When taking a trip or a long weekend getaway, you have to face the challenge of evaluating destination options, finding out
prices
for tickets, accommodations, excursions and knowing what the main attractions are in the place to design an itinerary.
Furthermore, if you travel with family or friends, you must take into account each person's availability, budgets and
different preferences and/or tastes
.
To analyze this large amount of information,
artificial intelligence
could be an ally to save time and help organize the information.
Gemini, a planning tool
Gemini is a tool that allows direct access to
Google's AI
.
Helps write, plan, learn, among other things.
It uses large language models and learns to "read" billions of words that help you recognize the patterns that make up language, allowing you to recognize and
answer questions
using common linguistic patterns.
This is the Gemini interface.
Therefore, through simple consultations, Gemini helps consultants with multiple issues including
getaways or trips
.
For example, you can ask about the
types of accommodations
in a city and obtain a recommendation according to a price range or the type of trip and length of stay.
Additionally, Gemini can be asked to organize these recommendations into
comparative tables
highlighting the pros and cons of each alternative.
You can also enter a country that interests you into the search engine, the number of days available to visit it and ask Gemini to organize an
itinerary
, in which it will display a travel plan by city and the main attractions of each one.
Gemini answers queries about travel and destinations.
For those who do not have a destination in mind, questions
can be asked
such as: “Which destination in Argentina do you recommend I go to if I like nature and adventure?”
or “What place is ideal to go on vacation with kids?”
Artificial Intelligence and maps
Once the destination, accommodation and other details have been decided, it is time to look on the
map
to see which are the closest attractions, where you can go to eat or which is the nearest pharmacy.
To know all that and more, you have to use the
Immersive View
option of Google Maps.
In these cases, artificial intelligence provides a multidimensional experience based on images, and allows travelers to explore cities in an immersive way and learn what the place is like at
different times of the day
, depending on the weather and the busiest times.
Immersive view of the Obelisk on Google Maps.
This feature has more than
500 iconic sites
from around the planet, including points in Buenos Aires such as the Casa Rosada, the Teatro Colón and the Obelisk, among others.
On the other hand, Google Maps also has the
Immersive Routes
option that allows
you to preview
each segment of a path to travel.
Previews of lane layouts, intersections, and parking lots are often very useful, as are traffic predictions based on historical traffic data.
Holy Week 2024: the most searched destinations on Google
For this Holy Week 2024, which will be an extra long weekend, from
March 28
to
April 2
, a large movement of tourists is expected in different parts of the country.
Classic destinations such as Bariloche, El Calafate, Iguazú or Mar del Plata have a high percentage of reservations.
But also, as there are several days, there are those who take advantage of these days to take a trip abroad.
According to Google, the 10 cities that aroused the greatest
search
interest in Argentina during the first two weeks of March were:
1)
Buenos Aires
2)
San Carlos de Bariloche
3)
Madrid
4)
Santiago de Chile
5)
Cordoba
6)
Miami
7)
Mendoza
8)
Barcelona
9)
Mar del Plata
10)
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