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TripCopilot_PRD.docx

Product Requirements Document

Problem

Planning a trip today means juggling a dozen browser tabs, a spreadsheet for budgeting, and generic search results that ignore personal travel style. For time-strapped travelers, this friction often means settling for a worse trip or not planning at all.

Target user

"Time-strapped professional traveler" — has 1-2 weeks of vacation a year, wants a curated, personalized plan without spending a weekend researching, and wants to track spend so the trip doesn't blow the budget.

Key features

  1. AI Itinerary Builder — enter destination, dates, and travel style; get a day-by-day plan instantly, editable afterward.
  2. Budget & Packing Tracker — set a budget cap by category, log spend, check off a packing list.
  3. TripCopilot Assistant — conversational agent for on-the-fly planning questions ("what should I do on day 2?").
  4. Trip Insights Dashboard — surfaces patterns across trips: where budget goes, when people travel, how trip length affects spend.

Success metrics

Why AI

Natural-language input ("relaxed 5-day trip to Lisbon, food-focused") replaces multi-step forms and filters, and personalization scales without manually building itineraries for every destination/style combination.