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SF Trip Planner

SF Trip Planner

Curated spots, events, crime indicator, all in a single map

Website sf.ianhsiao.me
Overview

What it is

See San Francisco events, spots, and hidden gems—check live crime heatmaps, discover safe neighborhoods, and plan your SF trip with friends. Export directly to Google Calendar.

Intent

I need it when

Spot scheduling conflicts and optimize daily itineraries at a glance

The calendar view shows event counts per day and highlights overlapping events, allowing users to identify packed days versus empty ones and rearrange their schedule efficiently before exporting to their phone's calendar.

Identify safe neighborhoods and avoid high-crime areas during a San Francisco visit

The tool overlays live crime heatmaps from SFPD and CivicHub directly on the trip map, showing which blocks had recent incidents so users can make informed decisions about where to go and when, and verify that evening meetups are in safe zones.

Consolidate scattered event sources and create a unified trip itinerary

SF Trip Planner aggregates events from multiple sources (Luma, Eventbrite, newsletters, iMessage) onto a single interactive map and calendar, eliminating the need to manage 50+ browser tabs and allowing users to drag events into a day planner and export to Google Calendar.

Discover and organize restaurant, cafe, and nightlife recommendations in one place

Users can import curated spots from Google Maps, blogs, and recommendations, tag them by category (eat, bar, cafes, shops), and view them on the same map as events, making it easy to filter and pick venues closest to planned activities.

Self-host and customize a trip planning tool for personal use

SF Trip Planner is open source and fully documented, allowing technical users to fork the repository, swap in their own API keys, and deploy to Vercel for complete control and customization.

Drop

Not a fit when

  • User is planning a trip to a city other than San Francisco
  • User needs real-time collaboration features for group trip planning
  • User prefers a fully managed SaaS solution without self-hosting requirements
  • User needs advanced features like hotel booking, flight integration, or expense splitting
  • User is not comfortable with open-source software or deploying to Vercel
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Pricing

Free and open source