Gondola — Travel MCP Server & Claude Code Plugin

The travel MCP that shows cash and award rates side by side. Search hotels, flights, and rental

cars across every major hotel chain and loyalty program — with cents-per-point valuations,

loyalty balance tracking, rate alerts, and direct booking — right from your AI client.

Built for points and miles: unlike award-flight-only tools, Gondola covers hotels, flights,

*and* cars, and puts the cash price and the award (points) price in one view so you can see exactly

when a redemption beats cash.

**Works with Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, Windsurf, VS Code, Claude Desktop, ChatGPT, Gemini CLI, and

any MCP-compatible client.** Learn more at gondola.ai/mcp.

• Endpoint: `https://mcp.gondola.ai/mcp` (Streamable HTTP)
• Auth: search & discovery work anonymously — no account, no API key. Personal tools

(loyalty balances, trips, saved profiles) use standard MCP **OAuth 2.1 with Dynamic

Client Registration** — your client signs you in on first use, no key to copy.

• Tools: 31 across hotels, flights, rental cars, events, loyalty, and analytics.

Quick Install

Claude Code plugin (recommended)

Inside Claude Code:

/plugin marketplace add gondola-ai/gondola-mcp
/plugin install gondola

This adds the Gondola MCP server plus slash commands (`/hotel-points`, `/award-flights`,

`/worth-it`, `/optimize-points`). On first use of a personal tool, your client opens gondola.ai to

sign you in via OAuth — takes a few seconds, no API key.

Or add the MCP server directly (any client)

Search tools work anonymously; personal tools trigger an OAuth login on first call. No client

needs an `mcp-remote` bridge — every client below supports remote Streamable HTTP natively.

Claude Code

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

Codex CLI

codex mcp add gondola --url https://mcp.gondola.ai/mcp

Or in `~/.codex/config.toml`:

[mcp_servers.gondola]
url = "https://mcp.gondola.ai/mcp"

Cursor — `~/.cursor/mcp.json` (or `.cursor/mcp.json` in a project):

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "gondola": { "url": "https://mcp.gondola.ai/mcp" }
  }
}

Windsurf — `~/.codeium/windsurf/mcp_config.json` (note: `serverUrl`, not `url`):

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "gondola": { "serverUrl": "https://mcp.gondola.ai/mcp" }
  }
}

VS Code (Copilot / Agent mode)

code --add-mcp '{"name":"gondola","type":"http","url":"https://mcp.gondola.ai/mcp"}'

Or `.vscode/mcp.json` (note: top-level key is `servers`):

{
  "servers": {
    "gondola": { "type": "http", "url": "https://mcp.gondola.ai/mcp" }
  }
}

Gemini CLI — install as an extension (bundles the server plus usage context):

gemini extensions install https://github.com/gondola-ai/gondola-mcp

Or wire it up by hand in `~/.gemini/settings.json` (note: `httpUrl`, not `url`):

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "gondola": { "httpUrl": "https://mcp.gondola.ai/mcp" }
  }
}

Claude Desktop — Settings → Connectors → Add custom connector → name `gondola`, URL

`https://mcp.gondola.ai/mcp`. Leave the OAuth client fields and headers blank (DCR handles it).

ChatGPT — Settings → Connectors → Advanced → Developer mode, then Add custom connector →

URL `https://mcp.gondola.ai/mcp`, auth = OAuth. (Anonymous search works pre-login; personal tools

require the OAuth sign-in.)

What you can do

Ask naturally, or use the slash commands the plugin installs.

Compare cash vs. points for hotels

"Find hotels in Tokyo for March 3–7 and show cash vs points with cents-per-point"
"Is it worth using Bonvoy points for the Ritz in Maui that week, or pay cash?"
"Cheapest 5-night Hyatt stay in Lisbon on points in May"

/hotel-points Tokyo 2026-03-03 2026-03-07
/worth-it Ritz-Carlton Maui, 4 nights in March, Bonvoy

Search award + cash flights together

"Business class SFO to Tokyo in November — award and cash side by side"
"Cheapest way to fly JFK→LHR in points under 60k?"

/award-flights SFO HND 2026-11-10 business

Make your points work harder

"Where are my points worth the most right now?"
"I have 180k Amex points and 90k Bonvoy — best redemption for a beach trip in March?"

/optimize-points a beach trip in March

Signed-in users also get loyalty balances, upcoming/past trips, free-night certificates, saved

traveler profiles, and rate alerts.

MCP tools (31)

Search & discovery tools are anonymous. Tools marked 🔒 use your account and require the

one-time OAuth sign-in.

Booking is handled through Gondola's checkout: `get_booking_link` and

`get_vehicle_booking_link` hand your client a direct link. Tools that charge a saved card from

a tool call are not part of the self-serve surface — see

Partner booking tools below.

Hotels

Flights

Events

Rental cars

Loyalty & analytics

Trips, alerts & profile

Partner booking tools

Four tools place charges against a saved payment method or enumerate the cards that can be

charged. They require the `mcp:book` scope, which is granted only to onboarded booking

partners — a client that registers dynamically has it narrowed away at consent, so these tools

are neither listed nor callable on a normal connection.

Interested in partner access? Email support@gondola.ai.

Why Gondola

• Cash and award, together. Every search shows the cash price beside the points price with a

cents-per-point value — the "is this redemption worth it?" question, answered inline.

• Every major chain + program, not a single airline or a single OTA.
• Straight to checkout. Hotels and cars hand off a direct booking link, so you finish on

Gondola rather than retyping the search somewhere else.

• No API key. Anonymous search out of the box; OAuth only when you reach for your own data.

Links

• Docs & tool reference: https://gondola.ai/mcp
• Website: https://www.gondola.ai
• Server id (Official MCP Registry): `ai.gondola/gondola`
• Also listed on PulseMCP and

Glama.

License

MIT — see LICENSE.