Get My Local Business Travel Planning Template

Every trip is a chance to discover the people and businesses that make a place special — if you know where to look. This free Travel Scouting Prompt Template is the exact tool I use to plan every Neighborly with Kristen trip. Just fill in your destination and dates, paste it into your favorite AI assistant, and get a categorized list of small, local, diverse, and family-owned businesses to check out.

What's included:

• A trip details section to set your destination, dates, travel radius, and goals

• Core criteria to prioritize small, independently owned, locally rooted, and diverse-owned businesses (women-owned, BIPOC-owned, LGBTQ+-owned, veteran-owned, immigrant-owned, and family/multi-generational)

• A built-in category list covering retail, makers, farms, wellness, outdoor recreation, books, home goods, and more — not just food

• A "what to send back" checklist so you get business name, address, story angle, contact info, hours, and social handles for every recommendation

• A ready-to-use output format so results come back organized and easy to scan

• Exclusion rules to automatically filter out chains and franchises

• A filled-in example (Mid-Cape Cod) showing exactly how to use it

Grab it free and start exploring with intention, wherever you're headed next.