Google's AI Mode can now track flights and book hotels
Google announced Thursday that AI Mode can now track flight prices, help book hotels, and show trip costs in points or miles. The google8217s mode can now act more like a travel agent, moving past simple search into planning and booking. Flight tracking works in 180-plus countries; U.S. hotel booking is rolling out in English.
Key Takeaways
- AI Mode can track flights, help book hotels, and show prices in points or miles.
- Flight options pull latest prices from more than 300 airlines and travel sites.
- Price-drop emails are available in more than 180 countries.
- U.S. hotel booking in English is rolling out with major chains and OTAs.
- Hotels and booking platforms still handle the booking and customer service.
What can Google’s AI Mode do for travel now?
Google is adding new ways to plan and book trips through AI Mode, its conversational search experience. Users can ask it to track flight prices, book hotels, and see the cost of flights and hotels in points or miles.
According to TechCrunch’s report, the company is positioning AI Mode as an AI travel agent of sorts. It is moving beyond helping people find information to handling parts of trip planning and booking itself. For more coverage of conversational AI products, browse Future Tech & AI Wonders.
How does flight price tracking work in AI Mode?
Travelers can describe when and where they want to fly. AI Mode then shows the best options with the latest prices from more than 300 airlines and travel sites.
If users are ready, they can build an itinerary in AI Mode. If they want to wait for a better deal, they can ask something like “track these flight prices for me.” Google then emails them if prices change for the destination and dates they entered. Flight price tracking in AI Mode is now available in more than 180 countries.
Can you book a hotel through a chat with AI Mode?
Yes. Users can discover and book a hotel through a conversation with AI Mode. They can share trip details and hotel preferences to get a list of options alongside reviews and key factors.
Once they find a hotel they like, they can ask AI Mode to help complete the booking, then select “Continue on Google” next to Google’s integrated partners. From there, they choose a room, review details such as the cancellation policy, and finish with Google Pay. Google notes that the hotel or booking platform handles the booking and any customer service.
Hotel booking in AI Mode has started rolling out in the U.S. in English and will be available over the coming weeks. Partner offerings include Booking.com, Choice Hotels International, Expedia, Hilton, Hotels.com, IHG Hotels & Resorts, Marriott International, Priceline, Trip.com, and Wyndham Hotels & Resorts.
Can AI Mode show flight and hotel costs in points or miles?
Google also said AI Mode can display the cost in points or miles for flights and hotels. Users can ask for options that use loyalty currency—for example, nonstop flights from Atlanta to Miami on American Airlines miles for specific October dates—and see how many miles they need. That update is available globally.
Taken together, the features push AI Mode closer to an always-on travel assistant: search, watch prices, redeem miles, and start a booking without leaving the chat.