ChatGPT can build you an itinerary in 30 seconds. It will list the top-rated restaurants, suggest a hotel near the Colosseum, and give you a day-by-day schedule that looks perfectly reasonable on a screen. Here's what it can't do: know that the top-rated restaurant stopped being good two seasons ago, negotiate a room upgrade because you're traveling for your anniversary, or pick up the phone when your flight is canceled and you're standing in an airport with two kids. That's the difference between AI-generated travel planning and a luxury travel advisor who knows your name. Let me walk you through exactly where the line is.

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