Hyper is a personal travel agent that books all your travel via text message
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Expedias of the world are putting travel agents out of business left and right. But you know what? Having a real expert wade through all the tricks and traps of booking your trip is pretty damn helpful. Since actual human-to-human contact is just UNTHINKABLE these days, the brains behind the new Hyper app bridged the convenience of modern tech with the quality control of a live person. Now you can plan trips, book flights and hotels, and manage all manner of travel reservations, all via text. Here's what you need to know.The breakdown: Pandering to the millennial dream of never having to talk to people on the phone ever again, Hyper handles all your nitty-gritty travel-booking needs via text. It works like this: any time you need to book a trip, just send a text message outlining what you need. It can be as simple as "I need to be in LA next Tuesday afternoon for a meeting, and I’ll also need a car and a place to stay." Or, get super specific if you have a certain budget, want a specific type of rental car, or need to get to where you're going by a particular time.
Within a few minutes, a real live AI-assisted human will respond and provide you with different itinerary options to swipe through -- for free! With hotels, the app makes it easy to pick and choose by providing photos and a glimpse at amenities. If you like what you see, you can book it right then. Or alternately, ask for something different ("Can you find a hotel a little closer to Downtown? With a pool?"), and it'll go back to the drawing board https://www.thrillist.com/tech/nation/hyper-app-books-flights-and-hotels-via-text-message/tech
