BolangTravel

Inspiration

Organizing a simple weekend road trip in Surabaya shouldn't require "ping-ponging" between Google Maps, BMKG for weather, and random blogs for ticket prices. We wanted an assistant that feels like texting a friend who is a logistics expert—someone who understands local context like "besok Sabtu" (this Saturday) and handles the "stitching together" of data that usually takes 30–60 minutes.

What it does

BolangTravel is a Telegram bot that turns one Bahasa Indonesia message into a complete, ready-to-navigate itinerary in under a minute.

Send it something like:

"Mau jalan-jalan di Surabaya besok Sabtu, suka kuliner malam & wisata alam, berangkat dari Tunjungan Plaza"

…and the agent will:

Search candidate places on Google Maps (wisata alam, kuliner malam, …). Open each one to verify it's actually open on Saturday — closed places are filtered out. Pick the best 3–5 stops and order them as a sensible route. Pull a multi-stop route with distance, duration, a shareable maps.app.goo.gl short link, and screenshots. Compare four travel modes side by side: Motor · Mobil · Bus/Trans. Umum · Jalan Kaki. Fetch a BMKG weather forecast for the destination on the trip day and suggest what to bring. Reply with one structured, Telegram-friendly message + inline screenshots of the route and each place. Other niceties:

Live GPS context — share your location once via Telegram and "dari sini" just works. Saved home — /setrumah lets you ask for a route home in one line. Conversational memory — a 6-turn rolling window so you can refine ("ganti tempat ke-2 dengan museum").