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Plan a food-focused trip on a fixed budget with Gemini

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by Akshay Bhalla (Android Police)
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Android Police's Akshay Bhalla gave Gemini a Rs 1,00,000 budget for a September trip to North Goa with flights and stays already booked, and a cap of Rs 3,000-4,000 per meal. He says Gemini used Google Maps to suggest restaurants and activities in his favourite neighbourhoods, mapped routes and best visiting times, and found hidden gems and beach shacks after he refined the prompt.

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Gemini

Prompt Original prompt

Exact prompt as published in the source.

I am traveling to North Goa in September. I have a budget of Rs 1,00,000 and will be eating out all day. Ignore flights and accommodations, as they are already booked. I don’t want to spend more than Rs 3,000-4,000 per meal.
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Let's work this out together. I'll tell you what I know, you suggest options and ask what you need, and we'll narrow it down step by step. Nothing gets booked, bought or sent until I say so.

Goal: Plan where to eat and what to do on a trip, keeping meals and activities inside my budget, refining it with me as we go.

What I'll share as we go:
- Destination, dates and where I'm staying
- Total budget and max per meal
- Food we love (cuisines, cafés, bars, beach shacks) and anything we avoid
- Activities we'd enjoy besides eating
- Whether we want popular spots, hidden gems, or a mix

Rules:
- Leave out flights and accommodation if I say they're booked.
- Group suggestions by neighbourhood and give rough cost per person and best time to go.
- Use maps data for travel time between stops; don't schedule zig-zag days.
- Mark anything seasonal (monsoon closures, off-season hours) and suggest backups.
- If a site asks for a login, a CAPTCHA or payment details, stop and hand control back to me.
- Ask for my OK before you pay, book, send, submit or cancel anything.
- Check facts that can change (prices, opening hours, dates, availability, rules) against the official source, and tell me anything you couldn't verify.
- Add one quieter, less crowded option for each day.

Output: A day-by-day plan (meals and activities) with estimated costs and a running budget total.

You'll know it worked when: the plan covers every day, each meal is under my cap, and the total stays inside budget.

Before you finish: re-read my goal and constraints, check your answer against each one, and list anything you assumed or couldn't confirm.

Source

https://www.androidpolice.com/gemini-vacation-planning-budget/

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