The Travel Planner MCP Server enables comprehensive travel planning with the following capabilities:
- Search for places using Google Places API with customizable location bias and radius
- Retrieve detailed place information using Google Place IDs
- Calculate routes between locations with various travel modes (driving, walking, bicycling, transit)
- Get timezone information for specific coordinates
- Create personalized travel itineraries based on preferences, budget, origin, destination, and dates
- Optimize existing itineraries based on time and cost criteria
- Search for attractions and points of interest with optional categories and radius filters
- Retrieve transportation options between locations for specific dates
- Search for accommodations with filters for location, budget, and check-in/out dates
Provides integration with Google Maps APIs including Places API, Directions API, Geocoding API, and Time Zone API for location search, route calculation, and travel planning
Travel Planner MCP Server (@gongrzhe/server-travelplanner-mcp)
A Travel Planner Model Context Protocol (MCP) server implementation for interacting with Google Maps and travel planning services. This server enables LLMs to perform travel-related tasks such as location search, place details lookup, and travel time calculations.
Installation & Usage
Installing via Smithery
To install Travel Planner for Claude Desktop automatically via Smithery:
Installing Manually
Or install globally:
Components
Tools
- searchPlaces
- Search for places using Google Places API
- Input:
query
(string): Search query for placeslocation
(optional): Latitude and longitude to bias resultsradius
(optional): Search radius in meters
- getPlaceDetails
- Get detailed information about a specific place
- Input:
placeId
(string): Google Place ID to retrieve details for
- calculateRoute
- Calculate route between two locations
- Input:
origin
(string): Starting locationdestination
(string): Ending locationmode
(optional): Travel mode (driving, walking, bicycling, transit)
- getTimeZone
- Get timezone information for a location
- Input:
location
: Latitude and longitude coordinatestimestamp
(optional): Timestamp for time zone calculation
Configuration
Usage with Claude Desktop
To use this server with the Claude Desktop app, add the following configuration to the "mcpServers" section of your claude_desktop_config.json
:
Alternatively, you can use the node command directly if you have the package installed:
Development
Building from Source
- Clone the repository
- Install dependencies:
- Build the project:
Environment Variables
GOOGLE_MAPS_API_KEY
(required): Your Google Maps API key with the following APIs enabled:- Places API
- Directions API
- Geocoding API
- Time Zone API
License
This MCP server is licensed under the MIT License. For more details, please see the LICENSE file in the project repository.
remote-capable server
The server can be hosted and run remotely because it primarily relies on remote services or has no dependency on the local environment.
Enables LLMs to perform travel-related tasks by interacting with Google Maps and travel planning services including location search, place details, and travel time calculations.
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