The Family Vacation Planner That Does the Work for You

Vacation Planner's AI vacation planning expert generates personalised family itineraries based on your family's needs — including ages, interests, budget, and pace. The AI suggests suitable activities and builds realistic schedules with built-in downtime. You can then customise everything with the drag-and-drop builder, track your budget, and share the plan with everyone on the trip.

Yes, there is a free plan. It includes the AI vacation planning expert, itinerary builder, budget tracking with category breakdowns, activity planning, flight management, accommodation tracking, and view-only itinerary sharing for one vacation, which can include multiple destinations. The annual vacation calendar and booking-email forwarding are free too. The $4.99/month paid plan unlocks multiple vacations and adds Gmail sync, which automatically finds booking confirmations in your inbox. There are no family-specific tiers — every feature works for any group size.

Yes, on the $4.99/month paid plan. The free plan covers one vacation (which can span multiple destinations). Upgrading unlocks multiple vacations, so you can plan trips across the entire year and see them on the annual vacation calendar — school holiday trips, long weekends, summer vacations, and more — seeing your full travel year at a glance and managing each trip individually.

Yes. You can share your itinerary with anyone via a view-only link. They will be able to see the full plan including daily activities, accommodation details, and schedule. Sharing is view-only rather than collaborative editing, so the trip owner stays in control of changes — useful when the whole extended family wants to see the plan.

You set an overall trip budget and break it down into categories like flights, accommodation, food, activities, and transportation. As you add items and costs, the budget tracker updates in real time. This helps you balance splurge activities (theme parks, boat tours) with budget-friendly days so the whole trip stays affordable for a family of any size.

The AI generates personalised itineraries for any destination worldwide. When you describe your family makeup and interests, it tailors suggestions accordingly — recommending activities, dining spots, and pacing suitable for your group. The more detail you share about your family, the more relevant the AI's suggestions.

Absolutely. The AI creates a starting point, not a final plan. Use the drag-and-drop builder to move activities between days, swap suggestions for your own ideas, adjust timing, and add notes. Every change saves automatically, so the latest version of the plan is always ready for the rest of the family to see.

For school holiday or summer trips, most families start planning two to six months out so they can lock in flights and accommodation. The annual vacation calendar is designed to help with this — you can see the whole year at a glance, then fill in an AI-generated itinerary as you get closer to the date. Planning more than one trip at a time is on the $4.99/month paid plan.

No. Vacation Planner runs in the browser on desktop and mobile, so there is nothing to install. Everyone you share the itinerary with can view it from their own device, which is helpful when grandparents or babysitters need the schedule without signing up for anything new.

Share your destination, travel dates, your kids' ages, your budget, and any preferences like slower mornings, pool afternoons, or must-see attractions. The more context you provide, the more tailored the AI's draft will be — and you can always refine the plan afterwards with the drag-and-drop builder.