Travel trends: younger Americans are relying on AI more and more for travel planning

So exactly how are people utilizing AI in this way? The interesting results emerged our new Travel Trend Report.

The top application for AI in travel planning was found to be asking it to compare flight prices for wherever they’re headed, with 29% of all those polled saying they’ve done this. 

A similar amount says AI comes in even before that: Twenty-nine percent of respondents have even asked it where they should go for their trip.

Another one in five even let AI complete a detailed plan for their whole trip, complete with sights to see, local things to do and museums to tick off. 

While word of mouth and recommendations from loved ones have always been the most common way to learn about fun places to travel, the survey revealed that there’s a new contender.

YouTube (34%) was crowned as the top resource people use for travel inspo, officially topping recommendations from family (30%) and friends (28%). 

The generations were split on this, as unsurprisingly, younger generations were a lot more reliant on social media than older generations. 

While YouTube was the most popular when accounting for every survey-taker, Gen Z was overwhelmingly using TikTok for travel inspiration (52%).

In comparison, just 27% of millennials and only 2% of boomers said they use TikTok for this purpose.

While AI is still fairly new, it’s easy to see this trend growing as the technology becomes more sophisticated. 

Tyler Schmall