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Plans worth having, explained.
Planie exists because deciding what to do with an evening or a weekend takes far longer than it should. These are the methods behind that - how to plan a night out, a city break or a trip with six opinionated friends, and what to do about it if you are the venue hoping to be picked.
How to plan a date night in London without losing the evening to it
Most people plan a date night by opening five tabs and closing all of them. Here is the order that actually works, and why the last hour should stay empty.
Read the guide48 hours in Lisbon: a plan you can actually walk
Most Lisbon itineraries are a list of sights in the wrong order. This one is built around the hills, the light, and the fact that everything shuts on Monday.
Read the guideHow to plan a group trip when nobody will make a decision
Group trips do not fall apart over money. They fall apart because a decision that needed one person waited for six. Here is how to stop that.
Read the guideUsing AI to plan a trip: what it is good at, and where it still gets things wrong
AI is very good at structuring a trip and unreliable about the facts inside it. Knowing which is which turns it from a gimmick into the most useful planning tool you have.
Read the guideWhat to do in London when it rains (and how to plan around it)
Rain does not ruin a London day. It ruins a London day whose parts were twenty minutes apart. The fix is structural, and you can apply it before you know the forecast.
Read the guideHow restaurants get recommended by AI - and what to do about it now
Search sent people to a list of restaurants. AI sends them to one. That is a much sharper distribution channel, and almost nobody is set up for it yet.
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