Amazon Location Service vs Travel Packing
Amazon Location Service is an MCP server published by awslabs. Marketplaces we read that list it: 1 (Docker MCP Catalog). Travel Packing is a plugin bundle for AI coding tools published by danielrosehill. Marketplaces we read that list it: 1 (Community GitHub marketplaces). As of our marketplace pass on 2026-10-17. This pair was picked by a reader, not by our comparison rule, so search engines are asked not to index the page.
Where each is published
| Marketplace |  Amazon Location Service |  Travel Packing |
|---|---|---|
| Docker MCP Catalog | Listed Version: sha256:a84810ffd306 Forks (GitHub): 1 812 Pulls (Docker Hub): 13 512 Stars (Docker Hub): 0 Stars (GitHub): 9 782 Not marked · First seen |
Not listed |
| Community marketplace danielrosehill/claude-code-plugins | Not listed | Listed Version: 1.0.1 Forks (GitHub): 0 Stars (GitHub): 0 Not marked · First seen |
Each figure is the marketplace's own and is never added up across marketplaces. A marketplace that publishes no figure shows none: no number is not zero.
The facts side by side
| Fact | Amazon Location Service | Travel Packing |
|---|---|---|
| Marketplaces that list it | 1 | 1 |
| Stars (GitHub) (differs) | 9 782 (better) | 0 (worse) |
| Pulls (Docker Hub) (differs) | 13 512 | No figure on Docker Hub |
| Forks (GitHub) (differs) | 1 812 (better) | 0 (worse) |
| Last release | Not published | Not published |
| Where it runs (differs) | On your machine (mcp/aws-location-mcp-server) | Installs as a plugin bundle |
| Transport (differs) | stdio | Not stated |
| Tools it declares (differs) | 8 | Not published |
| Environment variables it asks for (differs) | 5, secrets among them: 2 | Not published |
| Parts of the bundle (differs) | Not a bundle | 19 |
| Licence (differs) | Apache-2.0 | MIT |
| Repository (differs) | github.com/awslabs/mcp | github.com/danielrosehill/claude-travel-packing-assistant-plugin |
| Changes in the last 7 days (differs) | 0 | 2 |
| First seen (differs) | 2026-10-11 | 2026-10-15 |
Lines where the two differ have a tinted background and bold values. Where the data itself says which value is better (more marketplaces, a larger figure of the same marketplace, a fresher release, a verified mark on a marketplace that lists both), the better one is also marked green with ▲ and the worse one red with ▼. Where it runs, the transport, the tools, the settings, hooks, the bundle's parts, the licence and the week's changes are marked only as different: more or fewer is not better in itself.
What each says it does
Amazon Location Service
Place search, geocoding, and route optimization.
Travel Packing
Make optimal use of a baggage allowance on an international itinerary — research each carrier's real checked, cabin and personal-item allowance per segment with a source and a confidence level for every figure, compute the binding limit that governs the journey, inventory what is carried by weight, reconcile scale readings against the inventory, solve the allocation to bags and packing cubes, price every way out of being over, and rank an emergency leave-behind list by cost per kilogram saved. Renders a one-page airport counter card and a per-bag packing list as PDF via Typst and as Markdown. One trip workspace per itinerary.
How to run each
Amazon Location Service As a local MCP server: Docker image
claude mcp add --env "AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY=<YOUR_AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY>" --env "AWS_SESSION_TOKEN=<YOUR_AWS_SESSION_TOKEN>" --transport stdio aws-location -- docker run -i --rm -e AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY -e AWS_SESSION_TOKEN mcp/aws-location-mcp-serverRequires: AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY (secret), AWS_SESSION_TOKEN (secret)
Travel Packing As a Claude Code plugin
/plugin marketplace add danielrosehill/claude-code-plugins
/plugin install travel-packing@danielrosehillCommands built only from what the marketplaces declare; the full set for every client is on each card.
Tools each declares
The marketplaces of Travel Packing publish no list of tools, so we do not compare tools.
Settings each asks for
The marketplaces of Travel Packing publish no settings it asks for, so we do not compare settings.
What it can do: Amazon Location Service · What it can do: Travel Packing · Compare two other plugins
Data comes from the Docker MCP Catalog (desktop.docker.com/mcp/catalog) and Docker Hub. Data comes from public marketplace files in GitHub repositories of their authors. Figures come from our own regular passes over the marketplaces, last read on . We publish no contact details for plugin publishers.