For almost two years, artificial intelligence tools were able to spin up travel itineraries customized to unique biases. Despite the persistent limitations of these tools, the information they provide is often dated and tends to “hastised,” or make things – travel agencies are implementing next-generation AI planning programs. These new iterations link AI travel plans to the troublesome task of booking a trip. We rate eight and cut the list down to these four best performance tools.
Everything works essentially the same. Presents a small text window. Enter where you want to go and include important details about your trip. A set of options or all itineraries appears and refine them by doing creepy human-like text bubble exchanges. Once the results are tweaked to your preferences, book your trip using the links provided by the tool. Of course, it’s not that easy.
Mind Trip
MindTrip is the most sophisticated AI plan and book tool. It offers all the discussions of the chatbot, but there are two killer extras. View your hotel on a map and provide a scrollable list where you can click on details, photos and links to book your properties. We also create an itinerary that will automatically be updated when you select flights, hotels, activities (including non-cost ones). You can download or print the itinerary or access it in calendar format. This is AI and of course the mind trip is incomplete. For example, the chatbot mistakenly told me that my trip date was in the past. Mind Trip was also loose when I said I wanted both locations in downtown. and Less than $300 per night. I kept giving one or the other place. Even after some tough Talking-Tos, it was never right, despite the quick internet search that shows at least such a hotel.
chatgpt kayak
This tool is found within ChatGpt, the world leader among AI chatbots. When you chat and cook a trip, the selection and itinerary remain in text format along with some images. It is primitive compared to MindTrip. (You can copy the entire chat as text and paste it into a Word document for saving it.) However, for most of its recommendations, the tool neatly provides tailored links to kayak sites. The kayak site will pop up a new tab that lets you complete your booking. Note: The free version of ChatGpt’s Kayak offers around 20 entries before a 3 hour timeout. Unlimited use costs $20 per month. (Note: Kayak has launched Kayak.ai as the Beta version. Its pre-order features are not as sophisticated as those of the ChatGPT service.)
Google Gemini
Search engine AI services do not have travel-specific tools, but you can ask Gemini to make a trip and fine-tune the results according to your input. Oddly, Gemini doesn’t provide a reservation link unless you ask directly. I had to ask twice. We offer flights and hotels in ways that are familiar to Google Search Experience users. That fact and link was the most consistently accurate of all the services I have seen. You can copy the entire chat and save it elsewhere for later reference.
gondola
This launched tool is still a work in progress, but it shows the promise of AI-assist bookings so that other tools are not currently doing. Read the email (after granting permission) and draw in your airline or loyalty points. Once you’ve urged about travel, the gondola will quote the hotel price at both points based on the number and dollars available. Currently, the choices are limited, but the way tools use personal information and translate dollars into points based on elaborate, ever-changing chain formulas shows the direction beyond AI’s travel tools.
This article was originally published in 2024 and was recently updated on May 2, 2025 with current information.
