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Travel planner.
The agent that turns "we should go somewhere this summer" into real flights, real bookings, and a packing list per kid.
Travel planner is the AI family trip planner inside heylife.ai. It is built to take a fuzzy idea ("a week somewhere warm in August, in-laws in tow, kids under 7") and turn it into a real plan: dates that work for school holidays, flight options that fit the budget, a place that handles the dietary needs, and a packing checklist by traveler. An AI travel agent for families that knows your family, not a generic itinerary generator.
Join the private beta01 / WHAT IT DOESFrom "we should" to "we're booked."
Most travel apps are built for one solo traveler with infinite time. Travel planner is built for the version of the trip that actually has to work: a partner with a different threshold, in-laws with dietary needs, kids whose bedtimes are a real constraint, and a budget you would like to defend. Here is the shape of the work it is designed to do.
It will turn "a week somewhere warm in August" into 3 real options with dates that miss school exam weeks, fit the in-laws' arrival, and respect the work calendar. Not a brochure; a plan.
It will surface flight options ranked by price, total travel time, and "does this work with kids" (not the 6 AM connection through Frankfurt with a 3 year old). It books the rebook-able fares, holds the rest for your call.
It will filter stays for the constraints that actually matter: vegetarian-friendly kitchen, a real crib, blackout curtains, a pool that is not 30 minutes away, walkable to a bakery for the early-rising kid.
It will draft the family group chat update for each step ("here is the plan, here are the dates, here is what we need from each of you by Friday") in your voice, ready to paste into iMessage or WhatsApp.
It will generate a packing checklist per traveler, kids included, based on the destination weather, the activities, and the things you forgot last time (sunscreen, the favorite stuffed animal, the EU plug adapter).
It will keep an eye on the trip while it happens: flight delays, restaurant bookings that need confirming, the museum that closes Tuesdays, and the buffer day you carved out so the trip does not feel like a sprint.
02 / WHAT IT REMEMBERSYour family, not a generic family.
Travel planner draws on the layer every heylife agent shares: who travels with you, the school calendar (yes, the actual one), the dietary needs, the early risers, the people who get carsick, the budget you defend, and the trips you have already loved or hated. It reads your calendar for blackout weeks and your past trips for what worked. Every plan it proposes shows the memory it pulled from, so when it skips a destination, you can see exactly why ("you said never again on long-haul red-eyes with the kids in November"), and override it with one click.
03 / INSPIRED BY YOUR COUNCILThe travelers you actually trust.
heylife does not ship stock advisor personas. You build the council. For Travel planner, you might seat the people whose taste you actually borrow when you pack a bag.
- The friend who plans the family trip everyone secretly copies. Upload their itineraries and Travel planner will lean on their structure: morning out, afternoon in, one fancy dinner, one cheap one, never the same two days in a row.
- A travel writer or guidebook author you actually read. Real corpus, real citations, used to advise this trip. Not a roleplay; a voice you have already trusted on a previous holiday.
- Your parent or in-law who has been to the place 12 times. Local knowledge, family-tested, with the small specific tips ("the bakery on Tuesday is closed; go to the one two streets over"). Their notes become the agent's defaults.
04 / INTEGRATIONSWhere it plugs into the trip.
- CALENDARReads work and school calendars for the windows that actually exist; books the trip days when you confirm.
- FLIGHT APISPulls live flight options and prices; holds rebook-able fares; routes the rest to your manual approval.
- EMAILDrafts confirmations, family group updates, and travel-day check-ins as drafts you send.
05 / WHAT YOU STAY IN CONTROL OFIt does not book without you.
Travel planner is built to never quietly book a trip. Every flight, every stay, every restaurant reservation is proposed first; you approve, edit, or skip. You can choose to enable autopilot for the cheap, refundable stuff (a coffee table booking, a museum ticket) and require approval for anything non-refundable. There is a full audit log of every search, every hold, and every confirmed booking. You can revoke any integration in one click, and your trip history is yours to take with you.
Mini FAQ.
Does Travel planner act without asking?
No, not on the things that matter. Holds, drafts, packing lists, and group chat updates are prepared for you; flights and non-refundable bookings always wait for your approval. You can opt in to autopilot for the small refundable stuff if you want.
Can I tune the tone?
Yes. Some families want crisp logistics ("flight at 9, gate B, leave at 6:45"). Some want a warmer "look at this, you'll love it." Set it once in the council, change it any trip. Travel planner matches your voice, including in the family group chat drafts.
What does it draw from?
Calendar (work and school), flight and hotel APIs, your past trips, your stated constraints (dietary, sleep, budget), and your council for taste. Every option it proposes cites the constraints and memories it used so you can see why this trip and not a different one.
Plan the trip the family will actually take.
heylife is in private beta. Weekly invites. Bring your fuzzy idea, we will help turn it into a calendar entry.
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