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Google Gemini & AI Mode vs Trip.com TripGenie
Google Gemini & AI Mode scores higher overall (8.2 vs 7.5), but the right pick depends on what you need.
Choose Google Gemini & AI Mode if…
People already using Google who want live flight, hotel and map data in one plan
8.2/10★★★★★Full review →Choose Trip.com TripGenie if…
Travellers who book with Trip.com and want planning and booking in one app
7.5/10★★★★★Full review →Side by side
| Google Gemini & AI Mode | Trip.com TripGenie | |
|---|---|---|
| Overall score | 8.2/10 | 7.5/10 |
| Rank in category | #1 of 12 | #7 of 12 |
| Price | Freemium · from £4.49/month | Free |
| Free version | Gemini and AI Mode in Search are free | The full assistant is free inside Trip.com |
| Platforms | Web, iOS, Android | Web, iOS, Android |
| Made by | Trip.com Group | |
| Planning quality | 9 | 7 |
| Ease of use | 7 | 7.5 |
| Features | 7.5 | 7 |
| Value for money | 9 | 8.5 |
| Platforms | 8 | 8 |
Google Gemini & AI Mode: what the AI does
- Canvas itineraries in AI Mode combining flights, hotels and Maps data
- Refine by chat, then share the plan by link
- Natural-language flight deal search
- Gemini itineraries using your Gmail bookings, Maps, Flights and Hotels
- Restaurant reservations from AI Mode (US)
- 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
Trip.com TripGenie: what the AI does
- Conversational itinerary generation
- Itineraries you can edit together with companions
- Bookings pulled into the itinerary, plus real-time travel alerts
- Text and voice input in 12+ languages
- Photo-to-menu translation
- 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