🎬 Create post‑trip journals and review drafts with Claude Sonnet Vision

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Description

Automatically transforms your travel photos and notes into beautiful journals, highlight reels, and review drafts using Claude’s vision and language capabilities.

How it works

  1. Trip Completion Trigger - Webhook or scheduled check for recently ended trips
  2. Validate Trip Data - Confirms trip details, dates, and destination information
  3. Fetch Photos from Google Photos - Retrieves all photos from the trip date range
  4. Extract Photo Metadata - Gets EXIF data (location, timestamps, camera settings)
  5. Fetch Trip Notes - Pulls journal entries, receipts, bookings from Google Drive/Sheets
  6. AI Photo Analysis - Claude Vision analyzes each photo for content, mood, significance
  7. Generate Chronological Story - Creates narrative flow from photo sequence
  8. Create Travel Journal - Formats beautiful journal document with photos and stories
  9. Draft Platform Reviews - Generates review text for TripAdvisor, Google, social media
  10. Create Highlights Reel Script - Suggests best photos and captions for video/slideshow
  11. Store Outputs - Saves to Google Drive with organized folder structure
  12. Send Delivery Package - Emails journal PDF, review drafts, and highlights to user
  13. Batch Processing - Daily check for trips ended in last 7 days
  14. Analytics & Insights - Tracks most memorable moments, photo quality scores

Setup Steps

  1. Import workflow into n8n
  2. Configure credentials:
    • Anthropic API - Claude AI with vision for photo analysis
    • Google Photos API - Photo retrieval and metadata
    • Google Drive API - Trip notes and output storage
    • Google Sheets - Trip tracking and metadata
    • SMTP / Gmail - Delivery notifications
    • OpenWeatherMap (optional) - Historical weather data
  3. Create Google Sheets with tabs:
    • trips - Trip records with start/end dates
    • trip_notes - Daily journal entries
    • generated_content - AI-generated journals and reviews
    • analytics - Photo quality and memory scores
  4. Set up Google Drive folder structure:
    • /Travel Memories/{Year}/{Trip Name}/Photos
    • /Travel Memories/{Year}/{Trip Name}/Journal
    • /Travel Memories/{Year}/{Trip Name}/Reviews
  5. Configure API keys and resource IDs
  6. Activate both webhook and scheduled workflows

Sample Trip Completion Payload

{
  "tripId": "TRIP-2025-TOKYO-001",
  "userId": "USER-2025-1234",
  "userName": "Sarah Johnson",
  "userEmail": "sarah.j@example.com",
  "tripDetails": {
    "destination": "Tokyo, Japan",
    "startDate": "2025-03-15",
    "endDate": "2025-03-22",
    "tripType": "solo_adventure",
    "mainInterests": ["culture", "food", "temples", "photography"]
  },
  "photoSources": {
    "googlePhotosAlbumId": "ALBUM-TOKYO-2025",
    "includeSharedPhotos": true
  },
  "notesLocation": {
    "googleDriveFolderId": "FOLDER-ID-123",
    "googleSheetId": "SHEET-ID-456",
    "sheetTab": "tokyo_trip_notes"
  },
  "outputPreferences": {
    "journalStyle": "narrative",
    "includeMapRoute": true,
    "reviewPlatforms": ["tripadvisor", "google", "instagram"],
    "highlightCount": 10,
    "privacyLevel": "friends_only"
  },
  "deliveryOptions": {
    "emailPDF": true,
    "saveToDrive": true,
    "generateSlideshow": false
  }
}

Features

đź”— Nodes Used

Send Email, Google Sheets, HTTP Request, Webhook, Google Drive, Schedule Trigger

đź“Ą Import

Download workflow.json and import into n8n: Workflow menu → Import from File

📖 Importing guide · 🔑 Credential setup