Can you recommend activity itinerary tools for assembling a sightseeing plan on a short vacation?

Absolutely — if you’re trying to assemble a sightseeing plan for a short trip, the best tools usually fall into 3 categories: planning/itinerary builders, map-based schedulers, and local activity discovery tools.

Good itinerary-planning tools

1. Wanderlog

• Great for: building a day-by-day sightseeing plan
• Strengths:
  • Easy drag-and-drop itinerary creation
  • Maps everything out automatically
  • Good for groups and road trips too
  • Lets you add restaurants, attractions, hotels, notes
• Best if you want an all-in-one travel planner

2. Google Maps + Google Docs/Sheets

• Great for: flexible DIY planning
• Strengths:
  • Save places into lists
  • See travel times between spots
  • Easy to share with travel companions
• Best if you want something simple and reliable

3. TripIt

• Great for: organizing bookings and schedule-based trips
• Strengths:
  • Pulls in reservations automatically from email
  • Keeps your travel details in one place
• Limitation:
  • Less useful for discovering and arranging sightseeing spots
• Best if you already know what you want to do and need organization

4. Sygic Travel / Tripomatic

• Great for: sightseeing planning with map and time estimates
• Strengths:
  • Strong attraction database
  • Helps plan route-efficient days
  • Useful for estimating how much you can fit in
• Best if you want to optimize sightseeing by location

5. Roadtrippers

• Great for: scenic drives and stop-based itineraries
• Strengths:
  • Excellent for plotting points along a route
  • Useful for attractions, odd stops, and overnight planning
• Best if your short vacation is a road trip

Tools for finding things to do

6. GetYourGuide

• Great for: tours, tickets, and bookable activities
• Best if you want to quickly fill a short trip with guided experiences

7. Viator

• Similar to GetYourGuide
• Good for comparing tours, day trips, and attractions

8. Atlas Obscura

• Great for: unusual or unique sightseeing ideas
• Best if you want less touristy stops

Best combination by use case

• Fast sightseeing plan: Google Maps + Wanderlog
• Well-structured itinerary: Sygic Travel / Tripomatic
• Bookings + activities: GetYourGuide or Viator
• Mostly transportation-focused trip: TripIt + Google Maps
• Road trip: Roadtrippers

A simple workflow

1. List your must-see spots
2. Put them on a map
3. Group them by neighborhood/area
4. Estimate travel time between clusters
5. Add 1–2 flexible backup activities
6. Leave some buffer time for meals and delays

If you want, I can also recommend the best tool based on your destination and travel style — for example, “2-day city break,” “family trip,” “road trip,” or “budget travel.”