New Delhi, May 31 -- International travel is on the rise among Indians but with ongoing geopolitical tensions hiking airfares, hotel prices, and foreign exchange costs, it has also become increasingly tricky to pick the right destination that aligns with your wallet.

In order to make the decision simpler, I enlisted the help of ChatGPT to compare international destinations for a vegetarian traveller between three of the most popular choices among Indian tourists: Dubai, Singapore, and Thailand.

The brief for the chatbot was simple. It had to make a choice between the three destinations on a budget of just under Rs.75,000 while factoring in all the expenses, including flights, visas, hotels, food, transport, and sightseeing.

Before we m...