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Turn saved Instagram and TikTok videos into a trip map.

Found on Reddit in r/SideProject (1 thread).

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Based on u/Impressive_Fly77 on Reddit (opens in new tab)

Where this came from (Reddit)

People save hundreds of travel and food videos, then can’t find any of the places when they’re actually there.

The threads (in our words)

Reddit blocks automated reads, so we couldn’t record upvote or comment counts. The business below is our own design inspired by these threads.

Who it’s for

Travelers, foodies and people planning trips.

Adapt it to your industry

  • Start with one niche or customer type, then expand.
  • Ask your first 10 customers what they would pay before you build more.
  • Keep a human check on anything sent in a customer’s name.

Step by step

  1. Build a share target (web app or iOS share sheet) with Lovable or Cursor.
  2. Have AI read the caption and video text to guess the place, then confirm with a maps API.
  3. Pin each place to a personal map grouped by city.
  4. Offer a free tier and a paid plan through Stripe for unlimited saves.
  5. Grow with travel-tip posts and Reddit answers in travel subs, following their rules.
  6. Watch error reports weekly and fix wrong matches.

Ready-to-copy prompt

Here is a video caption and on-screen text: [paste]. Guess the business name, city and type of place, and tell me how confident you are.

Start with AI

Opens the AI with this guide and the prompt filled in.

Open in ChatGPT (opens in new tab)Open in Claude (opens in new tab)Open in Grok (opens in new tab)
Time
1–3 hoursOur estimate

Your autonomous stack

Autonomy: Customers submit details; the AI drafts and files the paperwork and tracks deadlines. Your part: Review flagged or unusual cases before they go out (a few minutes each).

Every layer an agent-run business needs, in order. Prices are public list prices, checked Oct 16, 2026.

  1. Agent (the brain): Claude (incl. Claude Code) (opens in new tab) (Free tier · Pro $20/mo). Runs the business day to day: writes, answers, decides small things and reports to you. Grok Bot, Claude Code or Codex can also run scheduled jobs.
  2. Build and hosting: Cursor (opens in new tab) (Free tier · Plus $8/mo · Premium $30/mo), Supabase database (opens in new tab) (Free tier · Pro from $25/mo). The product or service your customers use.
  3. Payments: Stripe payments (opens in new tab) (No monthly fee · 2.9% + 30¢ per card payment). Automatic checkout and receipts. Other options: PayPal Checkout (3.49% + 49¢) or Lemon Squeezy (5% + 50¢, handles sales tax).
  4. Customer acquisition: Buffer (scheduled X posts) (opens in new tab) (Free plan (3 channels, 10 queued posts each) · Essentials $5/mo per channel, billed yearly), beehiiv newsletter (opens in new tab) (Free up to 2,500 subscribers). Agent-written SEO pages, scheduled X posts and a weekly newsletter.
  5. Delivery: Make automations (opens in new tab) (Free tier · Core $16/mo). Automations deliver the product or result as soon as someone pays.
  6. Support: Make automations (opens in new tab) (Free tier · Core $16/mo). An AI inbox or chat answers questions; anything unclear is flagged for you.
  7. Monitoring and schedule: Make automations (opens in new tab) (Free tier · Core $16/mo). Scheduled runs (cron) each day: send, check for failures, alert you if something breaks.
  8. Analytics: Google Analytics (opens in new tab) (Free). Tracks visits, signups and sales so the agent can report what works.
  9. Human checkpoint: Review flagged or unusual cases before they go out (a few minutes each).
  10. Price: charge $4 per subscriber (monthly plan). Offer the first 3 customers a founding price for honest feedback.
Monthly cost$0–$96/monthFree tiers → paid plans of the tools above. Card fees come out of each sale.
What you could earn · EstimateEstimate: 250 subscribers × $4 = $1,000/moOur estimate, not a fact or a promise. It’s simple math if you land these customers at this price.
Details: source, numbers and tags

What they did

Users share a reel; an agent finds the place, pins it on their map and reminds them when they’re nearby. We designed this business from real Reddit threads; it is an idea for you to build, not a description of the posters’ businesses.

How it went

Found on Reddit in r/SideProject (1 thread). Upvote and comment counts weren’t retrievable, so none are shown. On X, 22 posts matched our search for this idea in the 7 days to 2026-10-16.

Worth knowing

Only process links users share with you; don’t scrape platforms.

Difficulty
BeginnerOur rating
Time to build
Not reportedOur estimate
Monthly cost
Not reported
Revenue
Not reportedWe only show revenue the source states
Engagement
No public countThe source shows no number
X buzz
29.1 · 22 posts in 7 days26 likes, 1 reposts, 7 replies, 0 quotes on 5 top posts · fetched Oct 16, 2026 · query: (saved OR save) (tiktok OR instagram OR reels) (restaurants OR places OR spots) (trip OR travel OR map) -is:retweet lang:en

Posted · Added Oct 16, 2026

Original builder recipe

  • ChatGPT
  • Claude
  1. Build a share target (web app or iOS share sheet) with Lovable or Cursor.
  2. Have AI read the caption and video text to guess the place, then confirm with a maps API.
  3. Pin each place to a personal map grouped by city.
  4. Offer a free tier and a paid plan through Stripe for unlimited saves.
  5. Grow with travel-tip posts and Reddit answers in travel subs, following their rules.
  6. Watch error reports weekly and fix wrong matches.

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