Sort travel options with Claude before you pay

They tried to get Claude to finish a Warsaw-to-London booking, but card handling blocked the process and it turned into a travel product project.

Done with Claude· Intermediate· Sep 2026

What they did
A developer experimented with the standard Claude app on phone and desktop to see if it could complete a Warsaw-to-London trip end to end. Through Expedia and Kiwi connectors, it was able to look up possible itineraries, yet the workflow stalled when payment had to be handled in a way that kept card data away from the model and the connector. Instead of pushing on with the same setup, they used the experience as the basis for a travel-booking project.
How it went
Claude never completed the booking. The effort stretched over six months, and the writer later said a newer model release made the idea feel more workable, even though the Expedia and Kiwi setup had disappointed them.
Tips
Have Claude collect and compare options, but keep checkout outside the agent unless your system can protect payment data properly. Build in a clear approval step before any reservation, charge, or submission.

Try it yourself with Claude Code

I need help organizing a travel plan. For a trip starting in [origin] and ending in [destination] on [dates], pull together flight and hotel choices from [preferred sites or APIs], compare them using [budget] and [preferences], and return a ranked shortlist with links. Do not book, charge, reserve, or submit anything; stop and wait for my confirmation before any step that would commit me to a purchase or reservation.

Fill in the [brackets]. Agents can make mistakes, so review anything before it is sent, paid or deleted.

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