AI Travel Agents Are Taking Over, But Gen Z Wants To Travel The Old Way, What’s The Dilemma?

Gen Z Travel Trends (Credits: iStock)

Planning a holiday without opening Google Maps, scrolling through Instagram reels or asking ChatGPT for a perfectly organised itinerary, is something that sounds like a distant dream now. And also on the other hand, the scene where there is an atlas spread across the table, a globe being spun around, a notebook filled with scribbled destinations and a physical map with circles drawn around places worth visiting. It is the other extreme, but not unbelievable. The reality is, both of these approaches are appeasing the Gen Z and the confusion is livid to experience.

At a time when artificial intelligence is making travel planning quicker than ever, Gen Z appears to be caught between two very different worlds. On one hand, they are among the biggest adopters of AI-powered travel tools. On the other, there is a growing fascination with analog travel, where the idea is to slow down, disconnect and bring back some of the unpredictability that once made travelling exciting. What to do and what to choose has always been the question with Gen Z.

Let's be clear: Gen Z isn't giving up technology anytime soon. According to Booking.com's 2026 Travel Trends…

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