Share to Facebook Share to Twitter Share to Linkedin With the right prompts, ChatGPT can help you with your vacation planning. getty Daniel Levine, a keynote speaker specializing in tourism trends , is among the many travelers who have been experimenting with ChatGPT for travel planning. In his experience, he says, generative AI tools tend to do best when it comes to information that’s fairly static, like sightseeing: He recently asked an AI chatbot to plan a seven-day itinerary for a drive down the coast of Chile, and it produced a good starting point for an itinerary.
On another trip, AI also revealed a little-known Terminal Transfer Bus that saved him time at Chicago’s O’Hare Airport. When it comes to planning a vacation, nothing beats a custom recommendation from a fellow traveler who's already explored the area or a travel agent with deep knowledge of the locale. There’s a human touch that comes with making solid recommendations.
But for those plotting out itineraries, ChatGPT can be a great starting point for trip planning—that is, if you know how to feed it the correct prompts and you’re patient enough to fact check the intel. Fourteen percent of American travelers have reported recently using ChatGPT to plan a trip, though about a third plan to enlist the generative AI in the future, according to Longwoods International . How Accurate Are ChatGPT’s Travel Suggestions? ChatGPT is still in its early stages, so it's best to fact check some of its suggestion.
