Plan a family trip and get the bookings ready to confirm
Planning a family trip means juggling flights, hotels, and kid-friendly plans across a dozen tabs.
What the agent did
Amanda Caswell at Tom's Guide asked ChatGPT agent to plan a four-day family trip to San Diego, with flights from Newark, hotels with a pool, and things to do for kids under 10. It searched Google Flights, compared kid-friendly hotels, suggested places like the San Diego Zoo, LEGOLAND, and the beach, and built a day-by-day itinerary in Google Docs with booking links. It didn't buy anything on its own: it filled in the booking forms and waited for her to confirm. She called it an incredible planning tool, though she'd still want to handle the purchase herself.
What the owner still checks
Stay in control of the payment step. Check names, dates, and the total, including taxes and fees, on every pre-filled form before you confirm. Prices and availability can change between planning and booking.
Read every field of a government form before it is submitted, and keep a copy of what was sent.
Try this job
Starter prompt written by Agents 101. This was written for this guide. It is not a quote from the original post. Change the names, amounts, and accounts so they match you before you send it.
Plan a [number]-day family trip to [destination] for [dates], flying from [home airport]. We are [number] adults and kids aged [ages]. Our budget is about [amount] in total, and we want [must-haves, for example: a hotel with a pool, nonstop flights]. 1) Give me 2-3 flight options and 2-3 hotel options with prices. 2) Write a day-by-day plan with kid-friendly activities, and keep the days short enough for young kids. 3) Put it all in one document with links. 4) When I pick the options, fill in the booking forms but stop before payment and let me review and confirm. Never enter payment details or click buy.
Source
tech.yahoo.com (opens in a new tab), dated .
Added to Agents 101 on . Any dollar amounts are what the original person said. We did not check them.