🌍 TripCraft – Your Very Own Smart Travel Planner 🚀

Team Name: The RouteCoders
Hackathon Theme: Open Innovation
Domain: Software Development
Problem Statement: AI-Powered Smart Travel Planner: Automating Personalized Itineraries for Seamless Exploration

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📌 Overview

Planning a trip can be exciting yet overwhelming—especially with endless options, unexpected hurdles, and last-minute changes. TripCraft transforms this complexity into simplicity with the power of AI, real-time data, and collaborative features.

🎯 Goal:
To create a personalized, adaptive, and collaborative travel planning web application that helps users plan trips effortlessly with:

• AI-generated itineraries 🧠
• Real-time adjustments 🔁
• Collaborative trip building 🤝
• Chatbot travel assistant 🤖

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🧠 Key Features

• ✈️ Smart & Adaptive Itinerary Planning
• 📍 Location-Based Suggestions
• 💬 Interactive Chatbot Assistant
• 📸 Nearby Places, Stays, Activities with Ratings
• 🤝 Collaborative Trip Management

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🧰 Tech Stack

Technology	Role
React.js	Frontend UI
Spring Boot (Java)	Backend API & Authentication
Python Flask	AI-based itinerary & recommendation engine
MongoDB	NoSQL Database
Open Route Service	Geolocation & route optimization
Cloudinary	Image Storage
SMTP Mail API	Invite collaborators via email

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📊 Technology Usage Distribution

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🤖 Chatbot Feature

• Helps users with:
  • Trip suggestions
  • FAQs and travel guidelines
• Enhances accessibility and interaction on the platform

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🚀 Project Setup Guide

You can run all 3 modules locally for full functionality.

1️⃣ Frontend – React App

cd frontend
npm install
npm run dev 

2️⃣ Backend – Spring Boot (Java)

cd backend
mvn clean install
mvn spring-boot:run

3️⃣ AI Engine – Python Flask Microservice

python save.py
python app.py