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Question

Which generation uses AI most for travel?

Short answer

Millennials, narrowly. 69% use AI as often as social media for trip planning, against 63% of Gen Z.

Millennials lead, which surprises people who expect a clean age gradient. The six-point gap over Gen Z is within the uncertainty of undisclosed subsamples, so treat the two as broadly comparable rather than ranked.

The likelier explanation for Gen Z not leading is the comparator. The question asks about AI use relative to social media, and Gen Z's social media baseline is the highest of any cohort. Matching it is a higher bar.

The more useful reading is that both cohorts have reached parity between AI and social platforms for trip planning. For destination marketing budgets still weighted heavily towards social, that is the finding with a cost attached.

Why credible sources differ

Generational splits in this dataset come from subsets of a 1,006-person US panel with undisclosed subsample sizes. Directionally reliable, not precise, and not automatically transferable outside the United States.