Plan a Wanderlog trip itinerary with AI

1. Create the trip with a destination and dates, then add places from a Wanderlog travel guide with "Add to trip", which drops each one into the most recently edited list or day unless you click the down arrow next to the button and pick other lists or days.
2. Tick the box next to each place in the Wanderlog itinerary and use "Move to" to send it to the right day; inside a day, drag the six-dots icon to change the order.
3. Wanderlog has no activity type yet, so a day trip or a generic plan such as a food market morning goes in as a note under a section you create by hand.
4. With Wanderlog Pro, click "Optimize route" next to a date, pick a start and end point or Auto-suggest, and repeat the same dialog for every day of the trip.
5. The sorting is the slow part: every place needs a day, every day needs an order, and a place added late lands at the end of whichever list was touched last.

Plan 4 days in Lisbon from May 12 for two: museums, food markets and a day trip to Sintra. Put these saved spots on the right days and keep each day walkable.

1. 01

   Reuse the trip if it exists

   The agent first looks through list_trips for a trip to the same destination with overlapping dates. A second request for Lisbon adds to that trip instead of creating a twin. Only when nothing matches does it call create_trip, and the new trip stays private until you share it.

2. 02

   Resolve every place before adding it

   Each name goes through search_places near the destination. When two results fit, such as a chain cafe with several branches, the agent takes the one nearest the other stops planned for that day. When nothing fits, it lists the name back to you rather than adding a guess.

3. 03

   Cluster by neighborhood, then fill the days

   Places that sit close together go on the same day with add_place. Items with a fixed time you mentioned, like a 10:00 tour, get a start_time; the rest stay untimed so the day can still move. Places you only want to keep in mind go to the Places to visit list instead of a day.

4. 04

   Write day trips as notes

   A day trip to Sintra has no single address, so the agent writes it as a note on that day with add_note, as Wanderlog suggests for activities without a provider, and adds named stops under it only if you listed them.

5. 05

   Order each day and read it back

   optimize_day_route runs once for each day with three or more stops. If your Wanderlog account has no Pro plan, where Optimize route is not available, the agent says so and keeps the order it added. It then reads the plan with get_trip and flags any day heavier than the limit you set, offering to move the last stops with remove_place and add_place instead of doing it silently.

Trip "Lisbon long weekend" created: 12 to 15 May 2027, private.
Day 1 (Belem): Belem Tower 10:00, Jeronimos Monastery, Pasteis de Belem, MAAT. Route ordered.
Day 2 (Alfama and Baixa): Castelo de S. Jorge, Alfama walk, Time Out Market Lisboa. Route ordered.
Day 3: note "Day trip to Sintra: Pena Palace, Quinta da Regaleira".
Day 4 (Alcantara): LX Factory, Mercado de Campo de Ourique.
Not added: "the tiny tasca Ana mentioned", no match near Lisbon. Send me the name or street.

• Wanderlog's Optimize route is a Pro feature that works on one itinerary day at a time, with a start and end point you choose or Auto-suggest, and a banner afterwards shows what changed and lets you revert.
• Wanderlog shows no travel time estimates for addresses in Japan, because Google's APIs do not return them there; the help center suggests writing transit directions into place notes instead.
• In Wanderlog, "Add to trip" from a travel guide puts the place into the most recently edited list or day, and the down arrow next to the button adds it to several lists or days at once.
• Wanderlog has no activity type yet, and its help center recommends a section called "Activities" with a note for tours or day trips without a specific provider.
• Wanderlog's free plan has no limit on trips or on the number of people you plan with; Pro adds route optimization, Gmail scanning and export to Google Maps.

create_trip, add_place, add_note, optimize_day_route and remove_place change only your own Wanderlog data and reach no one else, so they run without asking first.

Sources: Wanderlog Help: Optimize route · Wanderlog Help: Move a place · Wanderlog Help: Add a place from a guide to trip plan · Wanderlog Help: Travel time estimates not accurate or not available · Wanderlog Help: Add activities · Wanderlog Help: Is Wanderlog free?

curl https://cotlet.dev/api/v1/wanderlog/create_trip \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $COTLET_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"destination":"Lisbon, Portugal","start_date":"2027-05-12","end_date":"2027-05-15","title":"Lisbon long weekend"}'

{
  "trip_id": "tr_5nT7pL",
  "title": "Lisbon long weekend",
  "destination": "Lisbon, Portugal",
  "start_date": "2027-05-12",
  "end_date": "2027-05-15",
  "days": 4,
  "url": "https://wanderlog.com/plan/tr_5nT7pL"
}

MCP: add https://cotlet.dev/mcp/v1 with the same key; the tool is wanderlog_create_trip. Example data.

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