If you start looking once someone asks "where shall we go?", you end up at the usual place. Meanwhile the thing they said they wanted to try did get said out loud — it just never got written down.
Candidates should accumulate, not be searched for
Searching the day before pushes you towards whatever ranks well. A list you have been adding to all along turns planning into choosing. The additions come from ordinary conversation:
- "Apparently that place is good" — a restaurant or a spot
- "I'd like to try that some time" — an experience: an exhibition, a hot spring, a walk
- A saved post they brought up in conversation
- Somewhere they reacted to while watching something
A screenshot on its own stops making sense later. One line about who reacted and to what keeps it usable six months on.
Recording the visit makes the next one easier
Once you use a candidate, keep the outcome. These fields sharpen the next choice:
- The place and the area — useful when looking nearby again
- Their reaction — what worked, and what did not suit them
- A one-to-five rating — easier to scan later than a paragraph
- Whether you would go again — the fastest way to shortlist a repeat
A handful of places marked "would go again" cuts planning time considerably, and gives you something proven for the occasions you do not want to get wrong.
Record what to avoid, too
Plans fail less often from missing a preference than from walking into something the other person avoids. Foods they cannot eat, kinds of places they dislike, anything health-related — keep it with the candidates so you see it before deciding.
In Cherimo, a passing "I'd like to go there" can be saved as a note or a preference, and after the outing you can record the place, the area, their reaction, a one-to-five rating and whether you would return. You can also ask the AI for date suggestions based on what you have saved. It works the same way for family and friends, not only partners.