u/IDidItMyWay_

After using your favorite AI travel planner to get an itinerary you like, where do you book the hotels? Do you use the booking.com links the travel planner proposes? Do you book directly with the hotel on their website?

I noticed mindtrip added an option to book in mindtrip (their native checkout page) but I'm not sure I want to do that without going to booking.com? It feels like I don't have enough info or something. On the other hand, landing on booking.com or going to the hotels website feels jarring and comes with its own set of problems (price fluctuations, re-entering dates, ads...)

What are your thoughts on this?

Edit: How important is personalization for guests and hotels? Do hotels care to deliver?

Booking.com and other websites and booking engines sometimes have a personal notes section where I could say "firm pillows" or "ground floor due to knee pain".

Is that respected? Do you read those and act on them immediately? Can that information be lost somewhere along the way and you never get a chance to see it? Does it actually land in the PMS?