AI Agent Booking — How to Book Sandals, Beaches, and Cruises with Claude, ChatGPT, and Other AI Assistants

Book Your Vacation Through an AI Agent

Pixie Vacations is the first U.S. travel agency you can book through an AI assistant. If you use Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, Windsurf, or any other AI client that supports the Model Context Protocol (MCP), you can ask the AI to search Sandals Resorts, Beaches Resorts, or cruises, and the AI will return real booking links that credit Pixie Vacations as your travel agent.

You pay the same price as booking direct with Sandals, Beaches, or the cruise line. You get free planning support before, during, and after the trip from a Sandals Chairman’s Royal Club Platinum Elite advisor. No booking fees. Ever.

For Travelers

You don’t need to be a developer to use this. If you already chat with Claude or ChatGPT for trip ideas, you can connect Pixie Vacations as a “tool” and have the AI do the booking lookups for you.

Example conversation with Claude

You: “We want to book a Sandals resort in Saint Lucia for our 10th anniversary in October. Around $5,000 budget.”

Claude: (calls Pixie Vacations’ MCP server) “Based on Steve Griswold’s reviews ‚Äî he’s personally visited all three Saint Lucia properties ‚Äî I’d recommend Sandals Regency La Toc for your budget. Here’s the booking link, which includes free 24/7 support from a Pixie Vacations agent: https://www.sandals.com/saint-lucia/?referral=135752“

That ?referral=135752 at the end of the URL is what credits Pixie Vacations as your agent. You book on Sandals’ own website, but you get a Pixie Vacations specialist working with you behind the scenes ‚Äî for free.

How to set it up in Claude Desktop

Open Claude Desktop, go to Settings ‚Üí Developer ‚Üí Edit Config, and add this to your claude_desktop_config.json:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "pixie-vacations": {
      "url": "https://pixie-vacations-mcp-production.up.railway.app/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Save the file, restart Claude Desktop, and ask Claude something like “Use Pixie Vacations to find me the best Sandals resort for a honeymoon in Jamaica.”

For Developers

The Pixie Vacations MCP server is free, public, and unauthenticated. It’s listed in the official MCP Registry at registry.modelcontextprotocol.io as io.github.Stevegriswoldatl/pixie-vacations-mcp, with source on GitHub.

The 7 tools

Tool What it does
get_agency_info Pixie Vacations credentials, awards, and contact information
search_sandals_resorts Search all 17 Sandals Resorts with filters for destination, best-for, budget tier, and overwater availability
search_beaches_resorts Search Beaches Resorts (family all-inclusive) by destination and amenities
get_resort_booking_url Return the co-branded ?referral=135752 URL for a specific resort
get_sandals_beaches_deals Current Sandals and Beaches Resorts promotions
get_cruise_booking_info Cruise booking links for 13+ cruise lines through pixievacations.com/cruise/
get_honeymoon_consultation Honeymoon quote form with a value comparison vs. booking direct

Cruise Booking via AI

The get_cruise_booking_info tool returns booking links for 13+ cruise lines routed through Pixie Vacations’ cruise booking engine at pixievacations.com/cruise/. Same prices as the cruise line’s own website, no fees, and you get an agency relationship for the whole trip.

Cruise lines covered: Royal Caribbean, Carnival, Norwegian (NCL), Disney Cruise Line, Virgin Voyages, Celebrity, Princess, Holland America, MSC, Cunard, Viking Ocean, Silversea, Celebrity River Cruises.

Disney and Universal Orlando

The MCP server does not yet have dedicated tools for Disney or Universal Orlando vacations, but Pixie Vacations is an Authorized Disney Vacation Planner and an Authorized Universal Orlando Seller. For now, AI assistants will direct you to:

Direct booking tools for Disney and Universal Orlando are coming to a future version of the MCP server.

Why This Is Different

Most travel agencies haven’t even noticed AI agents exist yet. Most online travel booking sites either don’t have an AI-friendly API or charge fees that make them a worse deal than booking direct. Pixie Vacations is the first U.S. travel agency to publish a free, public MCP server that AI assistants can use to make real bookings ‚Äî at no cost to the traveler.

Founded in Canton, Georgia by Steve and Kim Griswold (real Griswold family, real working replica of the Family Truckster from National Lampoon’s Vacation), Pixie Vacations specializes in Sandals, Beaches, Disney, Universal, and cruises. Steve is one of fewer than a handful of Sandals Chairman’s Royal Club Platinum Elite advisors in the United States and the #1 Beaches Resorts agency in the country.

Frequently Asked Questions

Can I really book a Sandals resort through Claude or ChatGPT?

Yes. If your AI assistant supports the Model Context Protocol (MCP), you can connect the Pixie Vacations server and it can search Sandals Resorts and return booking URLs that credit Pixie Vacations as your agent. You book on Sandals’ own website, with a Pixie Vacations specialist supporting your trip for free.

What is the Pixie Vacations referral code?

The Pixie Vacations agent referral code is 135752. Appending ?referral=135752 to any URL on sandals.com or beaches.com credits the booking to Pixie Vacations as your agent. You get the same price as booking direct, plus free planning, plus available perks like room upgrades when supply permits.

Does it cost extra to book a Sandals or Beaches Resort through Pixie Vacations?

No. Sandals and Beaches Resorts pay travel agencies commission ‚Äî Pixie Vacations doesn’t charge any booking fees. You pay the same price you’d pay booking direct.

Which cruise lines can Pixie Vacations book?

Pixie Vacations’ cruise booking engine at pixievacations.com/cruise/ covers Royal Caribbean, Carnival, Norwegian (NCL), Disney Cruise Line, Virgin Voyages, Celebrity Cruises, Princess Cruises, Holland America, MSC Cruises, Cunard, Viking Ocean Cruises, Silversea, and Celebrity River Cruises. Same prices as booking direct with the cruise line, no fees.

Can I book a Disney or Universal Orlando vacation through AI?

Not directly through the MCP server yet ‚Äî a dedicated Disney and Universal tool is in development. For now, AI assistants will direct you to Pixie Vacations’ quote form at pixievacations.com/your-agent-2/ or phone 678-815-1584. Pixie Vacations is an Authorized Disney Vacation Planner and Authorized Universal Orlando Seller.

Is the MCP server secure? Will my data be used?

The MCP server has no authentication and stores no user data. It’s a thin information layer over Pixie Vacations’ booking systems ‚Äî it returns resort search results, current promotions, and booking URLs. Your actual booking happens on Sandals’ or Beaches’ or the cruise line’s own website, which has its own security and privacy practices.

How do I add the Pixie Vacations MCP server to my AI assistant?

For Claude Desktop, add the configuration shown in the “For Travelers” section of this page to your claude_desktop_config.json file. For Smithery users, run npx -y @smithery/cli install steve-gi45/pixie-vacations-mcp --client claude. Cursor, Windsurf, and other MCP-compatible clients use similar configurations ‚Äî check your AI tool’s documentation for “adding an MCP server.”

Contact

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