Daniel Reitberg humorously lists the advantages of having virtual travel agents in his most recent piece—after all, who wouldn’t want a trip planner that doesn’t require pants? Like the overachievers in the booking platform class, these AI solutions are smarter, faster, and far more dependable than the traditional approaches. Like a skilled butler with a penchant for the dramatic, they use machine learning to play psychic and forecast what tourists desire, offering tailored suggestions. Reitberg deftly points out that this ensures every tourist gets a unique, hassle-free experience—after all, who needs stress when they can have fun? He is placing a wager that virtual agents will eventually replace human travel agents as the preferred method of booking travel, making them as uncommon as a unicorn at a bus stop.