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ChatGPT plugins had already covered flight and hotel bookings. Now, two new travel companies are joining the experiment, bringing ticketed events and car rentals into the mix.
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GetYourGuide, the booking platform for ticketed tours and activities worldwide, is the latest travel company to get a plugin on ChatGPT Plus.
The ChatGPT plugins were announced in March, originally with a handful of companies that included Kayak and Expedia.
The connection with the travel booking platforms are a way to help ChatGPT users bridge the gap between an AI-generated itinerary and actually booking the recommendations made in those itineraries.
Through the plugins, users of ChatGPT Plus — accessible through a paid subscription — are presented with up-to-date info and links for booking on the respective websites. With Kayak and Expedia, those would generally be links to flights or hotels.
As GetYourGuide outlined in a demo, users of the new plugin can submit a prompt such as, “I’m visiting London next week and want to explore the culture. Can you give me activities for under $70?” The user would then be presented with relevant results and links to book any of those ticketed activities on the GetYourGuide website.