From grimoire
Compares all-in costs of multiple travel destinations including flights, accommodation, daily expenses, visa, and health requirements to make budget-informed trip decisions.
How this skill is triggered — by the user, by Claude, or both
Slash command
/grimoire:calculate-destination-cost-comparisonThe summary Claude sees in its skill listing — used to decide when to auto-load this skill
Calculate and compare the all-in cost of multiple travel destinations — covering flights, accommodation, daily expenses, visa, and health requirements — to make a budget-informed destination selection and realistic total trip budget.
Calculate and compare the all-in cost of multiple travel destinations — covering flights, accommodation, daily expenses, visa, and health requirements — to make a budget-informed destination selection and realistic total trip budget.
Adopted by: Tools like Numbeo, Budget Your Trip, and Nomad List aggregate real traveler cost data across thousands of destinations, enabling systematic cost comparison. Travel bloggers and personal finance writers consistently identify destination cost comparison as the most impactful budget decision — where you go determines your budget ceiling more than how you travel once there. Rome2Rio provides comprehensive multi-modal transport cost and time comparisons. Impact: The difference in daily cost between budget destinations (Thailand: $30–60/day), mid-range destinations (France: $100–200/day), and premium destinations (Norway, Switzerland: $200–400/day) means that the same annual travel budget can fund either 3 months in Southeast Asia or 2 weeks in Scandinavia. Travelers who choose destinations before calculating costs often under-budget significantly; unexpected costs (visas, vaccinations, airport transfers, tourist taxes, currency conversion) routinely add 15–30% to estimated trip cost.
Create a standard template applied identically to each destination:
| Cost Category | Destination A | Destination B | Destination C |
|---|---|---|---|
| Flights (return) | |||
| Accommodation/night | |||
| Food/day | |||
| Local transport/day | |||
| Activities budget total | |||
| Visa cost | |||
| Vaccinations/health | |||
| Travel insurance | |||
| Total estimated cost |
The template forces honest apples-to-apples comparison across the full cost picture.
Flight cost is often the largest single variable:
Flexible date comparison (Google Flights): search with the calendar view for ±3 weeks around the target date; prices can vary 40–60% based on date within a month.
Accommodation:
Accurate sources:
Daily living costs (food + local transport):
These are the costs most travelers underestimate:
Visa costs:
Vaccinations and health:
Travel insurance:
Currency conversion:
After filling in all categories:
npx claudepluginhub jeffreytse/grimoire --plugin grimoireEstimates total trip cost, sets a travel budget, or determines how long savings will last while traveling, using category-complete methodology.
Searches flights, stays, tours/tickets/activities via MyRealTrip's official Streamable HTTP MCP server. Returns details, prices, and booking links without scraping.
Explains costs in human terms with real-world comparisons and recommends the cheapest option that works. Activates on purchase decisions or cost questions.