Over 70% of Travelers Use AI for Trip Planning, but Fewer Than Half Trust It to Book

A new report finds that more than 70% of travelers now rely on AI tools for travel planning tasks such as itinerary building and destination research, yet fewer than half are willing to let AI complete the final booking transaction. The trust gap between AI-assisted planning and AI-executed action is a meaningful data point for developers building agentic or transactional AI products in any consumer vertical. It suggests that users are broadly comfortable with AI as a research and synthesis layer, but remain skeptical about delegating high-stakes, irreversible actions — a dynamic directly relevant to agent design. Developers building consumer-facing AI workflows should consider where in the funnel users want to retain control, and design confirmation or override mechanisms accordingly. The findings broadly generalize beyond travel to any domain where AI agents are expected to take real-world actions on behalf of users.