Vibrant AI-Powered Travel Site

I need an experienced WordPress professional to take Nomadic Express from concept to a fully working, visually striking travel website. The site must lean into a vibrant, colorful aesthetic that instantly communicates movement and adventure while staying clean and intuitive.

Here is what the build must accomplish for launch:
• Design & Theme – Craft or customize a lively, responsive theme that reflects the Nomadic Express brand palette and typography.
• Content Engine – Configure a blogging platform so I can regularly publish travel blogs and articles, destination guides, and practical travel tips without touching code. Gutenberg or a solid page-builder is fine so long as editing remains friction-free.
• AI Agent Integration – Embed an AI Agent Trip Organizer that lets visitors outline dates, budget, and interests, then receive an itinerary suggestion in real time. You can leverage existing APIs, fine-tune an OpenAI model, or propose another reliable approach; I only need the flow to feel seamless.
• Destination Guide Structure – Set up custom post types or taxonomies for destinations so content can be filtered by region, activity, budget, etc.
• Speed, SEO, Security – Optimize images, caching, schema, and basic hardening so we start on the right foot.

Acceptance criteria
1. I can log in and add or edit any page, post, or guide on my own.
2. The AI Trip Organizer returns an itinerary in under 8 seconds for a sample query.
3. Lighthouse mobile performance is 85+ on the home page.
4. All core pages render perfectly on Chrome, Safari, and Edge, desktop and mobile.

Please outline your proposed tech stack (theme, page-builder, AI tools, key plugins) and an estimated timeline broken into milestones for design, build, AI integration, and final polish.

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