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17 source-verified cases.

  • Find flights with Manus (16-hour run, poor pick)Improved promptEvidence: Described by posterFailure

    Asked to find flights, Manus ran for 16 hours and then picked what the poster called probably the most expensive option, with a 9-hour layover.

    Manus · Travel · Source date:

  • Plan a six-week Southeast Asia trip with Manus (hallucinated flights)Improved promptEvidence: Described by posterFailure

    The poster used Manus to plan a 6-week Southeast Asia trip, and it hallucinated flights that didn't exist despite having browser access.

    Manus · Travel · Source date:

  • Book every restaurant for a Japan trip with MuseRecreated promptEvidence: Described by poster

    Muse booked every restaurant for the poster's Japan trip and corresponded in Japanese with a Hakone hotel to secure a dinner slot not offered on its website.

    Muse · Travel · Source date:

  • Book a whole weekend trip in 30 minutes with ChatGPT WorkRecreated promptEvidence: Described by poster

    ChatGPT read the poster's chat with their girlfriend, proposed itinerary options, staged an Airbnb, rental car, fishing gear and dinner reservations through browser use, then made a shareable trip page after the poster booked.

    ChatGPT Work · Travel · Source date:

  • Build a work-trip itinerary from booking emails with ClaudeRecreated promptEvidence: Described by poster

    The day before a work trip, Claude read the poster's booking emails and organized a polished itinerary that the poster says would have taken a few hours by hand.

    Claude · Travel · Source date:

  • Plan a family Disneyland trip with Claude Code and SkillsRecreated promptEvidence: Screenshots or logs

    The poster planned a family Disneyland trip using Claude Code as the agent, Claude Skills for research, planning, tracking and journaling, and a simple companion web app for itineraries and maps.

    Claude Code · Travel · Source date:

  • For a points-funded family holiday plan, ChatGPT agent built a decent deck but spent 15 minutes formatting slides; it couldn't book the romantic dinner.

    ChatGPT agent · Travel · Source date:

  • Check a hotel price with ChatGPT agent (wrong town)Improved promptEvidence: Described by posterFailure

    Asked to check a hotel's price with its town clearly stated, ChatGPT agent looked up a same-named hotel in another town, and the poster notes this wouldn't have been obvious from the reply.

    ChatGPT agent · Travel · Source date:

  • ChatGPT agent filled Thailand Digital Arrival Cards for 5 people (about an hour / 16 credits); the poster verified the preview and swapped in real passport numbers before submitting.

    ChatGPT agent · Travel · Source date:

  • Hunt last-minute holiday flights with multiple agents (failure case)Improved promptEvidence: Described by posterFailure

    Claude Opus 4.5, Gemini 3 Pro and ChatGPT agent mode only matched a manual Google Flights search and were too slow as cheap fares vanished; the humans beat them by about 15%.

    ChatGPT agent, Claude Opus 4.5 (Antigravity), Gemini 3 Pro · Travel · Source date:

  • Compare browser agents on a vacation Airbnb searchRecreated promptEvidence: Screenshots or logs

    On the same Airbnb search, ChatGPT Atlas agent mode and Comet each found properties in about 5 minutes, Claude's extension took 10 minutes to find the first, and MiniMax Agent ran over an hour without giving links.

    ChatGPT Atlas agent mode, Perplexity Comet, Claude in Chrome, MiniMax Agent · Travel · Source date:

  • Plan St. Simons Island restaurants with ChatGPT agentEvidence: Article or interviewBeginner-friendly

    ChatGPT Agent Mode produced a dining guide for a 4-day St. Simons Island trip organized by meal and price, and the author ate at 4 restaurants from the list and liked them all.

    ChatGPT agent · Travel · Source date:

  • Search for cheap flights with ChatGPT agent (failure case)Improved promptEvidence: Described by posterFailure

    ChatGPT agent suggested flights costing $1,400 when the poster found an $850 option on their own.

    ChatGPT agent · Travel · Source date:

  • From a vague brief, ChatGPT agent searched flights from Ljubljana or Zagreb to Bordeaux over a two-week window and found a €141.48 fare in 12 minutes.

    ChatGPT agent · Travel · Source date:

  • ChatGPT agent researched accommodation, activities and vegan restaurants for a Budapest weekend and got into an Airbnb reservation flow, then handed over to the user for login and payment.

    ChatGPT agent · Travel · Source date:

  • Book an Airbnb with ChatGPT agentRecreated promptEvidence: Described by poster

    ChatGPT agent booked what the poster called the perfect Airbnb on the first try.

    ChatGPT agent · Travel · Source date:

  • Find a family vacation rental in Costa Rica with ChatGPT agentRecreated promptEvidence: Described by poster

    ChatGPT agent found a Costa Rica place with a pool at a decent rate for 2 adults and 3 kids; the poster was tempted to book without checking further.

    ChatGPT agent · Travel · Source date: