viajante

Flight and hotel search for your terminal, Python, and AI assistants. Runs on your machine, no API keys.

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It reads Google Flights, Google Hotels, and Booking.com directly, and Skiplagged when you opt in. It returns prices, itinerary details, and links. It reports what the provider returned and says so when something is unknown; it never invents a fare.

Quick start

Requires Python 3.10+.

pip install viajante

viajante flights JFK-LHR:2026-11-15 --fetch sweep
viajante hotels London 2026-11-15 2026-11-20 --currency GBP --source google

Use future dates. Not sure of a code? viajante airports london.

Prefer not to install? uvx --from viajante viajante airports JFK, or npx -y -p @viajante/mcp viajante airports JFK (both need uv).

These searches use plain HTTP. Booking.com and --fetch detail need the browser extra.

Connect an AI assistant

Add this to your assistant's MCP configuration (needs uv and Python 3.10+):

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "viajante": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "@viajante/mcp"]
    }
  }
}

Without Node, use "command": "uvx" with "args": ["--from", "viajante[mcp]", "viajante-mcp"]. That covers Google Flights and Hotels with no Chromium. The npm entry also includes the browser extra, which search_explore needs.

Then ask in plain language:

Find a seven-night round trip from BOS to LHR, departing any day in November 2026. Compare the dates.

Hotels in Tokyo, November 12 to 16, two adults, free cancellation, in JPY.

Every tool result (except lookup_airports) carries one envelope: status, completeness, empty_reason, retry_after, observed_at. Only empty_reason: provider_empty means the provider found nothing. A client that only takes a URL can use viajante-mcp --transport streamable-http; it has no auth, so keep it on loopback (details).

Tool	What it does
search_flights	One-way, round-trip, or multi-city flights
search_dates	Cheapest fare per departure date in a window
search_flex	Dates around a target, then flights for the cheapest day
search_explore	Destinations from an origin, with a priced shortlist
search_hotels	Stays with total-stay prices and cancellation terms
search_hotel_rooms	Skiplagged room rates for one named hotel
get_hotel_details	A hotel offer from this session, plus an optional room quote
search_trip	Flights and hotel together, summed when compatible
search_split_tickets	Opt-in separately ticketed itineraries (connections not protected)
search_hidden_city	Opt-in Skiplagged hidden-city fares
recheck_offer	One fresh search to re-check an earlier offer
validate_itinerary	Check a proposed itinerary against search evidence
compare_awards	Cents-per-point math for a named award offer
lookup_transfers	Points transfer-partner table
lookup_airports	Airport and metro codes, offline
plan_stay_blocks	Group consecutive nights with the same people
split_stay_costs	Split stay totals among who slept there
verify_answer	Flag amounts, codes, dates, or links no search returned
price_history	Prices this machine recorded for a query (opt-in)
watch_price	Re-run a saved search and report the change
get_runtime_info	Installed version, offline
get_guide	Long operational guide

Command line

Run viajante <command> --help for options. Add --save FILE to write a JSON report.

Command	Purpose
flights	Specific routes and dates (--nearby-days compares ±N days when N is set; --split-tickets is opt-in)
dates	Cheapest departure day across a window of up to 31 days
flex	A few days either side of a target date
explore	Destinations from an origin airport
hotels, hotel-rooms	Google Hotels, Booking.com, or Skiplagged
trip	Flights and a hotel stay in one request
recheck-offer	Re-check a saved offer against a fresh search
airports	Find airport codes
hidden-city, awards, points	Skiplagged fares, award value, transfer partners
history, watch	Recorded prices and saved re-runs (opt-in)
feedback	Open a prefilled GitHub issue (viajante sends nothing itself)

viajante dates BOS-LHR --from 2026-11-01 --to 2026-11-30 --nights 7

Python

from viajante import get_flights

report = get_flights("JFK-LHR:2026-11-15", fetch="sweep", top=5)

for result in report.queries:
    if result.status == "ok":
        for offer in result.offers:
            print(offer.price, report.currency, offer.airline, offer.duration)
    else:
        print(result.error)

FlightQuery, HotelQuery, and the search_* functions are exported too; see the Python examples.

Optional browser support

pip install 'viajante[browser]'
playwright install chromium

For uvx, use viajante[mcp,browser] in --from and install Chromium from that same environment.

Good to know

• Currency. Taken from --currency, or from a named origin airport's country. Hotels always need one. Viajante never converts between currencies.
• Baggage. --carry-on asks Google to price one carry-on. Checked bags (--bags) are refused, because no transport can verify them. --baggage-buffer only affects ranking; it is not a quoted fee.
• Hotels. Prices are for the whole stay. Free cancellation is required unless you opt out. Google rates 0–5, Booking.com 0–10.
• Recommendation. Flight results may include a short recommendation block. It adds to the offer list and never replaces it.
• Price level. Flight results may include Google's own price level (low, typical, or high) from the results page already fetched. It is Google's label for that price against its typical range. --price-history adds the page's price history. No extra request.
• Unknown stays unknown. Missing fields are left out or marked unknown.

Travel sites change their pages, block requests, and update prices at any time. Confirm the final fare, baggage, hotel total, and cancellation terms with the provider before you book.

Contributing

Bug reports and focused pull requests are welcome; see CONTRIBUTING.md.

License

MIT. Independent project, not affiliated with Google, Booking.com, or any airline. Use of those services is subject to their terms: Google, Booking.com.