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Fit Audit Brief

Chicago / Loop baseline · Chicago, Illinois · route pattern: Chicago / The Loop

2 travellers · 2 nights · all figures in USD · printed 2026-10-05

Fit Audit

Does this trip fit the people taking it?

What you said matters — step-free access, how far you can walk, the budget — checked against what this trip actually asks and costs. You get the working, not a grade: what was looked at, where the figure came from, and what nobody has confirmed yet.

Freshness is read on this device.

Chicago / Loop baseline · Chicago, Illinois · Chicago / The Loop

The answer

This cannot be settled from the available evidence yet: none of the 10 areas has both a figure from the trip and a limit from you to compare.

Each row is one thing a trip asks of the people on it, checked against what you said. Nothing is added up and nothing is scored: one row that does not match is not made up for by easy rows elsewhere.

This cannot be settled from the available evidence yet: none of the 10 areas has both a figure from the trip and a limit from you to compare. Fits: 0, Possible with condition: 0, Needs confirmation: 0, Does not match current constraint: 0, Unknown: 10.
Area	Fits	Possible with condition	Needs confirmation	Does not match current constraint	Unknown
MobilityStairs and steps · Standing and queueing · Luggage handling					Unknown
AccessibilityAccessibility, as confirmed · Facilities and access on the day					Unknown
Walking loadWalking					Unknown
ClimateHeat and cold					Unknown
AltitudeAltitude					Unknown
Transit complexityTransfers · Transit complexity · Driving					Unknown
Time and paceSchedule density · Recovery time					Unknown
BudgetThe ceiling you set, against the true estimated trip cost					Unknown
Crowds and noiseCrowds and noise					Unknown
LogisticsLodging fit · Contingency					Unknown

Fits
Possible with condition
Needs confirmation
Does not match current constraint
Unknown

Four separate answers

Not one mixed verdict

Figures that do not hold together can stop a decision without proving the trip is wrong for your party. The budget is something you set, not a secondary score.

Does it fit your party?: Possible with condition; It can work, with a limit you should name before the deposit is non-refundable.
Do the trip's own figures hold together?: Does not match current constraint; Whether this trip's cost lines contradict each other or leave out something this kind of trip always costs.
Is enough of it confirmed to decide?: Needs confirmation; Whether what the figures show has been checked well enough to book on.
Does it fit the budget?: Within the ceiling; Needed $1,276 USD · left over $1,224 USD; Against a placeholder of $2,500 USD that nobody has chosen yet — set your own below. The matrix above leaves the budget unknown until you do.

What you said matters, by state

Still to confirm

3 things nobody has settled yet

Anything that does not match what you said, or a budget the trip goes over, stops a booking. Figures that do not hold together stop a decision until they are fixed. Anything marked Needs confirmation still wants an answer in writing.

Whether the budget is realistic · the trip's figures disagree
Promotional headline understates realistic all-in cost.
Restate the trip budget as the true estimated cost, contingency included, before comparing options.
Does not match current constraint
Known risks on this kind of route · a check on the trip's figures
Plans May Vary lists 3 high-severity pattern(s) for this corridor.
Address first: The tax stack, and the 1.5% that is new this year — open Plans May Vary readiness.
Needs confirmation
How recently the figures were checked · a check on the trip's figures
Multiple lines lack sources — quotes may be stale or illustrative.
Stamp mandatory lines with operator + date before a go decision.
Needs confirmation

The working behind the answer

What the days ask, one thing at a time

Worst state present:Unknown

The itinerary does not carry the figure. This is not a quiet pass: it is the most common way a trip turns out to demand something nobody had counted.

16 of the sixteen are not established at all. The trip has not said what it asks and that is not the same as it asking for nothing.

Sixteen dimensions, compared one at a time and never added up. A hard mismatch on one thing is not offset by an easy time of it on another, which is the entire reason there is no score here.

Accessibility, as confirmed
Unknown
Trip asks: Not established · you have not said what you can take
Nothing in this trip establishes accessibility, as confirmed. Which access requirements are confirmed by the operator, and which are only claimed.
UncertainNeither the trip nor you has put a figure on accessibility, as confirmed. 'Accessible' is not a defined term on most booking platforms, and an accessible hotel with an inaccessible route to it is a common and entirely legal state of affairs. Only a specific written answer to a specific question is evidence.
What would change it
- Establish the accessibility, as confirmed figure for the heaviest day. Which access requirements are confirmed by the operator, and which are only claimed. Until that number exists there is nothing to compare, and the trip is quietly making a demand nobody has counted. → unknown, costs time
Altitude
Unknown
Trip asks: Not established · you have not said what you can take
Nothing in this trip establishes altitude. Highest sleeping elevation in metres, and metres gained in a day.
UncertainNeither the trip nor you has put a figure on altitude. Altitude is a property of where you sleep rather than where you go, and itineraries describe where you go. The instrument reports metres and rate of gain because those are facts about the trip. What they mean for any particular person is a question for that person and their clinician, and this instrument does not answer it.
What would change it
- Establish the altitude figure for the heaviest day. Highest sleeping elevation in metres, and metres gained in a day. Until that number exists there is nothing to compare, and the trip is quietly making a demand nobody has counted. → unknown, costs time
Contingency
Unknown
Trip asks: Not established · you have not said what you can take
Nothing in this trip establishes contingency. Spare time, a spare option, and whether anything on the day is refundable.
UncertainNeither the trip nor you has put a figure on contingency. Contingency is the thing you delete to afford everything else, and its absence is invisible right up until the moment it is the only thing that mattered.
What would change it
- Establish the contingency figure for the heaviest day. Spare time, a spare option, and whether anything on the day is refundable. Until that number exists there is nothing to compare, and the trip is quietly making a demand nobody has counted. → unknown, costs time
Crowds and noise
Unknown
Trip asks: Not established · you have not said what you can take
Nothing in this trip establishes crowds and noise. Peak-season and peak-hour commitments, and whether quieter alternatives exist.
UncertainNeither the trip nor you has put a figure on crowds and noise. Crowding is not a property of a place, it is a property of a place at an hour. The same site is two different days at nine and at one, and almost nothing published distinguishes them.
What would change it
- Establish the crowds and noise figure for the heaviest day. Peak-season and peak-hour commitments, and whether quieter alternatives exist. Until that number exists there is nothing to compare, and the trip is quietly making a demand nobody has counted. → unknown, costs time
Driving
Unknown
Trip asks: Not established · you have not said what you can take
Nothing in this trip establishes driving. Hours behind the wheel on the longest day, plus night, mountain, or unfamiliar-side driving.
UncertainNeither the trip nor you has put a figure on driving. The drive from the airport is the single most common place a trip's first day goes wrong, because it is scheduled as a transfer and performed at the end of eighteen hours awake, often in the dark, often on the other side of the road.
What would change it
- Establish the driving figure for the heaviest day. Hours behind the wheel on the longest day, plus night, mountain, or unfamiliar-side driving. Until that number exists there is nothing to compare, and the trip is quietly making a demand nobody has counted. → unknown, costs time
Facilities and access on the day
Unknown
Trip asks: Not established · you have not said what you can take
Nothing in this trip establishes facilities and access on the day. Longest stretch with no confirmed facilities.
UncertainNeither the trip nor you has put a figure on facilities and access on the day. This is the dimension nobody writes down and everybody plans around silently. Naming it is most of the value: a four-hour ferry with one working toilet and a three-hour trailhead with none are ordinary facts about a trip that no booking page states.
What would change it
- Establish the facilities and access on the day figure for the heaviest day. Longest stretch with no confirmed facilities. Until that number exists there is nothing to compare, and the trip is quietly making a demand nobody has counted. → unknown, costs time
Heat and cold
Unknown
Trip asks: Not established · you have not said what you can take
Nothing in this trip establishes heat and cold. Typical high and low for the dates, and outdoor hours in the hottest or coldest part of the day.
UncertainNeither the trip nor you has put a figure on heat and cold. A forecast is a number for a place; a trip is hours in it. Four hours in a queue at thirty-eight degrees and four hours in an air-conditioned museum at thirty-eight degrees are not the same day, and only one of them appears on a weather page.
What would change it
- Establish the heat and cold figure for the heaviest day. Typical high and low for the dates, and outdoor hours in the hottest or coldest part of the day. Until that number exists there is nothing to compare, and the trip is quietly making a demand nobody has counted. → unknown, costs time
Lodging fit
Unknown
Trip asks: Not established · you have not said what you can take
Nothing in this trip establishes lodging fit. Property changes, nights per property, and arrival times against reception hours.
UncertainNeither the trip nor you has put a figure on lodging fit. A move costs a morning and an evening and appears on the itinerary as a line between two places. Small properties close their reception, and the room you booked is held by somebody who has gone home.
What would change it
- Establish the lodging fit figure for the heaviest day. Property changes, nights per property, and arrival times against reception hours. Until that number exists there is nothing to compare, and the trip is quietly making a demand nobody has counted. → unknown, costs time
Luggage handling
Unknown
Trip asks: Not established · you have not said what you can take
Nothing in this trip establishes luggage handling. Lifts and carries per journey, and stretches with no storage.
UncertainNeither the trip nor you has put a figure on luggage handling. Luggage is the constraint that turns every other dimension worse and appears on no itinerary. It is the difference between a fifteen-minute walk and an impossible one, and between a two-hour gap and a two-hour problem.
What would change it
- Establish the luggage handling figure for the heaviest day. Lifts and carries per journey, and stretches with no storage. Until that number exists there is nothing to compare, and the trip is quietly making a demand nobody has counted. → unknown, costs time
Recovery time
Unknown
Trip asks: Not established · you have not said what you can take
Nothing in this trip establishes recovery time. Longest run of demanding days without a light one, and whether a lost day has anywhere to go.
UncertainNeither the trip nor you has put a figure on recovery time. Recovery gets cut first, because it is the day that looks like nothing on an itinerary. It is also the only day that lets the trip survive one thing going wrong.
What would change it
- Establish the recovery time figure for the heaviest day. Longest run of demanding days without a light one, and whether a lost day has anywhere to go. Until that number exists there is nothing to compare, and the trip is quietly making a demand nobody has counted. → unknown, costs time
Schedule density
Unknown
Trip asks: Not established · you have not said what you can take
Nothing in this trip establishes schedule density. Time-locked commitments per day, and the shortest gap between two of them.
UncertainNeither the trip nor you has put a figure on schedule density. Each booking is made separately and feels like an addition. Together they become a timetable, and a timetable has no slack unless somebody put slack in it on purpose, which nobody does at the moment of booking.
What would change it
- Establish the schedule density figure for the heaviest day. Time-locked commitments per day, and the shortest gap between two of them. Until that number exists there is nothing to compare, and the trip is quietly making a demand nobody has counted. → unknown, costs time
Stairs and steps
Unknown
Trip asks: Not established · you have not said what you can take
Nothing in this trip establishes stairs and steps. Flights per day that have no alternative route, and nights in lodging without a lift.
UncertainNeither the trip nor you has put a figure on stairs and steps. Historic centres, ferries, older metro systems and small hotels all quietly assume stairs. A booking page shows a lift in the lobby and says nothing about the four steps up to it, or the three floors of the annexe the cheaper rooms are in.
What would change it
- Establish the stairs and steps figure for the heaviest day. Flights per day that have no alternative route, and nights in lodging without a lift. Until that number exists there is nothing to compare, and the trip is quietly making a demand nobody has counted. → unknown, costs time
Standing and queueing
Unknown
Trip asks: Not established · you have not said what you can take
Nothing in this trip establishes standing and queueing. Longest unbroken queue or standing period in a day, in minutes.
UncertainNeither the trip nor you has put a figure on standing and queueing. Queueing is the part of a day that nothing schedules and everything produces: security, passport control, the timed-entry line that forms before the timed entry, the bus that has not come. It is invisible on every itinerary and it is where a day stops being manageable first.
What would change it
- Establish the standing and queueing figure for the heaviest day. Longest unbroken queue or standing period in a day, in minutes. Until that number exists there is nothing to compare, and the trip is quietly making a demand nobody has counted. → unknown, costs time
Transfers
Unknown
Trip asks: Not established · you have not said what you can take
Nothing in this trip establishes transfers. Mode changes per journey, and the tightest gap between two of them.
UncertainNeither the trip nor you has put a figure on transfers. A transfer is priced as zero and costs the most. It is where luggage, stairs, queueing, walking and time pressure all arrive at once, and it is the only part of a journey where being slow has a consequence.
What would change it
- Establish the transfers figure for the heaviest day. Mode changes per journey, and the tightest gap between two of them. Until that number exists there is nothing to compare, and the trip is quietly making a demand nobody has counted. → unknown, costs time
Transit complexity
Unknown
Trip asks: Not established · you have not said what you can take
Nothing in this trip establishes transit complexity. Distinct operators and ticketing systems across the trip.
UncertainNeither the trip nor you has put a figure on transit complexity. Each separately-booked leg is fine on its own and the risk is entirely in the joins: a single booking protects you when a leg is late, and four bookings that happen to connect protect you not at all.
What would change it
- Establish the transit complexity figure for the heaviest day. Distinct operators and ticketing systems across the trip. Until that number exists there is nothing to compare, and the trip is quietly making a demand nobody has counted. → unknown, costs time
Walking
Unknown
Trip asks: Not established · you have not said what you can take
Nothing in this trip establishes walking. Kilometres on foot per day, and the longest single stretch between places to sit.
UncertainNeither the trip nor you has put a figure on walking. Nobody plans a walking day. It accumulates — the walk from the car park, the walk to the gate, the walk from the station to the room, the walk back because the first restaurant was full. An itinerary that says 'old town, cathedral, lunch, museum' has not mentioned distance once.
What would change it
- Establish the walking figure for the heaviest day. Kilometres on foot per day, and the longest single stretch between places to sit. Until that number exists there is nothing to compare, and the trip is quietly making a demand nobody has counted. → unknown, costs time

This describes the trip, not anybody on it. It draws no conclusion from age, states no diagnosis, and never tells you that you are fit to travel — those are not findings a tool is entitled to make. What it can do is say what the days ask for and what has not been established.

What gets checked

What Fit Audit is checking

Eleven things, each looked at the same way: what we look for, when it clashes with your trip, when it still needs confirming in writing, and when it holds up. The notes sharpen for the kind of trip you are actually deciding on.

Transfer burden

Can the party actually arrive and leave on the access mode this itinerary assumes?

Looks for: Operator-dated transfer, ferry, flight, or vehicle-reservation lines in the costs; both directions when the mode is one-way fragile.

Clashes when: Access mode is ferry / cruise / air-hop / park-gate and the trip has no transfer or ticket line at all.
Needs confirming when: A transfer line exists but both directions, dates, or confirmation numbers are still missing.
Holds up when: Transfer lines are present for every critical leg and confirmation numbers are offline.

Accessibility

Does the written room and transfer match the mobility needs of the party?

Looks for: Step-light or ADA room type confirmed in writing; accessible recovery lodging named; mobility transfer budgeted.

Clashes when: A mobility constraint is stated and contingency is thin, or no accessible line exists.
Needs confirming when: Brochure ‘accessible’ appears without a written confirmation number or property call note.
Holds up when: Room type and recovery lodging are confirmed in writing and match the party’s needs.

Disruption resilience

If the primary plan breaks, is there a named place and a funded night?

Looks for: Contingency at or above the corridor default; a named recovery property, not ‘somewhere near’; an offline way to confirm it.

Clashes when: Contingency is well below the corridor default with a fixed return or a sticky deposit.
Needs confirming when: The contingency money exists but the property is still unnamed.
Holds up when: Named recovery lodging is funded at corridor default or above and the decision authority is clear.

Timing fragility

Does the itinerary leave margin after the last realistic connection or sailing?

Looks for: ≥ 1 recovery day of margin before a hard cut-off; no same-morning / same-evening flight after a fragile leg.

Clashes when: Same-morning flight after the last sailing, disembarkation or park close, with zero contingency.
Needs confirming when: Margin exists on paper but the latest acceptable arrival has not been written down.
Holds up when: Hard cut-off has ≥ 1 recovery day and the latest acceptable gateway arrival is written.

Currency risk

Are foreign costs framed at a stressed rate or prepaid in the operator currency?

Looks for: FX / foreign-fee line, or prepaid USD / GBP / CAD decision recorded; stressed-rate buffer if soft planning rates were used.

Clashes when: USD-only trip on a foreign-currency corridor with no FX buffer and sticky deposits.
Needs confirming when: FX decision is still ‘see what the card does’ after lodging is non-refundable.
Holds up when: Operator currency is prepaid, or a stressed-rate buffer sits in contingency or required.

Cost completeness

Do mandatory costs (tax, fees, entry, gratuities, transfers) sit in mandatory — not hoped?

Looks for: Tax, resort fee, port fees, gratuities, park entrance and transfers, entered as required costs.

Clashes when: Headline-only trip with empty mandatory on a corridor that always has tax / fee / entry.
Needs confirming when: Some mandatory lines exist but current folio rates have not been checked.
Holds up when: Required costs include the tax, entry and fee lines this kind of trip usually carries.

Documents / entry

Are passport remaining validity, ETA, and entry rules confirmed in writing before deposits stick?

Looks for: Passport months remaining, ETA / ESTA / eTA confirmation, and port-of-call document rules offline.

Clashes when: First-international or foreign-port itinerary with no document check and sticky lodging or fare.
Needs confirming when: Documents are ‘looks fine’ rather than months-remaining and confirmation numbers.
Holds up when: Passport remaining validity and any ETA are confirmed in writing and stored offline.

Sensory / crowd

Is there an agreed abort threshold and a quieter recovery night when crowds spend the party?

Looks for: A written abort threshold for crowds or noise, quieter recovery lodging named, and contingency funded for that night.

Clashes when: Kids or sensory flag with zero contingency and a full park or peak-crowd day locked.
Needs confirming when: Abort threshold is verbal only and recovery lodging is still unnamed.
Holds up when: Abort threshold is agreed, the quieter night is named, and contingency covers it.

Park entry honesty

Is park entrance, timed entry, and day-use / parking modeled as separate products from the lodging headline?

Looks for: NPS / Parks Canada entrance line; timed-entry or shuttle rule confirmed; day-use parking separate from the pass.

Clashes when: Park-shaped corridor with no entrance line and a park day in the itinerary.
Needs confirming when: Entrance appears but residency, timed-entry, or parking rules are still unconfirmed for the travel dates.
Holds up when: Entrance, timed-entry, and day-use are modeled and confirmed for the exact dates.

Medical distance

If a medical event occurs, is the transfer and recovery night already in the plan?

Looks for: Nearest appropriate care named; recovery lodging that can absorb a medical night; medications and constraints listed.

Clashes when: A stated care requirement with no plan behind it and thin contingency on a remote corridor.
Needs confirming when: Care distance is known verbally but not written into the recovery plan.
Holds up when: Care distance is written, recovery lodging can absorb a medical night, and meds are listed.

Weather / road exposure

Is weather or road closure treated as a funded contingency, not a surprise?

Looks for: Contingency sized for the season, a named detour or abort trigger, and a way to hear from the operator before you travel.

Clashes when: Peak weather or one-road season with zero contingency and sticky lodging.
Needs confirming when: Weather is acknowledged but no abort trigger or named detour exists.
Holds up when: Season risk is funded, abort trigger is written, and the detour / recovery town is named.

11 checks · never boiled down to one score · brochure wording is not proof

Your budget and who is going

What the audit is checking against

What is the most this trip can cost? (USD)

How much room do you want above the cost?

Room for meals and a recovery night.

Who is going, and what matters to them?

Children are goingOlder travellers are goingSomeone needs step-free access or short walksCrowds or noise can end someone's dayA first trip abroad (passports and entry papers)

True estimated trip cost: $1,139 USD
Above the advertised price: +216%
Per person: $570 USD
Per night: $570 USD
Needed, with the room you asked for: $1,276 USD
Left over under your budget: $1,224 USD

What you said matters

Checked against this trip

The boxes you ticked above add a starting set. Add your own in your own words, or start from an example household further down. Show them by state — never by a score.

A plan and a budget if something breaks · must have · You said this
Named recovery lodging and a funded amount in friction.
Possible with condition
Friction meets corridor default. The hotel still has to be named. Priority must. Bounds still need a written check.
Open Plans May Vary and name the property, not the amount only.
Preference: What you said you want or need.
Usable with the bound named. Pattern model — not a live operator feed. Written or ticked on this device. · medium confidence
Costs the advertised price left out · must have · You said this
Transport, tax, and entry sit in mandatory — not hoped.
Possible with condition
A transfer or ticket line is present — still confirm both directions / dates in writing. Priority must. Bounds still need a written check.
Transport, tax, and entry sit in mandatory — not hoped.
Preference: What you said you want or need.
Usable with the bound named. Pattern model — not a live operator feed. Written or ticked on this device. · medium confidence

The trip's own figures

What this trip's costs are showing

Where each finding came from, what it cannot tell you, and the next step. These are patterns read from the cost lines — not a live feed from any carrier or operator.

Do the figures hold together?Does not match current constraintIs enough confirmed?Needs confirmation

Whether the budget is realistic · the trip's figures disagree · Trip costs

Promotional headline understates realistic all-in cost.

Does not match current constraint

Uplift with friction is large vs advertised ($1,139 vs $360). Any match that used only the headline is invalid until the budget is restated.

Restate the trip budget as the true estimated cost, contingency included, before comparing options.

DerivedMay change · re-check 2026-11-01

Record-integrity conflict: fix the record before treating Fit as decisive. By itself this is not evidence that a household constraint fails. Read from this trip's cost lines as they stand. · high confidence

Whether the full cost is visible · a check on the trip's figures · Trip costs

Stack separates advertised from mandatory/likely.

Possible with condition

Stack separates advertised from mandatory/likely. This trip's costs are showing this; a household must may still override.

Keep mandatory lines quote-backed; likely lines plan-backed.

DerivedMay change · re-check 2026-11-01

Usable with the bound named. Pattern model — not a live operator feed. Read from this trip's cost lines as they stand. · medium confidence

A plan and a budget if something breaks · a check on the trip's figures · Trip costs

Contingency is present; still confirm recovery lodging.

Possible with condition

Contingency is present; still confirm recovery lodging. This trip's costs are showing this; a household must may still override.

If return is fixed, pre-identify one recovery hotel and cancellation terms.

DerivedMay change · re-check 2026-11-01

Usable with the bound named. Pattern model — not a live operator feed. Read from this trip's cost lines as they stand. · medium confidence

Getting there and back · a check on the trip's figures · Trip costs

No ferry named; still confirm airport or long road transfers if relevant.

Possible with condition

No ferry named; still confirm airport or long road transfers if relevant. This trip's costs are showing this; a household must may still override.

List the longest transfer leg and its failure mode.

DerivedMay change · re-check 2026-11-01

Usable with the bound named. Pattern model — not a live operator feed. Read from this trip's cost lines as they stand. · medium confidence

How recently the figures were checked · a check on the trip's figures · Trip costs

Multiple lines lack sources — quotes may be stale or illustrative.

Needs confirmation

3 non-friction lines without source notes. Fit may be computed on placeholder economics.

Stamp mandatory lines with operator + date before a go decision.

DerivedMay change · re-check 2026-11-01

Brochure language is not evidence. A written check is still required. Read from this trip's cost lines as they stand. · medium confidence

Tight timings and connections · a check on the trip's figures · Route pattern

Fixed return flights past fragile sailings or park gates need a recovery plan.

Possible with condition

Timing fit depends on whether your return date can move and whether the contingency is funded. A beautiful itinerary with a brittle last day is a fragile plan.

Write the latest acceptable arrival at the gateway and one backup night.

JudgmentMay change · re-check 2026-11-01

Usable with the bound named. Pattern model — not a live operator feed. The Plans May Vary pattern for this kind of trip. · medium confidence

Known risks on this kind of route · a check on the trip's figures · Route pattern

Plans May Vary lists 3 high-severity pattern(s) for this corridor.

Needs confirmation

The tax stack, and the 1.5% that is new this year · Both airports got materially worse in 2026 · A missed evening ORD arrival is a city night Cost fit can look green while route fragility is still red.

Address first: The tax stack, and the 1.5% that is new this year — open Plans May Vary readiness.

JudgmentMay change · re-check 2026-11-01

Brochure language is not evidence. A written check is still required. The Plans May Vary pattern for this kind of trip. · medium confidence

Before you book

Five questions, each a pass or a fail

Is the promotional number your budget?

Pass — No — the true estimated trip cost is the number you are deciding on

Next, check the required costs are quoted

Do the transport and tax figures come from the operator, with a date?

Pass — Yes — each required cost names where it came from and when

Next, name what a bad day would cost

Can you name the hotel you would fall back to, and what it costs?

Pass — Yes — a named property and a dollar amount under friction

Carry this into Plans May Vary

Is the true estimate more than about 60% above the advertised price?

Pass — Yes, and the trip still works at the true estimate

Write the difference down; if another currency is involved, compare a strong and a weak rate

Are you comparing against a plain city trip, rather than quoting one as a slogan?

Pass — Yes — Butte, Denver and New York are here to make park and resort mark-ups visible

Keep all four kinds of cost on the comparison trip so the difference is honest

Example households

Start from an example, then make it yours

These are starting points, not a match score. The counts on each card are how that household's needs check against this trip's costs as they stand on this device — before you load it.

Nashville weekend

Couple · Music City · 2 nights

Music City weekend. Hotel tax, Broadway meal premium, and a CMA / festival delay night sit outside the room headline — not a free entertainment weekend.

Nashville weekend

Couple · Music City · 2 nights

Music City weekend. Hotel tax, Broadway meal premium, and a CMA / festival delay night sit outside the room headline — not a free entertainment weekend.

Against this trip: 0 do not match · 0 need confirmation · 3 possible with condition

Hotel tax & occupancy assessments modeled as mandatory
Named downtown or BNA-corridor recovery night
Origin airport line when flying in