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Ayre

Conversational Agent that helps you discover & plan your next vacation.

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April 23, 2026

Client

Early-stage Conversational AI Startup

Deliverables

MVP, Brand Identity

Scope

Product Design, MVP Build

About

Ayre is a conversational travel agent designed to turn loose travel ideas into personalized trip plans through natural, human-like dialogue — making vacation planning feel more like speaking to an expert than using a traditional booking tool. The project involved designing and building a Gemini-powered conversational experience, along with end-to-end trip planning flows that guided users from discovery to final itinerary delivery via email. Alongside the product experience, the work also included defining agent behavior, prompt architecture, and human escalation logic, while prototyping the AI-native travel planning system using Figma, Cursor, and Next.js.

The Problem

People plan travel through conversation & half-formed ideas, but most travel tools are built around forms and filters. Travellers often arrive with vague ideas, evolving preferences, and a need for guidance, while operators need those conversations to translate into real availability, qualified leads, and bookings. This creates a gap between how people naturally plan trips and how travel systems are designed to support them.

Conversational AI that reads intent Ayre is a conversational travel planning agent designed to make discovering your next vacation feel like speaking to an expert, not using a booking tool. Through guided dialogue, it helps travellers move from vague ideas to personalised itineraries, while turning each conversation into structured, bookable intent.

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Ayre

Conversational Agent that helps you discover & plan your next vacation.

·

April 23, 2026

Client

Early-stage Conversational AI Startup

Deliverables

MVP, Brand Identity

Scope

Product Design, MVP Build

About

Ayre is a conversational travel agent designed to turn loose travel ideas into personalized trip plans through natural, human-like dialogue — making vacation planning feel more like speaking to an expert than using a traditional booking tool. The project involved designing and building a Gemini-powered conversational experience, along with end-to-end trip planning flows that guided users from discovery to final itinerary delivery via email. Alongside the product experience, the work also included defining agent behavior, prompt architecture, and human escalation logic, while prototyping the AI-native travel planning system using Figma, Cursor, and Next.js.

The Problem

People plan travel through conversation & half-formed ideas, but most travel tools are built around forms and filters. Travellers often arrive with vague ideas, evolving preferences, and a need for guidance, while operators need those conversations to translate into real availability, qualified leads, and bookings. This creates a gap between how people naturally plan trips and how travel systems are designed to support them.

Conversational AI that reads intent Ayre is a conversational travel planning agent designed to make discovering your next vacation feel like speaking to an expert, not using a booking tool. Through guided dialogue, it helps travellers move from vague ideas to personalised itineraries, while turning each conversation into structured, bookable intent.

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© 2026 Syphon. All rights Reserved

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Ayre

Conversational Agent that helps you discover & plan your next vacation.

·

April 23, 2026

Client

Early-stage Conversational AI Startup

Deliverables

MVP, Brand Identity

Scope

Product Design, MVP Build

About

Ayre is a conversational travel agent designed to turn loose travel ideas into personalized trip plans through natural, human-like dialogue — making vacation planning feel more like speaking to an expert than using a traditional booking tool. The project involved designing and building a Gemini-powered conversational experience, along with end-to-end trip planning flows that guided users from discovery to final itinerary delivery via email. Alongside the product experience, the work also included defining agent behavior, prompt architecture, and human escalation logic, while prototyping the AI-native travel planning system using Figma, Cursor, and Next.js.

The Problem

People plan travel through conversation & half-formed ideas, but most travel tools are built around forms and filters. Travellers often arrive with vague ideas, evolving preferences, and a need for guidance, while operators need those conversations to translate into real availability, qualified leads, and bookings. This creates a gap between how people naturally plan trips and how travel systems are designed to support them.

Conversational AI that reads intent Ayre is a conversational travel planning agent designed to make discovering your next vacation feel like speaking to an expert, not using a booking tool. Through guided dialogue, it helps travellers move from vague ideas to personalised itineraries, while turning each conversation into structured, bookable intent.

Using Gemini-powered dialogue, a structured TripDraft system, email summaries via Resend, and escalation paths for edge cases, Ayre helps travellers go from vague intent to personalised vacation plans without navigating traditional booking funnels. The result is a planning experience that feels consultative on the front end and operationally grounded on the back end. The Agent Design Conversational discovery → understand traveller intent Trip drafting engine → structure dynamic itineraries Delivery layer → send curated plans via email Human escalation layer → route complex cases seamlessly

Stack: Figma · Cursor · Next.js · Gemini · Claude Ayre was designed and built as an end-to-end prototype, moving from conversational UX exploration to a functioning AI travel planning agent. 1. Prompt & Agent Architecture Before building the product logic, we defined Ayre’s role as a travel advisor, using prompt architecture to shape tone, behaviour, decision logic, and how the agent gathers preferences, recommends destinations, and handles edge cases. 2. AI-Assisted Product Development Using Cursor as a development copilot, we translated the concept into a working Next.js application — building the chat interface, trip planning logic, email flows, and escalation pathways while iterating directly through code. 3. LLM Orchestration With the Gemini API, we connected the conversational reasoning layer, enabling the agent to interpret intent, ask contextual follow-ups, and generate structured travel plans from natural dialogue. 4. Prototype to Functional Agent The result was more than a prototype — a functioning AI agent system where UX, prompts, model behaviour, and product logic were designed in parallel.

Future Direction

Future iterations of Ayre would expand beyond trip discovery into booking intelligence, operational integrations, and assisted conversion flows. The platform could evolve to better understand traveler intent through more natural conversations, while integrating with PMS systems and live inventory sources to provide real-time availability and pricing. Planned improvements also include CRM integrations through HubSpot for automated lead orchestration, guided booking experiences, and stronger human-in-the-loop escalation for complex travel requests. Longer term, the vision is to evolve Ayre into a fully autonomous travel agent capable of handling discovery, planning, booking coordination, and support within one continuous experience.