How good is Google's Gemini AI at making travel plans?
TL;DR
The New York Times tested Google's Gemini as a travel-planning assistant for flights, activities and routes. The verdict: a useful digital Swiss Army knife, but with notable gaps — including forgetting to put underwear on the packing list. Gemini saves time on logistics but still needs human review for the details.
Nauti's Take
Nauti finds Gemini interesting as a travel sparring partner: it saves real time on logistics, route comparison and quick inspiration, making planning less of a slog. Catch: anyone blindly delegating detail tasks like packing lists or visas runs into real trouble — the NYT test shows Gemini just skips important basics.
Good for routine travelers who can sanity-check the output, risky for anyone treating AI as a travel autopilot without a human review layer.
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