Before and after the event
After a congress in Lisbon, an attendee plans three more days along the coast, inside your event brand.
Turn your event into a longer trip
Most event sites stop where the programme stops. Here attendees plan the evenings and the days either side on your site, under your event's brand, with your hotels first in every plan. The first day is on the map in about 5 seconds.
Your eventPlan your stay
ExampleYour week around the event
7 days · Florence before, the event in Rome, the Amalfi coast after
Before
Day 1 · Florence
Florentine Markets and Historic Stalls
- Florence Central Market
- Mercato del Porcellino
- San Lorenzo
Day 2 · Florence
Grand Piazzas and Marble Sanctuaries
- Piazza della Repubblica
- Santa Croce
Your event
Day 3 · Rome
Your event, day one
The programme, at the venue
Day 4 · Rome
Your event, day two
The programme, at the venue
After
Day 5 · Amalfi
Amalfi Cathedral and Coastal Fjord
- Duomo - Cattedrale Sant'Andrea
- Furore Fjord
Day 6 · Amalfi
Amalfi Shoreline and Maritime Heritage
- Spiaggia di Amalfi
- Santa Croce
- Arsenale della Repubblica
Day 7 · Amalfi
Coastal Towns and Limestone Cliffs
- Minori
- Capri Island
Tested against three general AI models
The same 8 trip briefs, planned by MarcoPolo and by GPT-6, Gemini 3.8 Flash and Claude Opus 4.8. MarcoPolo was up to 4.6x faster and 10.8x cheaper per trip day.
See the full benchmark- 0invented places in 115 stops
The general models invented one in 701, checked by hand.
- 114of 115 stops are verified places
Each one is pinned on the map, ready for your team to quote. None of the general models' stops are.
- 14.7 sto a finished plan
Median in MarcoPolo Chat on production. The first day is on the map in about 5 seconds.
- $0.02per trip day
A general model costs $0.17 or more a day once each stop is checked.
Give attendees a reason to stay longer
Events pack travel spending into a few days and a few streets. The attendee who flies in for two days of sessions has nowhere inside your event brand to plan the rest.
Each physical attendee at festivals, concerts and international exhibitions spends an average of US$1,200 to US$1,800 on accommodation, dining, retail and transport.
Persistence Market Research, event tourism market report(opens in a new tab)49% of event planners anticipate higher in-person attendance in 2026, even as budget pressure and unpredictable attendee behaviour remain top challenges.
PCMA, Convene 32nd annual meetings market survey, 2025(opens in a new tab)
The host city, planned around your event
Attendees plan what happens around the programme before they arrive. MarcoPolo plans from its catalogue of real places in Italy, Spain, France, Greece and Portugal today.
Your hotels first
Your hotels come first in every plan, so the extra nights land in the rooms you offer.
Evenings in the city
Food, culture and places to see near the venue, from a catalogue of real places.
Pre and post-event packages
Your packages go on as Vista trips, exactly as you built them. Attendees pick dates and enquire.
Trips in their own words
On Atlas, attendees describe the trip they want and MarcoPolo plans it.
Enquiries to your team
Every enquiry reaches your team in the Partner Hub with the plan attached.
How attendees use it
- 1
They add the days
Attendees add the days before and after the event to their trip. - 2
They plan the city
Real places near the venue and further afield fill the free time. - 3
They shape it
On Atlas, they change the days and places until the trip fits. - 4
They enquire
The hotels and packages you offer reach your team as an enquiry, with the plan attached.
Products for events
Switch on the ones you need from one Partner Hub login.
Atlas
Attendees plan the days before and after. They change days and places, or describe the trip in their own words.
MarcoPolo Chat
Attendees ask about the host city in their own words and get a plan on a map.
Vista
Pre and post-event packages, shown exactly as you built them. Attendees pick dates and enquire.
Partner Hub. One team login for templates, inventory, hotels, leads and analytics. Every product switches on from here.
More solutions
Tour operatorsEvery enquiry arrives as a planned trip, ready to quote.Host agencies and consortiaEvery advisor's enquiries scored, and a planning site under your network's brand.Travel agentsSee tour operators' trips, build client trips from them and track every commission.Destination marketingVisitors plan the whole trip on your site, and you see what they chose.DevelopersCall MarcoPolo from your own code and get trips built from real, mapped places.