> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.tripmazer.com/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# How to talk to Mazer

> Eight habits that get you better plans with fewer back-and-forths, with before-and-after examples.

You don't need special phrasing to use Mazer. Talk to it like a well-travelled friend who can also book things. A few habits make a big difference, though, because they give Mazer what it needs to act instead of asking you questions.

## 1. Lead with the five essentials

Most trip requests need the same details. Give the ones you know in your first message, and Mazer can search and plan in one go.

| Essential | Example | If you leave it out |
| - | - | - |
| **Where** | *Bali*, *somewhere warm in Europe* | Mazer suggests options first |
| **When** | *12–16 December*, *a long weekend in March* | Prices and availability are estimates |
| **Who** | *two adults and a 6-year-old* | Rooms, fares and pace may not fit your group |
| **Budget** | *around ₹1.5 lakh in total* | Mazer plans anyway, and asks once at the end before saving |
| **From** | *from Bengaluru* | Your home city from your passport |

Your pace, interests, food rules and travel style come from your [traveller passport](https://docs.tripmazer.com/concepts.md#memory), so you don't need to repeat them.

```text Vague theme={null}
Plan a trip to Bali.
```

```text Better theme={null}
Plan 5 days in Bali from Bengaluru, 12–16 December, for two of us. Relaxed pace, we love food and beaches, budget around ₹1.5 lakh total.
```

## 2. Ask Mazer to do it, not to explain how

Mazer can act: add a stop, move a day, search fares, set a reminder, log an expense. Phrase requests as actions and it will do them, instead of describing how you could.

```text Advice theme={null}
What do you think about visiting Tanah Lot?
```

```text Action theme={null}
Add Tanah Lot to day 3 for sunset, and move the cooking class to day 4.
```

Anything that books, pays, sends or deletes still comes back as a card for you to approve. See [Approvals](https://docs.tripmazer.com/concepts.md#approvals).

## 3. Say "save it", or "plan the whole trip"

These are two different requests, on purpose.

* **"Save it"** or **"make this a trip"** creates the trip and copies the plan from your chat into its itinerary. It doesn't start new searches.
* **"Plan the whole trip"** runs the full flow: flights, stays, things to do and a day-by-day plan.

Use the first when you've already worked the plan out in chat, and the second when you want Mazer to take it from a blank page.

## 4. Correct in small steps

You don't need to rewrite your request when something's off. Reply with just the change, in plain words, and Mazer adjusts what it already made.

```text Starting over theme={null}
Plan 5 days in Bali again but with cheaper hotels and less temples and a quieter day 3.
```

```text Small steps theme={null}
Cheaper hotels, please.
Fewer temples overall.
Make day 3 a quiet beach day.
```

## 5. State hard limits as limits

Your trip budget guides what Mazer picks first, but it's never a hidden filter. If something is a real limit, say so, and Mazer will filter on it.

```text Soft theme={null}
Find us a nice hotel in Seminyak.
```

```text Hard limit theme={null}
Hotels in Seminyak under ₹8,000 a night, free cancellation, walking distance to the beach.
```

When everything costs more than your budget, Mazer tells you in real numbers and suggests fewer nights, other dates or a cheaper area. It won't quietly drop the options.

## 6. Name the trip when you have more than one

With several trips saved, say which one you mean: "on my Japan trip", "for Goa". On Telegram, `/trip` sets the active trip so you don't have to repeat it.

## 7. Bring what you already have

You don't need to retype anything. Mazer reads:

* **Links**: Instagram reels, YouTube and TikTok videos, articles and hotel pages
* **Photos**: receipts, menus, signs, buildings, screenshots of bookings
* **Files**: booking PDFs and confirmation emails
* **Voice notes**, on WhatsApp and Telegram
* **Your location**, for "near me" questions

Example

Here's a reel: \[paste link]. Pull out the places and add the good ones to my Bali trip.

Try in Mazer →

## 8. Ask for the format you need

Mazer can answer as a table, a checklist, or a file. It writes and runs small programs for the maths, so totals and splits are calculated, not guessed.

Example

Make me an Excel file of every expense on my Goa trip, by category, with a chart of spending per day.

Try in Mazer →

Mazer can make PDFs, Excel and CSV files, Word documents, calendar (`.ics`) files, QR codes and charts.

## What Mazer won't do

Knowing the boundaries saves time:

* **Pay for you.** Payment always happens in TripMazer's checkout.
* **Change a flight ticket itself.** It checks what a change would cost and who can make it, then helps you request it.
* **Change hotel dates itself.** It prices the change; you complete it in **Bookings → Change dates**.
* **Guess.** If it can't confirm a fact, such as a place in a photo or a fare that no search returned, it says so instead of inventing one.
* **Act on your connected apps without asking.** Sending, publishing and deleting always need your approval.

## Next

> **[Prompt library](https://docs.tripmazer.com/prompting/library/index.md)**
>
> Ready-made prompts for every stage of a trip.

> **[Prompt sheet](https://docs.tripmazer.com/prompting/cheat-sheet.md)**
>
> The essentials on one page, to print or save on your phone.


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