Should I Build It Should I Build It
12 May 2025
Artificial Intelligence Travel

Travel planing app using AI, user input location target, AI research ...

...price fly, hotel, everything about trip, tips, language, roadmap travel

Confidence
Engagement
Net use signal
Net buy signal

Idea type: Swamp

The market has seen several mediocre solutions that nobody loves. Unless you can offer something fundamentally different, you’ll likely struggle to stand out or make money.

Should You Build It?

Don't build it.

Your are here

The idea of an AI-powered travel planning app falls into a crowded space, which we call the 'Swamp' category. We found 30 similar products, so the competition is high. These types of apps aim to simplify travel by using AI to research and generate itineraries, considering factors like flight prices, hotels, tips, and language. However, the average engagement for similar products is low (3 comments). The similar products we looked at didn't have any meaningful buy or use signals either. This suggests that many of the existing solutions haven't quite hit the mark, and users might be struggling to find one that truly meets their needs. To succeed, you'll need to offer something fundamentally different from the existing sea of mediocre apps.

Recommendations

  1. Begin by deeply researching why existing travel planning apps haven't achieved widespread success. Analyze user reviews, identify pain points, and determine the unmet needs that your app can address uniquely. Look at the discussion and criticism summaries, and you'll find that many users have concerns around accuracy, transparency, and the level of personalization offered by these AI travel apps.
  2. If you decide to move forward, identify a specific niche or group of travelers that are currently underserved by existing travel planning tools. Instead of trying to be everything for everyone, focus on catering to the unique needs and preferences of this target audience. Examples could be sustainable travel, budget backpacking, or adventure travel for families.
  3. Explore the possibility of building tools or features that integrate with existing travel providers and platforms rather than creating a standalone app. Providing API access, integrations with booking platforms, or integrations with niche travel services (e.g. adventure travel, group travel, etc.) might be a viable strategy.
  4. Given the crowded market for AI travel planning, consider exploring adjacent problems within the travel industry that might offer more promising opportunities. This could include areas like personalized travel insurance, AI-powered customer service for travel agencies, or tools for managing travel logistics for remote workers.
  5. Closely examine how AI is integrated into your app. Many users are skeptical of AI-driven recommendations and want to understand the underlying logic. Be transparent about how the AI works and give users control over the parameters that influence their travel plans. Make sure you avoid the issues reported by other users such as a lack of detailed information regarding implementation, features, and UI as well as the accuracy of recommendations and limitations concerning travel planning.
  6. Prioritize accuracy and up-to-date information. Address criticisms of similar products by ensuring that your app provides reliable data on pricing, availability, and local conditions. Incorporate user feedback mechanisms to continuously improve the accuracy of your recommendations. Users have complained about limited availability, the absence of specific regions, and incorrect information.
  7. Implement features that directly address common user concerns with AI travel planning. This could include options for increased customization, booking links, additional information, and a more intuitive call-to-action (CTA), as suggested by users of similar platforms. Make sure to fix the problems of the generated itinerary lacking value and customization. Users also reported issues with the call-to-action (CTA) links leading to 404 errors, slow generation times, and a need for more autocompletion features and visual aids.
  8. Monetization should be carefully considered. Since it's hard to get people to pay (no net positive buy signals among the competitive products), think of alternative ways to support the development cost besides direct payments. Use affiliate marketing, but don't make it too obvious.

Questions

  1. What specific, underserved niche within the travel market will your app target, and how will your AI-powered features uniquely address their needs in a way that existing solutions don't?
  2. Considering the low engagement and lack of positive 'buy' signals for similar products, what innovative monetization strategies will you employ to ensure the long-term financial sustainability of your AI travel planning app?
  3. How will you build trust and transparency into your AI travel planning app, giving users confidence in the accuracy and reliability of the recommendations it provides, especially in light of criticisms around data accuracy and logical reasoning in competing products?

Your are here

The idea of an AI-powered travel planning app falls into a crowded space, which we call the 'Swamp' category. We found 30 similar products, so the competition is high. These types of apps aim to simplify travel by using AI to research and generate itineraries, considering factors like flight prices, hotels, tips, and language. However, the average engagement for similar products is low (3 comments). The similar products we looked at didn't have any meaningful buy or use signals either. This suggests that many of the existing solutions haven't quite hit the mark, and users might be struggling to find one that truly meets their needs. To succeed, you'll need to offer something fundamentally different from the existing sea of mediocre apps.

Recommendations

  1. Begin by deeply researching why existing travel planning apps haven't achieved widespread success. Analyze user reviews, identify pain points, and determine the unmet needs that your app can address uniquely. Look at the discussion and criticism summaries, and you'll find that many users have concerns around accuracy, transparency, and the level of personalization offered by these AI travel apps.
  2. If you decide to move forward, identify a specific niche or group of travelers that are currently underserved by existing travel planning tools. Instead of trying to be everything for everyone, focus on catering to the unique needs and preferences of this target audience. Examples could be sustainable travel, budget backpacking, or adventure travel for families.
  3. Explore the possibility of building tools or features that integrate with existing travel providers and platforms rather than creating a standalone app. Providing API access, integrations with booking platforms, or integrations with niche travel services (e.g. adventure travel, group travel, etc.) might be a viable strategy.
  4. Given the crowded market for AI travel planning, consider exploring adjacent problems within the travel industry that might offer more promising opportunities. This could include areas like personalized travel insurance, AI-powered customer service for travel agencies, or tools for managing travel logistics for remote workers.
  5. Closely examine how AI is integrated into your app. Many users are skeptical of AI-driven recommendations and want to understand the underlying logic. Be transparent about how the AI works and give users control over the parameters that influence their travel plans. Make sure you avoid the issues reported by other users such as a lack of detailed information regarding implementation, features, and UI as well as the accuracy of recommendations and limitations concerning travel planning.
  6. Prioritize accuracy and up-to-date information. Address criticisms of similar products by ensuring that your app provides reliable data on pricing, availability, and local conditions. Incorporate user feedback mechanisms to continuously improve the accuracy of your recommendations. Users have complained about limited availability, the absence of specific regions, and incorrect information.
  7. Implement features that directly address common user concerns with AI travel planning. This could include options for increased customization, booking links, additional information, and a more intuitive call-to-action (CTA), as suggested by users of similar platforms. Make sure to fix the problems of the generated itinerary lacking value and customization. Users also reported issues with the call-to-action (CTA) links leading to 404 errors, slow generation times, and a need for more autocompletion features and visual aids.
  8. Monetization should be carefully considered. Since it's hard to get people to pay (no net positive buy signals among the competitive products), think of alternative ways to support the development cost besides direct payments. Use affiliate marketing, but don't make it too obvious.

Questions

  1. What specific, underserved niche within the travel market will your app target, and how will your AI-powered features uniquely address their needs in a way that existing solutions don't?
  2. Considering the low engagement and lack of positive 'buy' signals for similar products, what innovative monetization strategies will you employ to ensure the long-term financial sustainability of your AI travel planning app?
  3. How will you build trust and transparency into your AI travel planning app, giving users confidence in the accuracy and reliability of the recommendations it provides, especially in light of criticisms around data accuracy and logical reasoning in competing products?

  • Confidence: High
    • Number of similar products: 30
  • Engagement: Low
    • Average number of comments: 3
  • Net use signal: 25.6%
    • Positive use signal: 29.2%
    • Negative use signal: 3.6%
  • Net buy signal: -1.0%
    • Positive buy signal: 2.6%
    • Negative buy signal: 3.6%

This chart summarizes all the similar products we found for your idea in a single plot.

The x-axis represents the overall feedback each product received. This is calculated from the net use and buy signals that were expressed in the comments. The maximum is +1, which means all comments (across all similar products) were positive, expressed a willingness to use & buy said product. The minimum is -1 and it means the exact opposite.

The y-axis captures the strength of the signal, i.e. how many people commented and how does this rank against other products in this category. The maximum is +1, which means these products were the most liked, upvoted and talked about launches recently. The minimum is 0, meaning zero engagement or feedback was received.

The sizes of the product dots are determined by the relevance to your idea, where 10 is the maximum.

Your idea is the big blueish dot, which should lie somewhere in the polygon defined by these products. It can be off-center because we use custom weighting to summarize these metrics.

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