Whether you're the planner of a group and are regularly tasked with coordinating flights, hotels, and restaurant options for friends or you're simply looking to find airfare bargains to book a quick getaway, Google has new AI travel tools to make it easier than ever.
On Monday, Google announced three key features new to AI Mode within Canvas and Google Flights to help users build and organize itineraries with research-backed insights, turn those plans into tangible bookings, and, of course, score the best flight or hotel for your buck.
Build travel plans with Canvas in Google AI Mode
This tool gives users a space to organize plans over time, customized to their specific needs.
Once in AI Mode, users can share what type of trip they're planning and the types of recommendations they need, then select the option to "Create with Canvas."
A plan will appear in the Canvas side panel with real-time search data for those needs, be it flights and hotels, details from Google Maps like photos and reviews, or other relevant information from various websites.
The suggestions will fit the preset criteria, can compare hotels based on price or amenities, and offer ideas for nearby dining or other activities, optimized by travel time based on that location.
Users can then ask follow-up questions and discuss any tradeoffs or changes. Plus, you can pause and jump back in any time to edit through AI Mode history, set in the menu on the top-left of the screen.
Travel planning with Canvas is now available on desktop in the U.S. for those opted into the AI Mode experiment in Labs.
Turn plans into bookings with agentic AI
AI Mode's agentic capabilities can take the hassle out of booking restaurants, event tickets or service appointments.
Users can tell AI Mode what they're looking for and it searches across websites and reservation platforms to find available time slots that meet the criteria, with direct links to choose from and complete the booking through partners like OpenTable, Resy, Tock, Ticketmaster, StubHub, SeatGeek, Vivid Seats, Booksy, Fresha and Vagaro.
Agentic booking for restaurants is now available on AI Mode in the U.S., while event tickets and local appointments booking is available to U.S. users who first opt in to Labs.
Find the best airfare prices with Flight Deals
This tool is perfect for flexible travelers who want to find an affordable destination and save money on their next trip.
The newly introduced Flight Deals, an AI-powered search tool, is being beta tested within Google Flights and expanded globally on Monday, supporting more than 60 languages.
Users describe where, when, and how they like to travel, and Flight Deals uses the AI to show the best destination prices available.
