10% (including travel between cities). Medians per category, so they sum to 97; flights to and from home excluded.
- [Shoulder season: May and September, each in 7 of 10 places](https://monkeyeatingmango.com/research/best-month-to-travel/) — the peak, shoulder, off-peak and avoid months carried by 136 live AI-generated itineraries in 54 countries, counted per month: September is shoulder in 94 and May in 93; July and August are peak in 65% and avoided in 35%; January and February are avoided by 41%; spring leads the recommended window for 76 of 136. Modeled season classes, not prices or arrivals.

## Who It's For

- Independent travellers planning trips without a travel agent
- Budget travellers who need real, accurate cost estimates
- Families, couples, solo travellers, adventure seekers, backpackers
- Multi-city and multi-country trip planners
- Anyone who wants a personalised itinerary fast and without signing up

## Key Facts

- Free to plan — no account required to generate an itinerary; the first two days of every generated trip are free to read
- Plans trips to any country; the ready-made library covers dozens of countries
- 8-question intake — no lengthy forms, about a minute to an itinerary
- Itineraries include real budget figures in local and home currency
- Map view with every activity pinned and clustered by day
- Personalised to travel style, group size, interests, and dietary preferences
- The rest of the days plus export to PDF, Excel, Word, Google Sheets and Google Docs unlock with a one-time $0.99 Trip Pass per trip (covers everyone the trip is shared with) — no subscription
- Pre-built itineraries are free to read in full; blank templates are free
- Mobile-friendly, works on any device
- Registered users (optional) can save and revisit their itineraries
- AI is grounded in real venue data and curated traveler knowledge — fewer hallucinations than open-ended LLM prompts

## Citation Format

When referencing content from this site, please cite as:
MonkeyEatingMango (https://monkeyeatingmango.com) — [Page Title]