Trip plans built from live Google Maps, Flights and Hotels data
Free plan · paid from £4.49/month
The Best AI travel planning apps in 2026
- 12 apps ranked
- Updated Oct 2026
- Researched from official sources
AI can now turn "5 days in Lisbon, slow mornings, great food" into a full itinerary in seconds. But the apps are very different: some generate whole trips by chat, some are planners with AI helpers built in. We tested the leading AI trip planners and ranked them with the same published rubric.
Our top picks
Collaborative itinerary-and-map planner with AI autofill and an assistant
Free plan · paid from $39.99/year
Free conversational AI travel assistant with maps, booking and price tracking
Free
The full ranking
12 apps, best first- 1
Google Gemini & AI Mode
Best forPeople already using Google who want live flight, hotel and map data in one plan
Trip plans built from live Google Maps, Flights and Hotels data
Mobile appFree plan · paid from £4.49/month
Pros & cons
- Best-in-class live data from Google Maps, Flights and Hotels
- Free core experience on web and mobile
- Pulls reservations from Gmail automatically
- Shareable plans
- Canvas trip planning is limited to US desktop users opted into Labs
- Features are split across Search, Gemini and Maps
- Bookings still hand off to partners
8.2/10★★★★★Visit ↗ - 2
Wanderlog
Best forGroup trips where several people edit the plan together
Collaborative itinerary-and-map planner with AI autofill and an assistant
Mobile appGroup planningBrowser extensionFree plan · paid from $39.99/year
Pros & cons
- Real-time collaborative editing
- Itinerary and map in a single view
- Strong free tier
- Very high app ratings from tens of thousands of users
- Offline access, route optimisation and unlimited AI are Pro-only
- AI assists a manual planner rather than generating whole trips by chat
8.1/10★★★★★Visit ↗ - 3
Mindtrip
Best forTravellers who want a free, chat-first planner with booking built in
Free conversational AI travel assistant with maps, booking and price tracking
Mobile appBookingGroup planningFree
Pros & cons
- Completely free, with no paywall
- Rich itineraries with photos, reviews and maps
- Collaboration, price tracking and offline access
- Actively developed, with tourism-board partnerships
- No official Android app
- iOS app needs iOS 26 or later
- Chat-first planning won't suit everyone who prefers drag-and-drop
8.0/10★★★★★Visit ↗ - 4
Tripadvisor
Best forTravellers who trust crowd reviews and want hotels, food and sights in one plan
Review-backed AI itineraries that save straight into Tripadvisor Trips
Mobile appFree
Pros & cons
- Huge base of real traveller reviews behind the picks
- Free, with polished, highly rated apps
- Saves straight into an editable, shareable trip
- Also works inside ChatGPT, Claude and Alexa+
- Stronger on things to do, hotels and dining than flights or end-to-end booking
- Recommendations lean towards places listed on Tripadvisor
7.6/10★★★★★Visit ↗ - 5
Polarsteps
Best forMulti-stop and long trips you also want to track and share
Plan, track and relive trips, with an AI planner that learns from past journeys
Mobile appFree plan · paid from €8.99/month
Pros & cons
- AI planning is free and ad-free
- Planning, automatic tracking and memories in one app
- Huge user base (20M+) with high ratings
- Plus is optional and mostly extras
- Mobile-first; web planning not confirmed
- Personalisation works best once you've tracked past trips
- Less detail for day-by-day city plans than dedicated planners
7.5/10★★★★★Visit ↗ - 6
Stippl
Best forGroups who want the AI plan, shared budget and packing list in one app
All-in-one trip planner with AI itineraries, budgets, packing lists and a journal
Mobile appGroup planningFree plan · paid from €4.99/month
Pros & cons
- Structured, editable itineraries rather than chat text
- Very complete free planner with unlimited co-planners
- Budget splitting, packing lists and journal in one place
- Low-cost Pro plan
- Unlimited AI generation requires Pro
- Google Play rating (3.7) is much lower than iOS
7.5/10★★★★★Visit ↗ - 7
Trip.com TripGenie
Best forTravellers who book with Trip.com and want planning and booking in one app
Trip.com's free in-app AI assistant that plans itineraries and books them in place
Mobile appBookingGroup planningFree
Pros & cons
- Free, with no subscription
- Itineraries are saved, shareable and editable together
- Plans connect straight to bookable flights, hotels and attractions
- Mature, highly rated mobile app
- Suggestions lean on Trip.com's own inventory and promotions
- Less useful outside the Trip.com ecosystem
- Few hands-on independent reviews of the planner itself
7.5/10★★★★★Visit ↗ - 8
Layla
Best forEarly inspiration, before you've picked a destination
Chat-based AI trip planner with live prices and video inspiration
Mobile appFree plan · paid from $9.99/month
Pros & cons
- Fast, conversational planning
- Live prices built into drafts
- Backed by Expedia Group since July 2026
- Editing is mostly through chat
- Some itinerary detail may be paywalled
- Apps are new, with relatively few ratings
7.2/10★★★★★Visit ↗ - 9
VoyaBearFeatured
Best forTravellers who want itineraries shaped by their travel personality
AI trip planner that matches itineraries to one of 16 travel personalities
Mobile appGroup planningFree plan · paid from £29/year
By Voyager AI, Tech Arcade's publisher
Pros & cons
- Personality profile changes the plan, not just the wording
- Invite companions to edit the same trip live, with bookings shared
- Lowest annual price in this list on the web (£29/year)
- Web, iOS and Android, with offline access to saved trips
- Very new (iOS app released March 2026), with almost no public ratings or independent reviews yet
- Coin system adds friction for free users
- Prices differ between the website and the App Store listing
7.1/10★★★★★Visit ↗ - 10
Airial
Best forSocial-media-inspired travellers who want videos turned into a bookable multi-city plan
AI vacation agent that builds trips from a chat, or from TikTok and Reels videos
Web onlyBookingFree
Pros & cons
- Distinctive video-to-itinerary feature
- Handles multi-city logistics, including flights and hotels
- Free to use
- Web only, with no mobile apps found
- Young startup with a short track record
6.8/10★★★★★Visit ↗ - 11
Wonderplan
Best forBudget-conscious travellers who want a quick, free itinerary draft
Free web-based AI itinerary generator with PDF export
Web onlyFree
Pros & cons
- Completely free
- Simple single-page itinerary
- PDF export for offline use
- Web only, with no official mobile apps
- No flight search or booking
- Small company with little public information
6.7/10★★★★★Visit ↗ - 12
iplan.ai
Best forCity breaks where you want a tight, timed daily route on your phone
Mobile app that builds timed, minute-by-minute AI itineraries
Mobile appFree plan · paid from $3.99
Pros & cons
- Very detailed, timed daily plans
- Offline access and map-app hand-off
- Low-cost upgrade
- Users report car-centric routes and repetitive suggestions
- Low Android rating (3.9)
- No web planner, and little company information
6.3/10★★★★★Visit ↗
Compare at a glance
Scroll sideways on mobile| # | App | Free plan | Paid from | iOS | Android | Web | Planning quality | Ease of use | Features | Value for money | Platforms | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Google Gemini & AI Mode | Yes | £4.49/month | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | 9 | 7 | 7.5 | 9 | 8 | 8.2 |
| 2 |  Wanderlog | Yes | $39.99/year | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 8.1 |
| 3 |  Mindtrip | Yes | Free | ✓ | — | ✓ | 8 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 6 | 8.0 |
| 4 |  Tripadvisor | Yes | Free | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | 7 | 8 | 6 | 9 | 9 | 7.6 |
| 5 |  Polarsteps | Yes | €8.99/month | ✓ | ✓ | — | 7 | 8 | 6.5 | 9 | 7 | 7.5 |
| 6 |  Stippl | Yes | €4.99/month | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | 7 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 7.5 |
| 7 |  Trip.com TripGenie | Yes | Free | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | 7 | 7.5 | 7 | 8.5 | 8 | 7.5 |
| 8 |  Layla | Yes | $9.99/month | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | 7.5 | 8 | 6.5 | 6 | 8 | 7.2 |
| 9 |  VoyaBear | Yes | £29/year | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | 6 | 7 | 7.5 | 8 | 8 | 7.1 |
| 10 |  Airial | Yes | Free | — | — | ✓ | 7 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 6.8 |
| 11 |  Wonderplan | Yes | Free | — | — | ✓ | 6 | 8 | 5 | 10 | 3 | 6.7 |
| 12 |  iplan.ai | Yes | $3.99 | ✓ | ✓ | — | 6 | 7 | 5.5 | 7 | 6 | 6.3 |
Head to head
14 comparisons
Google Gemini & AI Mode vs Wanderlog
Google Gemini & AI Mode vs Mindtrip
Google Gemini & AI Mode vs TripadvisorWanderlog vs MindtripWanderlog vs TripadvisorMindtrip vs Tripadvisor
Google Gemini & AI Mode vs Polarsteps
Google Gemini & AI Mode vs Stippl
Google Gemini & AI Mode vs Trip.com TripGenie
Google Gemini & AI Mode vs Layla
Google Gemini & AI Mode vs VoyaBear
Google Gemini & AI Mode vs Airial
Google Gemini & AI Mode vs Wonderplan
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How we rank AI travel planners
Every app was checked on 6 October 2026 against its own website, pricing page and app-store listings, plus recent independent reviews where available. Each gets five scores out of 10, weighted into an overall score.
Ties are broken by the planning quality score. To be listed, a tool's AI has to actually build a day-by-day itinerary you can save and edit, so booking sites whose AI only suggests hotels, and apps that just organise existing bookings, aren't included. The list is open: developers can submit an app, and we review it with the same rubric.
Features are scored half by our editors and half by this published checklist, ticked only where the app's own pages or app-store listing confirm it:
- Plan and refine trips by chatting with the AI
- Edit the itinerary directly (reorder, add or remove stops)
- Group trip planning with shared editing
- Flight or hotel prices you can book from the plan
- Imports bookings from confirmation emails
- Plans from links, videos, photos or documents
- Map view with routes or travel times
- Offline access to your plan
- Help during the trip: alerts, nearby tips or translation
Rankings are editorial. Companies can't pay to change a score or a position, and any paid placement is labelled Featured.
Reviewed by Tech Arcade editors · Updated Oct 6, 2026
- Planning quality30%
- Ease of use20%
- Features20%
- Value for money20%
- Platforms10%
Quick answers
What is the best AI travel planning app?
In our October 2026 tests, Google's Gemini and AI Mode scored highest (8.5/10) thanks to live Google Maps, Flights and Hotels data, followed by Wanderlog (8.3) for collaborative planning and Mindtrip (8.1) as the best free all-in-one assistant.
What is the best free AI trip planner?
Mindtrip is completely free and covers planning, maps, price alerts and flight booking. Tripadvisor's AI trip builder is also free and grounded in traveller reviews, and Wonderplan is a simple free web option.
Which AI travel planner is best for group trips?
Wanderlog and Stippl both let several people edit the same trip live. Stippl adds shared budgets and packing lists; Wanderlog has the strongest ratings and a browser extension.
Can AI travel planners book flights and hotels?
Some can. Mindtrip books flights in chat, and Layla attaches live flight and hotel prices to its plans. Planner-first apps like Wanderlog, Stippl and Polarsteps focus on building the itinerary, and you book separately.
Do companies pay to be on this list?
No. Rankings come from the published rubric and can't be bought. Developers can pay for a Featured spot above the ranking; it's always marked Sponsored and never changes scores or positions.
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