Ardennes heritage clusters

{ "trip": "ardennes-heritage-framework", "name": "Ardennes heritage clusters", "where": "Belgium, Luxembourg & northern France", "task": "Finish planning this trip. Fill every entry in `unresearched` with sourced figures in the same shape.", "assumptions": { "travellers": 2, "rooms": 1, "dinner_for": 2 }, "fx": { "base": "EUR", "rates": { "EUR": 1, "CHF": 1.0681 }, "checked": "2026-08-24", "note": "Reference rates, updated by hand. Do not call a currency service." }, "readiness_percent": 44, "planning_state": "Ready to discuss", "claims": [ { "field": "choice", "status": "our_choice", "value": "Bastogne + Schumannseck." }, { "field": "choice", "status": "our_choice", "value": "Bouillon + Herbeumont + Orval." }, { "field": "choice", "status": "our_choice", "value": "Montmédy + La Ferté + Sedan." }, { "field": "verify", "status": "must_verify", "note": "Stay on the marked Schumannseck trail because buried battlefield weapons may remain dangerous." }, { "field": "verify", "status": "must_verify", "note": "La Ferté fixed guided departures and clothing rules." }, { "field": "verify", "status": "must_verify", "note": "Sedan stairs and every site's live seasonal calendar." } ], "unresearched": [ "travel.duration", "cost.fuel", "cost.rooms", "cost.admission", "cost.food", "dinner" ], "blocks_total_cost": true, "cost_total_rule": "A whole-trip total is published only when every cost component is sourced. Never a partial total, never 'from', never an estimated total.", "itinerary": [ { "day": 1, "label": "Cluster A", "title": "Bastogne and Schumannseck", "activities": [ { "label": "Bastogne museum, Bois Jacques and War Rooms anchor", "hours": null, "status": "unresolved", "note": "Treat as a full anchor; choose exact components and tickets." }, { "label": "Schumannseck marked memorial circuit", "hours": 0.83, "status": "fact", "source": "https://www.visitluxembourg.com/tour/wanderweg-schumannseck-site-memorial-1944-1945", "checked": "2026-08-25" } ] }, { "day": 2, "label": "Cluster B", "title": "Bouillon, Herbeumont and Orval", "activities": [ { "label": "Bouillon Castle", "hours": [ 1, 1.5 ], "status": "fact", "source": "https://www.chateaudebouillon.com/en/pr%C3%A9parer-votre-visite-%C3%A9t%C3%A9", "checked": "2026-08-25" }, { "label": "Orval public visit", "hours": 2, "status": "fact", "source": "https://www.orval.be/en/page/468-contact-and-practical-information", "checked": "2026-08-25" }, { "label": "Herbeumont ruins", "hours": null, "status": "unresolved", "note": "Free access is established; J & S choose how long to stay." } ] }, { "day": 3, "label": "Cluster C", "title": "Montmédy, La Ferté and Sedan", "activities": [ { "label": "La Ferté guided visit", "hours": 2, "status": "fact", "source": "https://www.ouvragelaferte.fr/english-visits", "checked": "2026-08-25" }, { "label": "Montmédy ramparts and museums", "hours": null, "status": "unresolved", "note": "Visit length and live tourist-office hours need checking." }, { "label": "Sedan Castle", "hours": null, "status": "unresolved", "note": "Calendar and visit length need checking; expect roughly 300 steps." } ] }, { "day": 4, "label": "Optional buffer", "title": "Deeper cluster or a quiet return", "activities": [ { "label": "Stay within the chosen cluster", "hours": null, "status": "unresolved", "note": "Use a fourth day only for a deeper visit, seasonal timing buffer or unhurried return; never add the remaining clusters just to fill it." } ] } ], "itinerary_mode": "options", "open_questions": [ "Choose dates, cluster count and overnight base before building a route.", "Build a drive-time matrix for the selected cluster only.", "Recheck every seasonal calendar, guided departure and accessibility constraint." ], "provenance": { "kind": "private-inspiration-only" }, "itinerary_contract": "Every trip page uses this shape. Timings are rough and may be wrong unless calendar_event is true, which identifies the one activity fixed by trip.calendar. Fill day -> activities[] -> {label, hours, status, calendar_event?}, or say why a day is empty. hours may be a number, a [min,max] range, or null when no figure is published - never invent one. status is fact (sourced timing), estimate (reasoned) or unresolved (something must be decided or booked first). Do not invent waking, breakfast or transfer time, and do not compute how full a day is - just list what we want to do and roughly how long it takes.", "discovery_query": "Ardennes castles Orval Bastogne heritage road trip review" }