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I want to write a detailed travel guide about: [PLACE].

Below I will paste a file that contains information from 4 sources. Each source has to be handled differently. I will also paste a suggested outline. This outline must be followed as much as possible. You can make improvements (adding missing sections, fine-tuning), but don’t change the structure completely.

Use all the information and create the foundation for the guide.

How to handle each source:

1. Open Research Scan

– Use this as general background knowledge.

– Keep only timeless, evergreen information.

– Organize insights into Background / Things to Do / Practical Sections.

2. News Articles

– Scan only for evergreen nuggets that enrich the guide.

– Discard temporary details (dates, politics, officials, recent events).

– Keep timeless facts, cultural background, and stories relevant to visitors.

3. Top Ranking Guides

– Benchmark: note approximate word counts, structure, and main subjects.

– Extract practical/valuable details we should also include.

– Use this to set a competitive guide length (we cannot be much shorter).

4. Traveler Reviews & My Own Take

– Extract the overall tone/feeling travelers have about the place.

– My own take weighs more than individual reviews and should guide the final “voice.”

Produce:

– Tone & Feeling description (to set the style, travel blogger tone, not brochure).

– Practical Insights (real-world tips, accessibility, cleanliness, challenges).

Deliverables:

1. Title Ideas

– 5–8 SEO-friendly suggestions.

– Include the main keyword naturally.

– Honest, clear, practical tone (no clickbait).

2. Detailed Outline

– Based on my suggested outline (adapt but don’t completely change).

– Integrate all valuable insights from the 4 sources.

When structuring the outline and writing:

If minor or seasonal, mention briefly in background or highlights, but don’t exaggerate.

Headings/Subheadings must be clear and self-explanatory.

Each subheader should already make sense to a reader (e.g., Walking up the hill, Panoramic views, Cham architecture), not vague phrases like Interior & Surroundings or Legends & Stories.

Only include a subheader if it clearly describes something visitors can see, do, or experience.

Background vs. Highlights separation.

Background (history, legends, symbolism) goes in the “Background & Setting” section.

Only put things in “Highlights” that visitors actually see, do, or experience during a visit.

Avoid over-fragmenting sections.

Don’t create unnecessary subheaders unless the information is substantial and needs its own focus.

If content is light, integrate it smoothly into the introduction or a nearby section instead of giving it its own heading.

Practical info grouping.

Keep related details together. For example, parking, entrance fees, and optional carts all belong under “Entrance & Costs,” not scattered across multiple subheaders.

Festivals & events.

If they are major and timeless, give them a short dedicated subheader.

– Keep it evergreen, honest, and useful — avoid brochure-style.

1. Open Research Scan

Input:

2. News Articles

Input:

3. Top Ranking Guides

4. Traveler Reviews & My Own Take

5. My idea for the outline

2. 3. 4. are header 2
2.1 2.2 3.1 etc are header 3
2.1.1 header 4 (hardly used)

1. Introduction (3 sentences)

Start with main keyword in first sentence

Last sentence is what is in this guide

2. NAME – Add a short title that reflects this

2 paragraphs of background information -> No detailed information about what is there to see and do

Topics we can write about are:

– general location (not too specific with addresses or how to get there)

Following with anything that is relevant to this specific place (only use the topic when relevant to the place)

– Area, region, setting, scenery

– Nature (flora, founa, animals)

– Culture (local people, life)

– History (old history or more resent times)

Last part of this section is an introduction to traveling or tourists or travellers. So this is sort of a natural flow from background and ending with travel related endnote. Is it touristy, much to do/see, foreigners here or mostly domestic or no people at all or whatever fits well with this place.

3. Highlights of visiting NAME

Short introduction first that describes a bit what to expect or the setting to put things in perspective, like is there a lot to do and see here, can you hang here for 2 hours or seen it in 20 minutes.

After that each highlight (can be thing to do, see or experience, as long it is for our international reader/traveller relevant) gets its own subheader like 3.1, 3.2, 3.3 etc

Each text below the subheader is a natural written mix of background information and practical info when relevant to the highlights, so from a visitor perspective, is there anything you want to add. Don’t make up things just to add information, only use it when it is there and make sense to share. Write in natural as 1 text. 1 text can be 1 parahtaph or 2 short parahtraphs. Some highlights can be shorter, others longer -> it does NOT need to be all equal lenght as some highlights have much more information that need to be shared than others.

4. Location & Getting there

4.1 Where is NAME?

Explain with a little more detail where this is located. Just to put the coming sections of getting there a bit more in perspective. Include either the city where it is is, or when it is not in a city, include infrmation with the nearest city. This is the base. + add very short (no long details needed) how you can reach this city.

Then the flow need to continue naturally with the options. So that mean, the options we are going to explain, likely start from the base city we just described

4.2 Taxi or ride hailing service

Is it possible to do. Easy to get a taxi back too or need to ask to wait?

4.3 Car with driver

Alternative to taxi. Fits well in a more complete itinerary where this place is just a part. Fixed price upfront. Driver waits everythwere for you well visiting.

4.4 Renting a motorbike

Explain easy to rent a motorbike. Fun, adventurous, flexible and likely cheapest options . Road conditions/driving in this area. And sidenote, that officially you need valid licence with IDP (altough rental companies don’t care), but could also be improtant for youur insurance

5. Practical visiting information & Travel tips

All information we have not provided yet, but should be worth to mention for travellers, we can add below.

We can categorize the information by using subheaders, like 5.1, 5.2 etc.

I name a few topics, but only use the once that make sense for this place!

– Entrance related, like opening times, entrace fees or additional cost and fees

– Best time to visit (avoiding crowds or mid day heat -> altough be practical and realisitc if the sight is not a major highlight or just a short visit, people will not plan their day around it, otherwise might be better to not use this //// if this is a nature destination, best time to visit can be more about time of year, what are the best months or seasons and what about months or time outside the main season

– What to bring (what are things you really need here and can not get here)

– Something related to facilities (if this is a museum or temple, things like AC, toilets, restaurant or cafe on sight etc, if this about a village, city or region it should be more about shops, ATM’s and things like that

– Etiquette (if this is something related to people, culture or religion that could be a bit sensitive, we can add information about dress code, photography and other tips)

– Time needed (how long do you need to visit this place, time to spend)

– Something related to Health/safety (only if this makes sense of course, not a temple or museum, but maybe a beach known for strong currents, or mountain area known for landslides or an area that is known for mosquitos or very open in the sun -whatever related to this)

– Something related to be aware of (very bad road, common scam here, load music/karaoke / litter or trash problem/ very basic / unclean

These are jsut some examples, you might have other ideas to add too.

6. Is NAME worth to visit?

Write an honest take.

8. CTA

THis includes:

A title (max 60 characters) that clearly offers help with a travel service.

– Make it feel like a prompt to take action (not just another header)
– Avoid sounding like an introduction or topic heading
– Use natural sentence casing (not title case or ALL CAPS)

After the title, we give a short description of 2 to maximum 3 sentences.

Important context:
The guide already gave readers full information about the topic. This box should not repeat that content or describe the place again. Instead, it should respond to the reader’s interest and offer a way to take action—by booking a related service. So don’t say “did you enjoy reading?” or “this place is great to visit”.

This paragraph should:
– Speak directly to the reader
– Offer a service that fits their interest (e.g., custom tour, private car, trekking, trip planning)
– Clearly show that this is for booking help, not for general questions
– Avoid repeating basic facts about the place—they already read that
– End with a soft, action-oriented line like “Use the form below to start planning” or “Let us know your travel plans”

If the place is very simple that can be visited by the reader easily, make it about a broader subject, like custom trip to vietnam or a part of vietnam or a destination.

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Now give me:

(1) Title ideas

(2) A detailed outline

After these 2 tasks are done, I give you the first section to write.

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