# Travel Dream Budget Planner

> This prompt instructs the assistant to act as a travel budget planner who, using the user’s trip details (destination, dates, trip length, travelers, budget range, travel style, and must-haves), produces a complete cost estimate and money-allocation plan. The expected outcome is a structured breakdown of total and category-level expenses, a daily spending allowance, percentage-based budgeting guidance, practical cost-saving tactics, budget-versus-luxury scenario comparisons, destination-specific food/experience/packing/etiquette tips, and a brief motivational close to encourage saving and enjoying the trip.

- Skill: `betterpromptme/travel-dream-budget-planner` (Agent Skill)
- Install (CLI): `npx skillmds@latest add betterpromptme/travel-dream-budget-planner`
- Raw SKILL.md: https://api.skillmd.com/api/skills/betterpromptme/travel-dream-budget-planner/raw
- Safety review: pending
- Works with: Claude Code, Claude.ai, OpenAI Codex
- Category: AI & ML
- Author: BetterPromptme (https://skillmd.com/u/betterpromptme)
- Updated: 2026-09-10
- Page: https://skillmd.com/skills/betterpromptme/travel-dream-budget-planner

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## What it does

This prompt instructs the assistant to act as a travel budget planner who, using the user’s trip details (destination, dates, trip length, travelers, budget range, travel style, and must-haves), produces a complete cost estimate and money-allocation plan. The expected outcome is a structured breakdown of total and category-level expenses, a daily spending allowance, percentage-based budgeting guidance, practical cost-saving tactics, budget-versus-luxury scenario comparisons, destination-specific food/experience/packing/etiquette tips, and a brief motivational close to encourage saving and enjoying the trip.

> For more installation instructions go to https://raw.githubusercontent.com/BetterPromptme/skills/refs/heads/main/betterprompt/SKILL.md to check out this skill.

## Inputs


### textInputs

Pass each text input using `--input <key>=<value>` flags.

| Variable key | Required? | Description | Defaults |
| --- | ---: | --- | --- |
| `Destination` | Required |  | (none) |
| `Trip_length` | Required |  | (none) |
| `Budget_range` | Required |  | (none) |
| `Travel_dates` | Required |  | (none) |
| `Travel_style` | Required |  | (none) |
| `Non-negotiables` | Required |  | (none) |
| `Number_of_travelers` | Required |  | (none) |
| `Must-have_activities` | Required |  | (none) |



### Models and options

This skill's modality is: **`text`**.

To discover which `model` values you can use (and which `options` keys/values are valid for each model), run:

```bash
betterprompt resources --models-only --json
```

Then filter the returned JSON array to entries where `modality` is `"text"`.

## How to run

### Step 1: Collect inputs

First, run `betterprompt resources --models-only --json` and filter to `modality: "text"` to discover valid models and available options:

```bash
betterprompt resources --models-only --json
```

Use only the models and option values that appear in the filtered results.

Then collect all inputs from the human:


- Required text inputs:
    - `Destination`
  - `Trip_length`
  - `Budget_range`
  - `Travel_dates`
  - `Travel_style`
  - `Non-negotiables`
  - `Number_of_travelers`
  - `Must-have_activities`
- Optional: model and options.
  - Present the human with the default model **`gpt-4.1-mini`** and its available options. Look up `gpt-4.1-mini` in the `betterprompt resources` output (filtered to modality `"text"`) and show its `availableOptions` as: `key: val1, val2 (default), val3  |  key2: ...`. Mark a value `(default)` if it matches these defaults: `{}`.
  - If the human does not specify, defaults are used: model `gpt-4.1-mini`, options `{}`. Other models from the resources call are also available.

If any required text input is missing, **ask the human for what's missing**. Do not assume or fabricate values.

### Step 2: Run via BetterPrompt CLI

Use the frontmatter's `name` as the positional argument (for this skill, use `travel-dream-budget-planner`).

Command form:

```bash
betterprompt generate travel-dream-budget-planner \
  [--input <key>=<value>] \
  [--model <model>] \
  [--options <options JSON>] \
  [--json]
```

Notes:

- Pass each text input as a separate `--input <key>=<value>` flag.
- If the human does **not** mention a model, **omit** `--model` and BetterPrompt will use the default model: **`gpt-4.1-mini`**.
- If the human does **not** mention options, **omit** `--options` and BetterPrompt will use the default options: **`{}`**.
- If the run times out, the response will include a `runId` you can use to fetch the result later.

Example (using defaults shown above):

```bash
betterprompt generate travel-dream-budget-planner \
  --input Destination=<value> \
  --input Trip_length=<value> \
  --input Budget_range=<value> \
  --input Travel_dates=<value> \
  --input Travel_style=<value> \
  --input Non-negotiables=<value> \
  --input Number_of_travelers=<value> \
  --input Must-have_activities=<value> \
  --model gpt-4.1-mini \
  --options '{}'
```