Fortrip News

What’s new at Fortrip — and why we shipped it.

Model upgrades, new planner features, and the design decisions behind them.

2026-05-14 · design
The Quiet Concierge: We Rewrote How Fortrip Looks, and Why
We pulled every gradient button, glassmorphism panel, and SaaS card out of the product. What's left reads closer to a travel guide than a dashboard.
design systembrand voice
2026-05-13 · engineering
Long Planning Sessions Don't Lose Their Shape Anymore
A 14-day Japan plan needs 90 messages to nail down. Halfway through, the model forgets your dietary restriction. We fixed that.
chatlong sessionscontext
2026-05-08 · release
Activity Recommendations Now Come From a Curator, Not a List
We replaced popularity-sorted lists with a curator that searches across cities, weights by review depth, and finalizes a small set that fits your trip.
activity recommendationscontent quality
2026-03-25 · release
Validator v3: Fewer Feature Checks, More 'This Day Is Going to Feel Awful'
A good itinerary critic should sound like a friend who's been there, not a checklist. v3 catches what travelers actually trip on.
validatoritinerary review
2026-03-12 · release
Trip Planning V5 Is Live: The Planner Now Writes Itineraries, Not Lists
V4 treated every constraint as a filter and lost the shape of a day. V5 plans with a sense of what a real day actually feels like.
planneritinerary

Fortrip News

Model upgrades, new planner features, and the design decisions behind them.

2026-05-14 · design
The Quiet Concierge: We Rewrote How Fortrip Looks, and Why
We pulled every gradient button, glassmorphism panel, and SaaS card out of the product. What's left reads closer to a travel guide than a dashboard.
design systembrand voice
2026-05-13 · engineering
Long Planning Sessions Don't Lose Their Shape Anymore
A 14-day Japan plan needs 90 messages to nail down. Halfway through, the model forgets your dietary restriction. We fixed that.
chatlong sessionscontext
2026-05-08 · release
Activity Recommendations Now Come From a Curator, Not a List
We replaced popularity-sorted lists with a curator that searches across cities, weights by review depth, and finalizes a small set that fits your trip.
activity recommendationscontent quality
2026-03-25 · release
Validator v3: Fewer Feature Checks, More 'This Day Is Going to Feel Awful'
A good itinerary critic should sound like a friend who's been there, not a checklist. v3 catches what travelers actually trip on.
validatoritinerary review
2026-03-12 · release
Trip Planning V5 Is Live: The Planner Now Writes Itineraries, Not Lists
V4 treated every constraint as a filter and lost the shape of a day. V5 plans with a sense of what a real day actually feels like.
planneritinerary