Multi-City Asia Routing: Flights, Trains and Ferries
By Hoang · Published · Updated
Builds a routing for a multi-stop trip where the transport mode isn't obvious.
Tags: Travel, Planning, Finance
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## Multi-city routing I'm doing a loop through several cities and the right transport between each leg isn't obvious. Some of these are two-hour flights, some are overnight trains, and in a couple of cases the ferry is the sensible option. ### What I'm working with - [textarea: List the cities in the order I want to visit them, with nights in each] - [text: Arrival city and date] - [text: Departure city and date] - [text: Total transport budget] - [dropdown: Solo, Couple, Family with kids, Group of friends] - [dropdown: Comfort matters more than cost, Cost matters more than comfort, Balanced] - [toggle: Yes, No] I'm willing to take overnight transport to save a hotel night - [multi: Trip.com, 12Go, Klook, Airline direct, Rail operator direct] - [textarea: Anything fixed I have to work around: a booked hotel, a wedding, a flight I already hold] ### What I want back Work through this leg by leg. For each leg give me the transport mode you'd pick, roughly what it costs, how long door to door rather than the scheduled duration, and which of the booking platforms I listed actually sells that route. Where a route is sold on a platform but is cheaper or more flexible booked with the operator directly, say which. Then step back and tell me whether the city order I've given is the right one. If reversing a segment or dropping a city saves a long backtrack, propose the alternative with the time and money it saves. Flag any leg where the booking needs to happen well in advance because seats genuinely sell out, and separate that from legs I can leave until the day before.