TREK vs TripGenie

TREK is a self-hosted travel planner for organizing trips collaboratively in real time. Users can arrange places by day, optimize routes by distance, and send a day to Google Maps for turn-by-turn directions. Collaborators can edit itineraries together, see live presence, chat, run polls, track attendance, and share read-only public links. Reservation records hold confirmation numbers, files, and statuses for flights, stays, and restaurants. Budgets support multiple currencies and per-person or per-day totals; packing lists include templates and item assignments. OpenStreetMap is the default place search, Google Places is optional, and 16-day forecasts use Open-Meteo without API keys. Optional addons include travel statistics, vacation planning, journaling, and MCP integration. TREK runs on operator-controlled hardware, stores trip data in a SQLite file, and supports scheduled snapshots with retention policies. It can be installed as a PWA and has deployment documentation for Docker, Kubernetes, Unraid, Proxmox, Raspberry Pi, and Apple Silicon, with AMD64 and ARM64 images. It is open source under AGPL-3.0 and free for personal and internal company use.

TripGenie provides tailored travel advice and customized itineraries through Android and iOS apps. Travelers can ask about destinations, stays, flights, and travel tips, then receive suggestions based on their stated travel style. Its coverage includes over 1 million attractions across more than 180 countries or regions. TripGenie can generate plans for selected destinations, trip lengths, and preferences, with a map view for trip information. Users can invite friends to collaborate on and edit itineraries. Booking links can direct travelers toward flight and stay pages, while real-time flight updates and hotel check-in alerts follow the itinerary. Voice and text input are supported. A Trip.com announcement lists English, Chinese, Cantonese, Japanese, Korean, Thai, French, Spanish, and German. TripGenie is listed as free, with no specific usage limits stated. Trip.com says personal data and interactions may be used for tailored AI answers and recommendations in certain regions. The maker is headquartered in Shanghai, China, and traces its history to Ctrip’s 1999 launch.