Google flights can help you book a trip when you don’t know where to go

It seems that Google is looking for a means of put in intra All These days, and now his efforts have reached its plane ticket booking, flights. THURSDAY, Google announced That he tests a new flight of flight tenders fed by AI, which might be useful if you plan a trip to a budget but you do not yet know where you want to go.

Instead of simply entering your airport and a favorite destination, Flight Offers adopts a more open approach. You can describe the kind of place you would like to visit, and even become precise on the duration of sitting on an airplane and the activities you would like to do once you are there. Google will then use AI to offer cheap flights that match your preferences. For example, you can look for “a campaign getaway on weekends with trails in trails and kayak” or a “trip to Europe with a large cheese and wine in May”, and see what appears.

When using flight offers, I noticed that it surfaced a mixture of obvious vacation places and less known places. When you are looking for “a tropical destination with apnea diving”, it showed me spots like Cozumel, Mexico; Nassau, Bahamas; And San Juan, Puerto Rico, who were predictable but viable suggestions. But a search for a “trip to Europe with hiking” has shown suggestions for a few cities I would not have thought of – Cluj -Napoca, Romania and Ljubljana, in Slovenia – which is good if you are looking for something off the beaten track.

However, some of the results I obtained were not at all useful. During the search for “a tropical weekend which is less than 5 hours” from Orlando airport, he gave results for Miami and Key West, which may not be ideal for someone who seeks to travel outside the state. I also managed to put it out by looking for “trips to Japan during the cherry season” – he said that he had found “no offer” for this research.

If you do not specify when you want to visit, Google will display you by default in the next six months. You can also play with some of the filters, such as the number of stops you want, or which airline you prefer – but the right thing about this overhaul powered by AI is that you don’t have to do it.

Despite a few hiccups, I could still see myself trying flight offers if I am looking for travel ideas that are not super out of my budget. I would probably not entrust the AI to plan my whole trip, but have it generated destination ideas, on which I can then do more research, does not hurt. Google Flight Deals takes place in beta to users of the United States and Canada in next week. You can find it on the Autonomous flight offer pageor in the upper left menu on Google flights.