google-travel-explore-api

Discover destinations from a departure airport with flight prices, hotel prices, and trip dates. Apify-backed n8n community node, pay-per-result, and usable as an AI agent tool.

Package Information

Released: 4 mo ago
Downloads: 37 weekly / 319 monthly
Latest Version: 0.1.1
Author: John Cole

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Google Travel Explore
Discover destinations from a departure airport with flight prices, hotel prices, and trip dates

Documentation

n8n-nodes-google-travel-explore-api

An n8n community node that discovers destinations from a departure airport using Google Travel Explore and returns structured trip ideas: destination, flight price, hotel price, dates, and airline. It is backed by the Google Travel Explore API on Apify and bills per result, so there are no subscriptions and no minimums.

Installation · Credentials · Operations · Output · Example workflows · Pricing · Resources

What it does

Give the node a departure airport, and it returns one item per destination with the name, country, flight price, hotel price, flight duration, number of stops, airline, and suggested trip dates. It also works as an AI Agent tool, so an agent can suggest trips on demand.

  • Explore destinations and deals from any departure airport
  • Localize with a country code and language code
  • Control how many destinations to return
  • Choose how much data to return per destination: Simplified, Raw, or Selected Fields

Installation

Follow the n8n community nodes installation guide:

  1. In n8n, open Settings > Community Nodes.
  2. Select Install.
  3. Enter n8n-nodes-google-travel-explore-api as the npm package name.
  4. Agree to the risks of using community nodes, then select Install.

After it installs, the Google Travel Explore node appears in the nodes panel.

n8n Cloud only allows verified community nodes. Until this node is verified, install it on a self-hosted n8n instance.

Credentials

You need a free Apify account and an API token.

  1. Sign in to the Apify Console.
  2. Open Settings > Integrations and copy your Personal API token.
  3. In n8n, create a new Apify API credential and paste the token.
  4. Use the credential's Test button to confirm it works.

The node also supports Apify OAuth2 if you prefer to connect that way.

Operations

Destination > Explore returns destinations from a departure airport.

Parameter Description
Departure Airport The departure airport IATA code. Required.
Country Code / Language Code Localization, for example us and en.
Maximum Results per Departure How many destinations to return.
Output How much data to return: Simplified, Raw, or Selected Fields.

Output

Each destination is returned as its own n8n item. The API returns more than ten fields per destination, so the Output parameter lets you choose how much to return:

  • Simplified (default): a compact object with name, country, flightPrice, hotelPrice, flightDuration, numberOfStops, airline, startDate, endDate, and link. This mode is also used automatically when the node runs as an AI Agent tool, to keep responses small.
  • Raw: every field the API returns for each destination, using the original field names below.
  • Selected Fields: pick exactly which fields to include.

Fields (Raw and Selected Fields)

Field Type Description
departure_id string Departure airport code
position integer Rank in the results
name string Destination name
country string Destination country
destination_id string Google destination identifier
destination_airport object Destination airport details
gps_coordinates object Latitude and longitude
flight_price number Round-trip flight price
hotel_price number Estimated hotel price
flight_duration integer Flight duration in minutes
number_of_stops integer Number of stops
airline string Airline name
airline_code string Airline code
start_date string Suggested trip start date
end_date string Suggested trip end date
link string Link to the trip on Google Travel
thumbnail string Destination thumbnail URL

Example workflows

1. Weekly cheap-destination digest

  1. Schedule Trigger: run weekly.
  2. Google Travel Explore: Departure Airport your home airport, Output Simplified.
  3. Sort by flightPrice, then Send Email with the cheapest options.

2. Deal alerts under a budget

  1. Schedule Trigger: run daily.
  2. Google Travel Explore: your airport.
  3. Filter: keep destinations where flightPrice is below your target; Slack the matches.

3. Let an AI Agent suggest trips

  1. AI Agent node.
  2. Attach Google Travel Explore as a tool.
  3. Ask "Where can I fly cheaply from JFK next month?" The agent calls the node (in Simplified mode) and suggests destinations.

Pricing

This node calls the Google Travel Explore API on Apify, which is billed pay-per-result, with no subscription and no minimums. Apify also includes a free monthly usage tier that covers typical volumes. See the Actor page for current rates.

Resources

License

MIT

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