{"id":"life-fl-weekend-trip-budget","audience":"freelancers","category":"everyday-life","track":"life","technique":"examples","title":"Price out a weekend trip against your budget","free":false,"task":"You're planning a 2-night weekend trip with a $500 budget. Get exactly 4 numbered lines in plain text, under 80 words: 1. lodging with tax, with the math, using the updated rate; 2. the round-trip train; 3. food at your daily estimate for 3 days; 4. the total and whether it's under $500 and by how much. No tips. Write a prompt that gets you exactly that.","materialLabel":"Your trip notes (attached to your prompt automatically)","material":"WEEKEND IN LAKEPORT - Dec 12 to 14 (fictional)\n\nLODGING - Harborlight Inn\nRate: $120 per night, 2 nights\nHotel tax: 10%\n\nINN EMAIL (Nov 4): \"Your reserved rate for Dec 12-14 is $135 per night because of a holiday event in town.\"\n\nTRAIN\nRound trip: $64\n\nFOOD\nMy estimate: $40 a day, for 3 days (Fri night to Sun)\n\nMY NOTES\n- Budget: $500 total.\n- Friend says I should splurge on a boat tour ($75), but that's optional and not in this budget.\n- I'll walk everywhere, no car.","rules":[{"type":"numberedItems","count":4},{"type":"maxWords","max":80},{"type":"plainText"}],"mistakes":[{"title":"Using the old rate","why":"The AI uses $120 a night and misses the inn's email.","fix":"Add: \"The inn's rate is now $135 a night.\"","checks":["r0","r2"]},{"title":"Forgetting the tax","why":"The AI adds the nightly rate but skips the 10% tax.","fix":"Add: \"Include the 10% hotel tax.\"","checks":["r0"]},{"title":"No math shown","why":"The AI gives totals with no working, so you can't check them.","fix":"Show it: \"1. Lodging: $135 x 2 = $270 + 10% tax $27 = $297\".","checks":["r0","numberedItems"]},{"title":"Getting extras","why":"The AI adds the boat tour or travel tips.","fix":"Add: \"No boat tour, no tips.\"","checks":["r2","r1","plainText"]},{"title":"Trusting the AI to count words","why":"AI is bad at counting. Ask for \"under 80 words\" and it often lands well over.","fix":"Cap each part: \"each line under 16 words.\"","checks":["maxWords"]}],"promptHints":[{"label":"Uses the updated rate","patterns":["\\$?135","updated","email"]},{"label":"Includes the tax","patterns":["tax","10%"]},{"label":"Checks the budget","patterns":["\\$?500","budget","under"]},{"label":"Sets the number of lines","patterns":["\\b(4|four)\\b.{0,20}(lines?|numbered|items?|steps?)"]},{"label":"Sets a word limit","patterns":["\\d+\\s*words","word (limit|count)"]}],"hint":"Tell the AI which rate is current, to include the tax, and show it one line, then end with the budget check.","rubricLabels":["Line 1 gives lodging as $297 using the updated $135 rate ($135 x 2 = $270 + 10% tax $27), not $264","Lines 2 and 3 give the train as $64 and food as $120 ($40 x 3)","Line 4 gives the total as $481 and says it's under $500 by $19, with no boat tour added and no tips"]}