Google AI Mode will help you create travel plans, agentic booking launches

After adding shopping features last week, Google is now upgrading AI Mode’s travel capabilities with Canvas.

AI Mode introduced Canvas earlier this year to help with creation and organization prompts. Google is now using this side panel for travel planning. When you “tell AI Mode what type of trip you’re planning and the recommendations you’re looking for,” a “Create with Canvas” button will appear.

Canvas will show flights and hotels, as well as photos and reviews from Google Maps. You’ll also get “relevant information from sites across the web.”

As always, you can customize the plan by asking follow-up questions. Your Canvas can be accessed again from AI Mode history. This is available on desktop web in the US if you have the AI Mode experiment enabled.

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The other announcement today is the launch of AI Mode’s agentic capabilities that leverage Project Mariner. 

Specify what you’re looking for and other requirements in the prompt to have AI Mode “search across multiple reservation platforms and websites to find real-time availability for options that meet your criteria.” You can select from partners like: OpenTable, Resy, Tock, Ticketmaster, StubHub, SeatGeek, Vivid Seats, Booksy, Fresha, and Vagaro.

Agentic restaurant booking is rolling out this week in the US without needing to join the lab after the August preview. However, you can enroll now to access event tickets and local (beauty + wellness) appointments.

Google shared today that it wants to add flight booking and hotel reservations directly to AI Mode “in the future.” 

The final announcement today is a global expansion of Flight Dealsto “more than 200 countries and territories worldwide, including the U.K., France, Germany, Mexico, Brazil, Indonesia, Japan and Korea, along with support for more than 60 languages.” Available in Google Flights, this is an AI-powered search tool where you just say “when and how you’d like to travel” to get deals.