Google is turning its AI Mode from a search tool into something closer to a working travel agent. The company announced Thursday that users can now track flight prices, book hotels through conversational prompts, and see costs displayed in points or miles.
The flight tracking feature works across more than 180 countries. Tell AI Mode where and when you want to fly, and it pulls pricing from over 300 airlines and travel sites. Not ready to commit? Ask it to track those fares and you’ll get an email when prices shift for your dates and destination. If you do want to book, the itinerary building happens right inside the conversation.
Hotel booking is rolling out more narrowly — U.S. users, English only, over the coming weeks. Google has lined up a serious roster of partners: Booking.com, Expedia, Hilton, Marriott, IHG, Wyndham, Priceline, Trip.com, Choice Hotels, and Hotels.com. The flow is straightforward: describe your trip and preferences, get options with reviews, then hit “Continue on Google” to pick a room, check cancellation policies, and pay with Google Pay. Google is explicit that the hotel or booking platform handles the actual reservation and any customer service fallout.
The points and miles display is available globally now. Ask something like “I want to travel from Atlanta to Miami using my AA miles,” and AI Mode will show how many miles each matching flight requires.
This is a meaningful escalation in the AI agent race. Google has the distribution advantage that pure-play startups like Hopper or Kayak’s AI features don’t — billions of people already search for travel on Google. The question is whether users trust a conversational interface to handle bookings with real money attached. One wrong hotel, one misread date, and that trust evaporates fast. Google seems aware of the stakes, which is likely why hotel booking is starting in a single market rather than launching worldwide at once.
