{"id":79242,"date":"2025-10-16T21:21:09","date_gmt":"2025-10-16T21:21:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/79242\/"},"modified":"2025-10-16T21:21:09","modified_gmt":"2025-10-16T21:21:09","slug":"kayak-launches-an-ai-mode-for-travel-questions-search-and-bookings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/79242\/","title":{"rendered":"Kayak launches an ‘AI Mode’ for travel questions, search, and bookings"},"content":{"rendered":"

Travel search engine Kayak will now allow users to research trips ahead of booking using AI. The company this week launched an \u201cAI Mode\u201d feature that lets users ask travel-related questions as well as compare and book flights, hotels, and cars, through an AI chatbot integrated on the company\u2019s website.<\/p>\n

The feature is currently available across both desktop and mobile web, and takes advantage of Kayak\u2019s integration with ChatGPT to deliver contextual results. <\/p>\n

The rollout follows the company\u2019s April launch of Kayak.ai,<\/a> built as a testing ground for working with AI technology. That site also combined Kayak\u2019s data and tools with OpenAI\u2019s technology, letting its tech team try out AI features ahead of bringing them over to Kayak.com<\/p>\n

Essentially, the AI Mode feature offers the same functionality as the Kayak.ai website, but is now built directly into Kayak\u2019s website. The company suggests users could ask the chatbot for travel ideas, like locations to fly to for under a certain price point, the best deals to a preferred destination, comparing hotel amenities, finding nonstop flights, rental car options, and more. <\/p>\n

\"aImage Credits:Kayak<\/p>\n

Plus, users can ask the AI more open-ended questions, like \u201cI want to party for NYE \u2014 where should I go?\u201d to get recommendations without having specific destinations in mind. Or they could learn when the best time to fly somewhere would be, based on ticket prices. (Kayak has shared other AI prompt ideas on its own blog). <\/p>\n

The feature could be useful in helping consumers in the earlier stages of travel planning, when they\u2019re just exploring ideas. However, it remains to be seen if AI users readily convert to paying customers using these methods. <\/p>\n

AI Mode is initially available in English in the United States, but will expand to other countries and languages later in the month. The company also plans to roll out the feature to more platforms and add support for voice-based requests \u201csoon.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"anotherImage Credits:Kayak<\/p>\n

Travel is an area that\u2019s being explored by AI providers and travel companies alike, as online booking can be a frustrating and tedious experience for consumers as it stands today. To test consumer demand for AI solutions, OpenAI recently announced deals with travel companies<\/a> like Expedia and Booking.com. (The latter is also owned by Kayak\u2019s parent company, Booking Holdings<\/a>). As a result, those services can now operate as apps inside ChatGPT.<\/p>\n

By comparison, Kayak\u2019s decision to run the AI chatbot on its own site could provide the company with more direct access to consumer insights about the AI\u2019s use.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Travel search engine Kayak will now allow users to research trips ahead of booking using AI. The company…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":79243,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[345,4581,343,344,4193,85,46,20623,125,244],"class_list":{"0":"post-79242","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-artificial-intelligence","8":"tag-ai","9":"tag-ai-mode","10":"tag-artificial-intelligence","11":"tag-artificialintelligence","12":"tag-chatgpt","13":"tag-il","14":"tag-israel","15":"tag-kayak","16":"tag-technology","17":"tag-travel"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79242","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=79242"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79242\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/79243"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=79242"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=79242"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=79242"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}