He asked the AI to write a short email to his hotel asking for a better rate. The front desk called him back and dropped the room from $330 to $240 a night, saving $90 a night, and he says the whole thing took about 30 seconds of his time.
Creator Chanelle Howell connected the AI to her Instagram saved folders; in about 45 seconds it generated a 4-day Barcelona & Mallorca itinerary from her aesthetic preferences, shown as a phone webpage with Day 1 in Barcelona's Gothic Quarter, specific restaurants (Los Caracoles, churros at Masia de Sabor, Tapeo), clickable links, opening hours, and booking options.
Users quoted in a September 2026 review describe Instinct proactively checking them into flights and reminding them about reservations they had forgotten to cancel. The reviewer calls it the first AI product users found truly proactively helpful.
In a skit-style demo, her AI Aaron P offered three date options (a wine bar, a BeltLine stroll plus Ponce City Market, a brewery with games); she picked the BeltLine plan and it was locked to her calendar for Sat Sep 26, 4:00-7:00 PM with parking tips and a reminder offered.
Travel advisor Marissa Waiters reports the AI scanned her email inbox and located 18 free night vouchers, then organized and filed them for easy access — travel value that was effectively lost in the inbox.
FlipIt's account of Business Insider's reporting describes UX designer Jay Eskenazi feeding his own compiled notes and recommendations into AI during a three-week Europe trip. The AI mapped his points of interest and exported routes into Google Maps, updated afternoon itineraries as plans shifted — accounting for opening hours, ticket availability and real-time events — and surfaced Barcelona festival information not yet fully published in English.
Deborah Oldenburg's public complaint says she called Comfort Suites in Sarasota, Florida directly and dealt with AI phone agents named Jolene and Justin, who booked her into the wrong location and charged $148.49; she stayed at a different Comfort Suites for $117.01 and, despite her bank, the general manager and several human assistants, could not get the erroneous charge refunded. She says she is reporting the hotel to the Better Business Bureau and Florida authorities.
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A Facebook screenshot shows the AI's pending-order screen: 'the AI wants to place an order at Duffel' for an American Airlines round trip, Raleigh/Durham to Dallas departing Monday Oct 19, 2026 at 11:39am nonstop and returning Friday Oct 30, 2026 at 9:35am nonstop, one passenger (Paul Armstrong), total $607.09, payable by Mastercard or Link.
Serina had the AI book reservations on non-English websites without relying on translation, using her known dates, accommodation, and Someday shortlists to organize recommendations and complete the bookings.