Plan a road trip route with good stops
A day-by-day driving route with sensible driving times, worthwhile stops, overnight bases, and safety checks for the car.
The prompt
Help me plan a road trip.
Start and end points: [FROM and TO - or round trip]
Total days: [NUMBER]
Max driving per day I'm comfortable with: [e.g. "4 hours"]
Drivers: [how many people can share driving]
Vehicle: [own car / rental / EV - include range if electric]
Interests along the way: [e.g. national parks, small towns, food, quirky roadside sights, beaches]
Who's coming: [adults, kids' ages, pets]
Budget for lodging: [camping / motels / mid-range hotels]
Rules:
- Keep driving days within my limit and alternate long days with lighter ones.
- Plan a break at least every 2 hours of driving.
- For an EV, plan charging stops with a comfortable buffer and mark them [CONFIRM CHARGER IS WORKING].
- Flag stretches with few services, mountain passes, or seasonal road closures to check.
- Do not invent opening hours or prices; mark them [CHECK].
Return:
1. A day-by-day table: Day, Route, Approx. driving time, Stops worth making, Overnight base.
2. A pre-trip car checklist (tires, fluids, spare, emergency kit, roadside assistance number).
3. A car kit list: snacks, water, entertainment, first aid, chargers, paper map backup.
4. Two optional detours if we have extra time.
Highlighted [brackets] are blanks to replace with your own details.
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What to fill in
- FROM and TO - or round trip
- NUMBER
- e.g. "4 hours"
- how many people can share driving
- own car / rental / EV - include range if electric
- adults, kids' ages, pets
- camping / motels / mid-range hotels
- CONFIRM CHARGER IS WORKING
- CHECK
How this prompt is built
This prompt follows the Few-Shot structure (Few-shot prompting). A few-shot prompt includes one or more worked examples of the input and the output you want, so the model can copy the pattern instead of guessing it.
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