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Show HN: Hotel MCP server for cash and points search/booking (free)

https://www.gondola.ai/mcp
2•skyler1537•3h ago
Hi HN, I’m the co-founder of gondola.ai. We shipped an MCP server that gives AI agents access to real-time hotel search and booking for direct hotel rates across points and cash for hotel chains like Marriott, Hilton, Hyatt, IHG, Accor, Wyndham, and more.

One-line install for Claude Code:

claude mcp add --transport http gondola https://mcp.gondola.ai/mcp

Also works with Claude Desktop, Cursor, Windsurf, VS Code, and anything else that is compatible with an MCP. Some of the tools that are included in the MCP: - search_hotels — real-time availability with member rates and specialty rates (like AAA rates) across hotel chains like Marriott, Hilton, Hyatt, IHG, Accor, and Wyndham - compare_rates — cash vs. loyalty points with cents-per-point valuations - get_hotel_details — amenities, photos, reviews, location - book_hotel — book directly with the hotel

Why not just use an OTA travel API?

OTA APIs return the public rates, but when you log in directly with the hotel, you’ll find that direct member rates, AAA rates, and package rates can be 10-20% cheaper, not to mention booking direct gives you access to hotel loyalty points and status nights. We're also the only API returning loyalty points redemption values alongside cash, so agents can do the math and let you know whether to pay with $280/night or spend 35K Hyatt points.

Would love any and all feedback on tool design and what other tools would be useful for your agentic travel workflows.

https://www.gondola.ai/mcp

Stolen Rockstar Games analytics data leaked by extortion gang

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/stolen-rockstar-games-analytics-data-leaked-by-ext...
1•Brajeshwar•24s ago•0 comments

European regulators sidelined on Anthropic superhacking model

https://www.politico.eu/article/anthropic-apple-microsoft-europe-left-in-the-dark-superhacking-ai/
1•johnbarron•42s ago•0 comments

I used Claude+Obsidian to build tax fraud detection agent, found 217 fake expats

https://twitter.com/the_smart_ape/status/2043963588058972375
1•serial_dev•1m ago•0 comments

Addressing AI's Impact on Our Information Ecosystem

https://www.interface-eu.org/publications/ai-overviews-impact-on-news
1•speckx•2m ago•0 comments

Reverse Engineering Tuya with AI

https://zach.codes/p/reverse-engineering-tuya-with-ai
1•zackify•2m ago•0 comments

The Danger of "Modern" Open Source

https://fagnerbrack.com/the-danger-of-modern-open-source-c15dd5206346
1•fagnerbrack•2m ago•0 comments

Faith-based computing versus the unnatural science

https://queue.acm.org/detail.cfm?id=3806209
1•eatonphil•2m ago•0 comments

Rivian's Illinois Factory Will Run on Recycled EV Batteries

https://www.wsj.com/business/autos/rivians-illinois-factory-will-run-on-recycled-ev-batteries-12b...
1•JumpCrisscross•3m ago•0 comments

The Fanfare Around the Band Geese Was a Psyop

https://www.wired.com/story/geese-chaotic-good-marketing-industry-plant/
1•coloneltcb•3m ago•1 comments

Visualizing the Length of the Fine Print, for 14 Popular Apps (and Books)

https://lemmy.ml/post/45558675
1•abnercoimbre•5m ago•0 comments

Salary expectations for tech jobs abroad

https://relocateme.substack.com/p/how-to-answer-the-salary-question
1•andrewstetsenko•5m ago•0 comments

Context-pnpm – Score TypeScript monorepo files by AI context waste

https://www.notion.so/bobcats-coding/Context-aware-packaging-for-node-3411c06aab6e801cab68c2d5ae2...
1•kondvik•6m ago•0 comments

System over Model: Zero-Day Discovery at the Jagged Frontier

https://aisle.com/blog/system-over-model-zero-day-discovery-at-the-jagged-frontier
2•mmsc•6m ago•0 comments

When You Can't Fix the Database, You Contain It

https://www.alessiocavallo.me/articles/when-you-cant-fix-the-database-you-contain-it
1•jxad•7m ago•0 comments

DotLLM – Building an LLM Inference Engine in C#

https://kokosa.dev/blog/2026/dotllm/
1•vyrotek•8m ago•0 comments

Is Anthropic 'nerfing' Claude? Users increasingly report performance degradation

https://venturebeat.com/technology/is-anthropic-nerfing-claude-users-increasingly-report-performance
4•speckx•9m ago•0 comments

Why some people can't find things in plain sight

https://theconversation.com/its-right-under-your-nose-why-some-people-cant-find-things-in-plain-s...
1•bookofjoe•9m ago•0 comments

Google will begin punishing sites for back button hijacking starting in June

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2026/04/websites-that-hijack-your-back-button-must-stop-by-june-1...
3•ZeidJ•10m ago•0 comments

PersMEM: Persistent Semantic Memory and Multi-Instance Communication for AI

1•asixicle•13m ago•0 comments

A Brief History of the Pull Request (2023)

https://rdnlsmith.com/posts/2023/004/pull-request-origins/
1•js2•13m ago•1 comments

Yet Another Notes Project (YANP) plain-text, tool-agnostic format for PKM vaults

https://spinchange.github.io/yanp/
1•spinchange•14m ago•0 comments

It's OK to compare floating-points for equality

https://lisyarus.github.io/blog/posts/its-ok-to-compare-floating-points-for-equality.html
1•coinfused•15m ago•0 comments

80386 Memory Pipeline

https://nand2mario.github.io/posts/2026/80386_memory_pipeline/
1•wicket•15m ago•0 comments

Show HN: A Birth Control Pill Reminder for Couples

https://paircare.love/
1•oyaa52•16m ago•0 comments

OpenAI rips Anthropic, distances itself from Microsoft

https://www.axios.com/2026/04/13/openai-microsoft-anthropic-amazon
1•Brajeshwar•17m ago•0 comments

Show HN: I Added Support for Qwen3-ASR and Qwen3 ForcedAligner in WhisperX

https://github.com/m-bain/whisperX/pull/1401
1•mahfouz22•18m ago•1 comments

I built an AI to do my job end-to-end. The problem wasn't the AI

https://medium.com/@iroy2000/i-tried-to-automate-my-own-job-heres-what-i-found-15fb86d415c2
1•iroy2000•19m ago•1 comments

Using Actor Network Theory to rethink work in the age of generative AI

https://stripepartners.substack.com/p/this-months-frame-using-actor-network
1•laurex•20m ago•0 comments

Show HN: Messaging without phone numbers, email, or metadata

https://tunnelmessenger.com/access
1•trpfnc•20m ago•0 comments

Show HN: LoadLens – See why queues hide overload instead of solving it

https://loadlens.dev
1•janbalangue•21m ago•0 comments