Travel Planner MCP Server

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:

npx -y @smithery/cli install @GongRzhe/TRAVEL-PLANNER-MCP-Server --client claude

Installing Manually

# Using npx (recommended)
npx @gongrzhe/server-travelplanner-mcp

# With environment variable for Google Maps API
GOOGLE_MAPS_API_KEY=your_api_key npx @gongrzhe/server-travelplanner-mcp

Or install globally:

# Install globally
npm install -g @gongrzhe/server-travelplanner-mcp

# Run after global installation
GOOGLE_MAPS_API_KEY=your_api_key @gongrzhe/server-travelplanner-mcp

Components

Tools

searchPlaces
- Search for places using Google Places API
- Input:
  - query (string): Search query for places
  - location (optional): Latitude and longitude to bias results
  - radius (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 location
  - destination (string): Ending location
  - mode (optional): Travel mode (driving, walking, bicycling, transit)
getTimeZone
- Get timezone information for a location
- Input:
  - location: Latitude and longitude coordinates
  - timestamp (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:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "travel-planner": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["@gongrzhe/server-travelplanner-mcp"],
      "env": {
        "GOOGLE_MAPS_API_KEY": "your_google_maps_api_key"
      }
    }
  }
}

Alternatively, you can use the node command directly if you have the package installed:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "travel-planner": {
      "command": "node",
      "args": ["path/to/dist/index.js"],
      "env": {
        "GOOGLE_MAPS_API_KEY": "your_google_maps_api_key"
      }
    }
  }
}

Development

Building from Source

Clone the repository
Install dependencies:
npm install
Build the project:
npm run build

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.

Install Server

HTTP connection URL

security – no known vulnerabilities

license - permissive license

quality - confirmed to work

How are these scores calculated?

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.

Tools

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.

Related Resources

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