Looking for a better way to help people plan their visit to your city, district, or festival? Meet Vibemap’s Itinerary Builder, a powerful new tool that lets users create custom itineraries by combining places and events into one streamlined experience.
Whether it’s a festival weekend, a neighborhood activation, or a city-wide celebration, the Itinerary Builder makes exploring easier and more meaningful for visitors and locals alike.
What Is the Vibemap Itinerary Builder?
The Itinerary Builder is a mobile-friendly, embeddable tool designed to help users plan events, discover places, and explore local experiences. It lets people:
- Add places and events to a custom itinerary
- Sort activities by category, such as food, art, music, wellness, or family-friendly
- View their plans in both map and list formats
- Send their itinerary to email for easy access and wayfinding
- Use the tool on mobile or desktop
It’s more than an event planning tool. It’s a way to encourage deeper engagement with local neighborhoods, small businesses, and public spaces.
Why Cities, Main Streets, and Destination Marketers Love This Feature
For destination marketing organizations (DMOs), main street programs, and downtown associations, the Itinerary Builder offers a practical and scalable way to:
- Increase foot traffic to local businesses and attractions
- Encourage multi-stop visits with curated itineraries
- Promote discovery of hidden gems and community events
- Improve navigation and trip planning for visitors
- Collect engagement insights to inform future programming
By helping people find things to do and places to go, all in one place, cities can tell a more cohesive story and drive real-world impact.
Case Study: Charlotte SHOUT! Festival Uses Itinerary Builder to Drive Engagement
For the 2025 Charlotte SHOUT! festival, Vibemap worked closely with Charlotte Center City Partners to design and build the official event website, complete with a fully integrated Itinerary Builder.
With hundreds of performances, art installations, and pop-up activations across Uptown Charlotte, the feature made it easier for attendees to:
- Browse events by seven curated categories
- Add both festival events and nearby local places to their itinerary
- Switch between list and map views for flexible planning
- Get a personalized itinerary by email to take with them on the go
The tool helped festival-goers feel more organized, confident, and excited about exploring the city. It also gave organizers a simple way to guide and amplify participation.
Built for Any Event, Activation, or Campaign
The Itinerary Builder is designed to work across many use cases:
- City tourism websites
- Main Street and downtown revitalization campaigns
- Arts and culture festivals
- Holiday or seasonal programming
- Local business promotions and shopping districts
Wherever there’s something to discover, the Itinerary Builder makes it easy to map it out, plan it out, and go.
Bring the Itinerary Builder to Your City or Organization
Want to make your destination more accessible, discoverable, and engaging?
Vibemap’s Itinerary Builder helps people curate their ideal experience while boosting visibility for local events and places. It is customizable to match your brand and goals and is easy to integrate into your existing website.
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