Karthik

Co-founder, Totem

Karthik co-founded Totem and leads the product and engineering behind it, working alongside DMCs and tour operators on how itineraries, costings and supplier knowledge actually get built.

Writing by Karthik

AI in travel

Can you trust ChatGPT to build a client itinerary?

Not on its own. ChatGPT drafts a convincing itinerary in seconds but gets details wrong in most. Here is what fails, why, and a checklist for using AI safely.

Karthik4 min read

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