As we all have experienced, building itineraries for customers is a proper pain in the ass. It is very time-consuming for us, and customers' preferences might not be revealed until after the customer sees the itinerary, forcing us to re-do a lot of work.
I therefore suggest we do one or both of these interventions.
PREFERENCES FORM:
To get a better sense of customer preferences for their trip before we spend time building an itinerary, we pick up again on the idea of starting with a form. I suggest we use typeform or google forms. The idea here is for the customer to offload their needs and preferences properly, and for us to get a sense of their wants and budget.
Because we know that people rarely want just want one experience from a trip I suggest we use weighting/scales:
See https://www.inspirock.com for an example of a form.
USING AUTOMATIC TRIP PLANNERS:
To not waste too much time building itineraries, we can use automatic trip planners.
I tried INSPIROCK for Jakarta, Yogyakarta and Banywangi-trip, and it is surprisingly good.
https://www.inspirock.com/trip/31-days-in-jakarta-yogyakarta-and-banyuwangi-itinerary-with-outdoors-relaxing-and-romantic-3a46de4c-a5b4-4feb-b076-4c95e97d9670/itinerary/list
Another one we can use is TRAVEFY, which is a professional tool for travel agents, trip planners, and a free version for travellers.
Billy/Eded: I suggest we test it on Ed's trip to Europe. Ed: pretend you didn't see this.