Turn booked appointments into a realistic Washington DC itinerary with restaurants using Grok
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Ahead of a trip to DC, a poster gave Grok the appointments already set, the hotel locations and the remaining sights the group wanted to see. The poster says it produced an itinerary and, when prompted again, restaurants near the must-do stops to save searching once there, and called the result incredible.
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Run this task now, exactly as written below. Everything you need is here, so start straight away and only stop if something required is missing or a rule below tells you to. Goal: Build a realistic day-by-day itinerary around the appointments I already have, then add restaurants near the key stops. Fill in before running: - City and dates: [CITY, DATES] - Fixed appointments with times: [LIST] - Hotel location(s) for each night: [ADDRESSES] - Other sights we want to see: [LIST] - Pace: [relaxed / action-packed] Rules: - Lock in fixed appointments first and fit everything else around them. - Group sights by neighbourhood to cut travel time, and include travel times. - Check opening hours and ticket or timed-entry rules for each sight. - Add 1–2 restaurants near each main stop with price level. - 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. Output: A day-by-day table: time, activity, location, travel time, nearby food. You'll know it worked when: every appointment fits, travel times are realistic, and nothing is closed when we plan to go.
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Run this task now, exactly as written below. Everything you need is here, so start straight away and only stop if something required is missing or a rule below tells you to. Goal: Build a realistic day-by-day itinerary around the appointments I already have, then add restaurants near the key stops. Fill in before running: - City and dates: [CITY, DATES] - Fixed appointments with times: [LIST] - Hotel location(s) for each night: [ADDRESSES] - Other sights we want to see: [LIST] - Pace: [relaxed / action-packed] Rules: - Lock in fixed appointments first and fit everything else around them. - Group sights by neighbourhood to cut travel time, and include travel times. - Check opening hours and ticket or timed-entry rules for each sight. - Add 1–2 restaurants near each main stop with price level. - 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. Output: A day-by-day table: time, activity, location, travel time, nearby food. You'll know it worked when: every appointment fits, travel times are realistic, and nothing is closed when we plan to go.
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Run this task now, exactly as written below. Everything you need is here, so start straight away and only stop if something required is missing or a rule below tells you to. Goal: Build a realistic day-by-day itinerary around the appointments I already have, then add restaurants near the key stops. Fill in before running: - City and dates: [CITY, DATES] - Fixed appointments with times: [LIST] - Hotel location(s) for each night: [ADDRESSES] - Other sights we want to see: [LIST] - Pace: [relaxed / action-packed] Rules: - Lock in fixed appointments first and fit everything else around them. - Group sights by neighbourhood to cut travel time, and include travel times. - Check opening hours and ticket or timed-entry rules for each sight. - Add 1–2 restaurants near each main stop with price level. - 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. - Mark which sights need tickets booked in advance and by when. Output: A day-by-day table: time, activity, location, travel time, nearby food. You'll know it worked when: every appointment fits, travel times are realistic, and nothing is closed when we plan to go. Before you finish: re-read my goal and constraints, check your answer against each one, and list anything you assumed or couldn't confirm.
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