MEVAYA compared with Wanderlog, Layla, Mindtrip and TripIt

MEVAYA builds a day in one of 13 European cities from 479 curated stops, around opening hours, walking distances and your pace. It runs in the browser, plans without generative AI and books nothing.

Wanderlog is a trip planner for itineraries, maps, bookings and budgets, made for road trips and group travel as much as for city breaks. It runs on the web and as an iOS and Android app, free with an optional Pro subscription.

Layla, from the Berlin company Layla AI GmbH, plans a trip with you in a chat; on request, its travel advisors refine the plan and book hotels, flights, transfers and activities. According to Layla, planning is free and you pay for what is booked.

Mindtrip is an AI travel assistant that remembers how you like to travel, suggests restaurants, stays and things to do, and books directly. It runs on the web and as an iOS app.

TripIt turns forwarded booking confirmations into one itinerary; flight alerts and other extras come with the paid TripIt Pro. It is built for keeping a trip in order rather than for planning a day of sightseeing.

The table only contains what the providers say themselves, on their websites and in the app stores. Where we could not verify a statement there, the cell shows a dash. A dash says nothing about the product, only about our sources.

Whether a day plan works on the ground depends on opening hours, so here only the providers' own descriptions count. Wanderlog says in its App Store description that it shows opening hours for each place, next to ratings, address and website. TripIt organises bookings rather than sights, so the question does not come up there.

MEVAYA checks the times of every sight with fixed opening hours by hand against a named source; the check date and the source are shown on the stop. Of the 387 sights in the 13 cities, 193 have fixed hours. 113 are squares, parks and similar places that are always open; for 81 streets and markets MEVAYA shows typical hours and labels them as such.

For 80 stops the planner uses the hours by weekday and season, with one window per day: where a museum closes at midday, it uses the longer part of the day. Public holidays and one-off closures appear as notes on the stop and are not planned around automatically. And a check is a snapshot; the date on the stop tells you how old it is.

MEVAYA covers 13 European cities. Outside them it cannot help, and a trip through many countries needs another tool for most of the route.

There is no app and no offline mode: MEVAYA runs in the browser and needs a connection. It books nothing, has no packing lists, and a group cannot work on one plan together.

MEVAYA applies weekday and seasonal hours for 80 stops. Where a stop closes at midday, the planner uses the longer part of the day, and public holidays appear as a note on the stop, not in the plan.

A personalised plan, saving and PDF export need a City Pass for that city. Quick Start is free in every city, but it is a ready-made day, not one built around your own must-sees and meals.

A road trip, a group trip or a destination outside Europe: Wanderlog plans anywhere, puts every stop on a map and lets several people edit one trip at the same time.

You want the trip booked and someone to turn to when something goes wrong: Layla's travel advisors book hotels, flights, transfers and activities, and Layla offers support during the trip, 24/7. For tailor-made trips Layla recommends a budget of at least €100 per person per night.

Flights, stays and restaurants found and booked in one conversation, on your phone: that is what Mindtrip's iOS app is built for, and it can keep an eye on prices for you.

Many bookings in one place, offline, with flight alerts: TripIt reads your confirmation emails, and the flight alerts come with TripIt Pro.

The tools also work together. TripIt can hold the flights and hotels while MEVAYA plans the days in the city.

You are spending a few days in one of the 13 cities and want each day to work: sights grouped by neighbourhood, opening hours and closing days respected, a meal where there is time for one, and a realistic amount of walking.

For several cities in a row, the Europe trip planner sets the order and the days per city; each city then opens in the day planner.