Ever since my mind-blowing first trip to Tokyo back in 2018, I've been dying to go back to Japan — specifically to explore Kyoto as a solo traveler. But when it came time to plan my itinerary, I decided to ditch traditional travel blogs and let artificial intelligence do the heavy lifting. Both OpenAI and Anthropic recently integrated Viator into their ecosystems — ChatGPT as an app and Claude as an automated "Connector."
To see which AI tool could plan the ultimate Kyoto getaway, I pitted them against each other in a head-to-head travel planning battle. Here is which chatbot emerged as the victor.
