About Aithevia

Built by someone who got lost in 40 browser tabs.

Aithevia exists because trip planning is broken. It takes too long, it produces generic results, and it feels nothing like the joy of actually travelling. We decided to fix that.

100+

Countries covered

4

Languages

Minutes

instead of weeks

Free

To get started

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Robert Verkerk

Founder, Aithevia

robert@aithevia.com
The Netherlands

The origin story

In 2023 I went on a trip to New York, there was so much to do and see. Before long I had 40 tabs open on my laptop. Each activity more appealing than the last. After a few weeks of planning and decisions, I just booked something. It was time to actually take the trip. The plan wasn't perfect in my eyes, but good enough to at least have a good time. In the end, this whole thing kept nagging at me for three years. In April 2026 I finally just started building it myself.

The problem wasn't that I couldn't find enough. The internet is full of good travel tips. The problem was that I had to piece them together myself, every single time.

I wanted something that could turn a half-formed idea — "New York, one week, not just museums" — into a plan with places that are actually near each other. So a day makes sense and you're not crossing half the city halfway through.

That's what Aithevia does. The key places are checked against an external source first. Whatever we couldn't verify, we leave out.

What we believe

Four principles that shape everything we build

Traveller first

Every decision we make starts with one question: does this make the trip better for the person taking it? Not for advertisers, not for hotel chains — for you.

Honestly intelligent

Aria tells you what she knows and what she doesn't. No hallucinated flight times, no invented restaurants. Real information, clearly sourced.

Premium shouldn't mean exclusive

A personal travel agent used to cost thousands. We think everyone deserves that experience — solo travellers, families, budget backpackers included.

Fast, not frantic

The average person spends 8+ hours planning a trip. Aria gets you to a complete, personalised itinerary in under five minutes. Time is the real luxury.

The journey

From a bad planning experience
to a platform people love.

2023

New York

Forty tabs, a few weeks of planning, and in the end just booking something.

April 2026

Started

Finally started three years later. First version built.

May 2026

The first trip

Japan. The first trip that came out complete and correct. Live end of May.

June–August 2026

Suppliers fall away

Foursquare cuts its free quota by 95 percent, Amadeus shuts down its portal, Groq turns off the models. Rebuilt three times.

August 2026

Smaller instead of bigger

Manually checked ninety places by hand. Ten percent turned out to be wrong. Since then, we only show what can be verified externally.

Our mission

Make planning a trip feel as good as taking one.

We are not trying to replace the joy of discovery — we want to give you more time for it. Less time in spreadsheets. Less time second-guessing hotel reviews. More time wandering, eating, and actually being somewhere worth being.

Small but serious

Aithevia is currently a one-person show. And that's intentional.

Staying small means every feature gets real attention. No committee decisions, no quarterly roadmaps driven by investor decks. Just a founder who uses the product himself and cares deeply about getting it right.

Every support email gets a reply from Robert directly.

New features are driven by user feedback, not growth hacks.

We will never sell your travel data. Ever.

If something breaks, I'm the one who fixes it.

Ready to plan your next trip?

Your first itinerary is completely free. No credit card, no commitment — just a trip plan that's actually yours.