# Things To Do: Experiences and Places by Trip Style (`zaiq/things-to-do`) Actor

Enter a destination, your dates, who is going and the kind of trip. It returns bookable experiences from Airbnb Experiences and Viator (shark diving, wine tours, pub crawls, boat trips) with prices and ratings, plus the top-rated places to visit from Google Maps with opening hours.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/zaiq/things-to-do.md
- **Developed by:** [Zaiq](https://apify.com/zaiq) (community)
- **Categories:** Travel
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $392.00 / 1,000 experiences searches

This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events.
Since this Actor supports Apify Store discounts, the price gets lower the higher subscription plan you have.

Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/actors/running/actors-in-store.md#pay-per-event

## What's an Apify Actor?

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For examples already wired to this Actor's own input schema, see the [API](#api) section below.

Each client library has reference documentation the quickstart does not restate: [JavaScript/TypeScript](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs.md) (`npm install apify-client`) and [Python](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs.md) (`pip install apify-client`).

# README

## Things To Do: bookable experiences and the best places, by trip style

Enter where and when, who is going and the kind of trip: family, adrenaline, nightlife, food and wine, culture, nature, romantic and more. It returns bookable experiences from Airbnb Experiences and Viator (tours, shark diving, paragliding, wine tours, pub crawls, boat trips) with from-prices, ratings, review counts and links, ranked by rating and reviews within each style.

It also returns the top-rated places to visit for those styles from Google Maps (beaches, viewpoints, gardens, museums) with ratings, review counts and opening hours, so free and walk-in sights sit next to the ones you book.

### What you get

| Field | What it holds |
|---|---|
| Bookable experiences | Title, style tags, from-price and basis, rating, reviews, duration, source and booking link. |
| Places to visit | Top-rated sights for your styles with hours, rating and reviews. |
| By style | The best few for each style you chose (byStyle in SUMMARY). |
| Dated where possible | Airbnb Experiences are searched for your dates. |

### What people use it for

- **Travellers:** What is worth doing, and booking, for your kind of trip.
- **Travel content:** Ranked activity lists for a city with prices and ratings.
- **Trip-planning apps:** Experiences by style through the API.

### How to use it

1. Enter the destination, dates, who is going and one or more trip styles.
2. Run it: experiences ranked by rating and reviews within each style, plus the places to visit.

### Input

| Field | Example | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Where? | Cape Town, South Africa | City or region with its country. |
| From / To | 2026-12-12 / 2026-12-17 | At most 60 days. |
| Trip style | family, adrenaline | Ranks within each style. |
| Places to visit too | on | Top-rated Google Maps sights for the styles. |
| Most results | 30 | 1 to 100 of each. |

### Output

Each result is one row in the run's dataset (download it as JSON, CSV, Excel, XML or HTML, or read it through the API). An example row (values shortened):

```json
{
  "kind": "experience",
  "rank": 1,
  "title": "Example penguin colony and cape day tour",
  "styleTags": [
    "family",
    "nature"
  ],
  "priceFrom": 810.0,
  "currency": "ZAR",
  "priceBasis": "per person",
  "rating": 4.9,
  "reviewCount": 3814,
  "source": "Viator",
  "url": "https://example.com/tour"
}
```

Example row from a real Cape Town search on 19 October 2026 (30 experiences, 30 places, 34 requests); the title and link were replaced. SUMMARY records each source, its search link and what it returned.

### Pricing

- **$0.49 per completed search**, experiences and places together.
- A search that returns nothing is free.

What typical jobs cost at the list price:

| Job | Cost |
|---|---|
| One destination | $0.49 |
| Five cities | $2.45 |
| Nothing found | $0 |

On Apify's Scale and Business plans the per-event prices are lower (Store discounts). Set **Maximum cost per run** and the Actor stops cleanly when it is reached: you never pay more than that.

### Tips

- Pick one to three styles; each adds its own searches.
- From-prices are per person unless the row says otherwise.

### Use it through the API

**Python**

```python
from apify_client import ApifyClient

client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_APIFY_TOKEN>")
run = client.actor("zaiq/things-to-do").call(run_input={"destination": "Lisbon, Portugal", "startDate": "2027-03-15", "endDate": "2027-03-20", "tripStyles": ["food-and-wine", "culture"], "currency": "EUR"})
for row in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items():
    print(row)
```

**JavaScript**

```js
import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

const client = new ApifyClient({ token: '<YOUR_APIFY_TOKEN>' });
const run = await client.actor('zaiq/things-to-do').call({"destination": "Lisbon, Portugal", "startDate": "2027-03-15", "endDate": "2027-03-20", "tripStyles": ["food-and-wine", "culture"], "currency": "EUR"});
const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
```

**HTTP (one call, results back)**

```bash
curl -X POST 'https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/zaiq~things-to-do/run-sync-get-dataset-items?token=<YOUR_APIFY_TOKEN>' \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -d '{"destination": "Lisbon, Portugal", "startDate": "2027-03-15", "endDate": "2027-03-20", "tripStyles": ["food-and-wine", "culture"], "currency": "EUR"}'
```

### Integrations and schedules

- **Schedules:** run it every hour, day or week from the Apify Console (Schedules) and keep a history of results.
- **Make, Zapier, n8n, Google Sheets, Slack, Airtable:** connect it through Apify's integrations, or send each finished run to a **webhook**.
- **Datasets:** results stay in the run's dataset; export them or read them by API whenever you need them.

### Use it with AI agents (MCP)

Add Apify's MCP server (`https://mcp.apify.com`) to Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, VS Code or any MCP client. The agent can find this Actor and run it for you: ask it for "What adrenaline activities can two of us book in Cape Town next month, with prices?". AI agents can also pay for runs directly through Apify's agentic payments.

### Limits

- No login, CAPTCHA solving or forged challenge tokens; a source can withhold public data, and the run says so.
- Prices are public snapshots for your dates and party, not held reservations; check again before booking.
- Viator from-prices are general, not for your dates; Airbnb date labels are listing availability, not reserved slots.
- Age rules and meeting points are on each booking page.

### FAQ

**Does it book?**

No. Each row links to its booking page.

**Why both experiences and places?**

The best things to do include free sights; they come from Google Maps with opening hours.

### Related Actors from Zaiq

- [holiday-planner](https://apify.com/zaiq/holiday-planner): the whole holiday in one run: stays, days, car hire, experiences and a budget

### Support

Questions, a site that changed, or a field you need? Open an issue on this Actor's **Issues** tab: we answer there, usually within a day.

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# Actor input Schema

## `destination` (type: `string`):

City or region with its country, for example Cape Town, South Africa.

## `startDate` (type: `string`):

First day you are there. Leave empty for five days starting 30 days from today.

## `endDate` (type: `string`):

Last day (at most 60 days later). Leave empty for the first day only.

## `adults` (type: `integer`):

Everyone 18 or older.

## `childrenAges` (type: `array`):

One age per child, for example \[7, 10].

## `tripStyles` (type: `array`):

What kind of trip: adrenaline finds paragliding, shark diving and sandboarding; nightlife pub crawls; food and wine tastings and tours; family boat trips and wildlife.

## `includePlaces` (type: `boolean`):

Also the top-rated beaches, viewpoints, gardens and museums for these styles from Google Maps, with opening hours.

## `maxResults` (type: `integer`):

Experiences, and places, returned.

## `currency` (type: `string`):

Three-letter code, for example ZAR, EUR, USD or GBP.

## `language` (type: `string`):

Language of the written reasons and notes.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "destination": "Cape Town, South Africa",
  "adults": 2,
  "childrenAges": [
    7,
    10
  ],
  "tripStyles": [
    "family",
    "adrenaline"
  ],
  "includePlaces": true,
  "maxResults": 40,
  "currency": "ZAR",
  "language": "English"
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `results` (type: `string`):

Dataset: the results.

## `summary` (type: `string`):

What each input returned, and notes.

# API

You can run this Actor programmatically using our API. Below are code examples in JavaScript, Python, and CLI, as well as the OpenAPI specification and MCP server setup.

## JavaScript example

```javascript
import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

// Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
// Replace the '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token
const client = new ApifyClient({
    token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',
});

// Prepare Actor input
const input = {
    "destination": "Cape Town, South Africa",
    "adults": 2,
    "childrenAges": [
        7,
        10
    ],
    "tripStyles": [
        "family",
        "adrenaline"
    ],
    "currency": "ZAR"
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("zaiq/things-to-do").call(input);

// Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any)
console.log('Results from dataset');
console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`);
const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
items.forEach((item) => {
    console.dir(item);
});

// 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs

```

## Python example

```python
from apify_client import ApifyClient

# Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
# Replace '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")

# Prepare the Actor input
run_input = {
    "destination": "Cape Town, South Africa",
    "adults": 2,
    "childrenAges": [
        7,
        10,
    ],
    "tripStyles": [
        "family",
        "adrenaline",
    ],
    "currency": "ZAR",
}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("zaiq/things-to-do").call(run_input=run_input)

# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
print(f"💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/{run.default_dataset_id}")
for item in client.dataset(run.default_dataset_id).iterate_items():
    print(item)

# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

```

## CLI example

```bash
echo '{
  "destination": "Cape Town, South Africa",
  "adults": 2,
  "childrenAges": [
    7,
    10
  ],
  "tripStyles": [
    "family",
    "adrenaline"
  ],
  "currency": "ZAR"
}' |
apify call zaiq/things-to-do --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,zaiq/things-to-do"
        }
    }
}
```

The hosted server signs you in with OAuth on first connect, so no API token belongs in this config. Clients without OAuth support can send an `Authorization: Bearer <APIFY_API_TOKEN>` header instead, using a token from API & Integrations in Apify Console (https://console.apify.com/settings/integrations).

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/tketeZAD2Vtlh4Cqf/builds/3z7R3X75EC6cMGHhK/openapi.json