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Planning the ultimate adventure

Made easier with ChatGPT, and a few other tools.

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Francis Tan
Mar 14, 2025
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It was something we wanted to do for a long time…

My wife plans for all our holidays.

She’s really good at it but also because she enjoys doing it. Everything from where to visit, what to do, restaurants to try, and what to avoid.

I want to go on a father-son trip with my eldest who will turn 21 soon. It will be something unusual, exciting and new, a kind of shared-adventure that I have always wanted to do since Lucas was little. I hope it will create memories he can share with his children in the future.

So here’s how we planned it with a little help from AI.

Step 1. Give AI the information it needs to get started

AI works best when it is given the context to work with. This means providing the background information so that it knows what are your preferences and what to avoid. The more detailed your context document is, the better it can deliver what you want.

For a holiday, I would begin with a prompt to start a conversation: (on the free version of ChatGPT)

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