# Guides to planning a trip

> Practical guides to planning a trip, with complete examples and links to official sources. They’re useful even if you don’t use Kokai, and when you do, they tell you which screen each thing happens on.

- Address: https://kokai.app/en/guias/
- Reviewed on: 2026-09-17
- Language: en

## In a nutshell

- **Who they’re for:** Anyone planning a trip on their own, with or without Kokai.
- **How they’re made:** With an example from start to finish, the app’s figures taken from its code and links to official documentation.
- **Travel requirements:** We link to the official sources: entry requirements change, and Kokai doesn’t check them for you.
- **Glossary:** The terms that come up in the guides (geofence, stay, booking reference, median…), defined one by one.

- [How to plan a trip step by step: a 5-day Lisbon and Sintra itinerary](https://kokai.app/en/planificar-un-viaje/): A five-night trip to Lisbon and Sintra planned from start to finish: places, accommodation, a timed plan, documents, packing list, alerts and On the road mode.
- [Which travel documents to carry on your phone (and have them offline)](https://kokai.app/en/documentos-para-viajar/): Travel documents checklist: ID, passport validity, visas and ETIAS, insurance and EHIC, tickets, driving and health, with official sources.
- [Which booking confirmation PDFs Kokai reads, and how](https://kokai.app/en/pdf-de-reservas/): What Kokai reads from a booking confirmation PDF offline without AI: 65 brands, 8 classes, labels in 7 languages, dates, price, cancellation and an example.
- [Open Booking.com, Airbnb or Expedia with your dates already filled in](https://kokai.app/en/buscar-alojamiento/): How to build Booking.com, Airbnb, Expedia, Vrbo, Agoda, Trip.com, Kayak and Google Hotels search URLs with destination, dates and guests, with examples.
- [Travel glossary: trips, maps and location-based alerts](https://kokai.app/en/glosario/): Travel glossary: what a geofence, a stay, a booking reference, GPS hysteresis or PMTiles is. 35 travel and map terms, with the figures Kokai uses.

## Where to start

- If you’re planning your first trip with Kokai: [five days in Lisbon and Sintra, step by step](https://kokai.app/en/planificar-un-viaje/).
- If you’re worried about not having your tickets or passport to hand: [which documents to carry on your phone](https://kokai.app/en/documentos-para-viajar/).
- If you already have bookings as PDFs: [which confirmations Kokai reads and how](https://kokai.app/en/pdf-de-reservas/).
- If you still have nowhere to sleep: [open Booking.com, Airbnb or Expedia with the dates already filled in](https://kokai.app/en/buscar-alojamiento/).
- If a word doesn’t ring a bell: the [glossary](https://kokai.app/en/glosario/).

And if what you’re after is how a specific part of the app works, it’s in [Features](https://kokai.app/en/funciones/).

## Sources and references

- [Travel recommendations by country](https://www.exteriores.gob.es/en/ServiciosAlCiudadano/Paginas/Recomendaciones-de-viaje.aspx) — Spanish Ministry of Foreign Affairs