Unified hotel comparison across Chase Edit, Amex FHR/THC, metasearch, and Airbnb.
$ npx skills add borski/travel-hacking-toolkit --skill compare-hotels -a claude-codeProject install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.
$ gh skill install borski/travel-hacking-toolkit compare-hotels --agent claude-codeProject scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/borski/travel-hacking-toolkit.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/plugins/travel-hacking-toolkit/skills/compare-hotels .claude/skills/compare-hotels && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.claude/skills/ instead of .claude/skills for a personal install. The folder must contain SKILL.md.
Claude Code skills documentation · loads skills from .claude/skills/
Install the "compare-hotels" agent skill from https://github.com/borski/travel-hacking-toolkit/tree/main/plugins/travel-hacking-toolkit/skills/compare-hotels into .claude/skills/compare-hotels/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "compare-hotels", then confirm the skill loads.Claude Code copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$skill-installer install https://github.com/borski/travel-hacking-toolkit/tree/main/plugins/travel-hacking-toolkit/skills/compare-hotelsType this inside Codex. $skill-installer <name> installs a curated skill from openai/skills. The installer writes to $CODEX_HOME/skills (default ~/.codex/skills). Restart Codex if the skill does not show up.
$ npx skills add borski/travel-hacking-toolkit --skill compare-hotels -a codexProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.codex/skills/.
$ gh skill install borski/travel-hacking-toolkit compare-hotels --agent codexProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/borski/travel-hacking-toolkit.git skills-src && mkdir -p .agents/skills && cp -r skills-src/plugins/travel-hacking-toolkit/skills/compare-hotels .agents/skills/compare-hotels && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.agents/skills/ instead of .agents/skills for a personal install.
Codex skills documentation · loads skills from .agents/skills/
Install the "compare-hotels" agent skill from https://github.com/borski/travel-hacking-toolkit/tree/main/plugins/travel-hacking-toolkit/skills/compare-hotels into .agents/skills/compare-hotels/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "compare-hotels", then confirm the skill loads.Codex copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$ npx skills add borski/travel-hacking-toolkit --skill compare-hotels -a cursorProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.cursor/skills/.
$ gh skill install borski/travel-hacking-toolkit compare-hotels --agent cursorProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/borski/travel-hacking-toolkit.git skills-src && mkdir -p .cursor/skills && cp -r skills-src/plugins/travel-hacking-toolkit/skills/compare-hotels .cursor/skills/compare-hotels && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.cursor/skills/ instead of .cursor/skills for a personal install.
Cursor skills documentation · loads skills from .cursor/skills/, .agents/skills/, .claude/skills/, .codex/skills/
Install the "compare-hotels" agent skill from https://github.com/borski/travel-hacking-toolkit/tree/main/plugins/travel-hacking-toolkit/skills/compare-hotels into .cursor/skills/compare-hotels/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "compare-hotels", then confirm the skill loads.Cursor copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$ gemini skills install https://github.com/borski/travel-hacking-toolkit.git --path plugins/travel-hacking-toolkit/skills/compare-hotels--scope user (default) or --scope workspace; --path is the subfolder of the repo that holds the skill; --consent skips the security confirmation prompt.
$ npx skills add borski/travel-hacking-toolkit --skill compare-hotels -a gemini-cliProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.gemini/skills/.
$ gh skill install borski/travel-hacking-toolkit compare-hotels --agent gemini-cliProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/borski/travel-hacking-toolkit.git skills-src && mkdir -p .gemini/skills && cp -r skills-src/plugins/travel-hacking-toolkit/skills/compare-hotels .gemini/skills/compare-hotels && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.gemini/skills/ instead of .gemini/skills for a personal install, then run /skills reload.
Gemini CLI skills documentation · loads skills from .gemini/skills/, .agents/skills/
Install the "compare-hotels" agent skill from https://github.com/borski/travel-hacking-toolkit/tree/main/plugins/travel-hacking-toolkit/skills/compare-hotels into .gemini/skills/compare-hotels/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "compare-hotels", then confirm the skill loads.Gemini CLI copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$ gh skill install borski/travel-hacking-toolkit compare-hotelsInstalls for Copilot at project scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Preview a skill first with gh skill preview. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).
$ npx skills add borski/travel-hacking-toolkit --skill compare-hotels -a github-copilotProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.copilot/skills/.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/borski/travel-hacking-toolkit.git skills-src && mkdir -p .github/skills && cp -r skills-src/plugins/travel-hacking-toolkit/skills/compare-hotels .github/skills/compare-hotels && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.copilot/skills/ instead of .github/skills for a personal install. Commit .github/skills so cloud agent and code review can use it.
GitHub Copilot skills documentation · loads skills from .github/skills/, .claude/skills/, .agents/skills/
Install the "compare-hotels" agent skill from https://github.com/borski/travel-hacking-toolkit/tree/main/plugins/travel-hacking-toolkit/skills/compare-hotels into .github/skills/compare-hotels/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "compare-hotels", then confirm the skill loads.GitHub Copilot copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$ npx skills add borski/travel-hacking-toolkit --skill compare-hotels -a opencodeOpenCode documents no install command of its own. Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.config/opencode/skills/.
$ gh skill install borski/travel-hacking-toolkit compare-hotels --agent opencodeProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/borski/travel-hacking-toolkit.git skills-src && mkdir -p .opencode/skills && cp -r skills-src/plugins/travel-hacking-toolkit/skills/compare-hotels .opencode/skills/compare-hotels && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.config/opencode/skills/ instead of .opencode/skills for a personal install.
OpenCode skills documentation · loads skills from .opencode/skills/, .claude/skills/, .agents/skills/
Install the "compare-hotels" agent skill from https://github.com/borski/travel-hacking-toolkit/tree/main/plugins/travel-hacking-toolkit/skills/compare-hotels into .opencode/skills/compare-hotels/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "compare-hotels", then confirm the skill loads.OpenCode copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
compare-hotelsUnified hotel comparison across Chase Edit, Amex FHR/THC, metasearch, and Airbnb.
Compare Hotels is an agent skill from borski/travel-hacking-toolkit. Unified hotel comparison across Chase Edit, Amex FHR/THC, metasearch, and Airbnb. Highlights premium program benefits, stacking opportunities, and benefit-adjusted pricing.
Its SKILL.md is about 2.6k tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. It is a single SKILL.md file with no bundled scripts.
The repository describes itself as: AI-powered travel hacking and search with cash, points, miles, and award flights. Drop-in skills and MCP servers for Claude, Codex, and OpenCode. The licence is MIT.
5 steps, taken from the step headings in SKILL.md.
Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit db82131. It shows what the files ask for, not the result of running them.
Pre-approves nothing: there is no allowed-tools line, so your agent's usual permission prompts apply.
From allowed-tools in the SKILL.md frontmatter.
No scripts in the folder and no shell commands in SKILL.md.
From the folder's file list and the shell code blocks in SKILL.md.
No URLs in SKILL.md.
From URLs in SKILL.md, links to its own repository left out.
Names no API keys, tokens, secrets or passwords.
From names ending in _API_KEY, _TOKEN, _SECRET, _KEY or _PASSWORD in SKILL.md.
Compare Hotels loads about 2.6k tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 47 tokens; SKILL.md has 1,076 words of instructions outside code blocks.
Estimates: characters ÷ 4, the usual rule of thumb; real counts depend on the model's tokenizer. Scripts and assets cost tokens only if the agent reads them.
The automated check found no risky patterns in SKILL.md.
Automated static check — not a guarantee. Review scripts before installing. It scans the text of SKILL.md for risky patterns (piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files, hidden Unicode, destructive commands); files beside SKILL.md are not scanned.
The full file from borski/travel-hacking-toolkit at commit db82131, republished under its MIT licence (© borski). 1,076 words, ~2,592 tokens.
.claude/skills/compare-hotels/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder).Companion reference skills. Load these for deeper context:
hotel-chains — branded property to loyalty program mappingpremium-hotels — FHR / THC / Chase Edit credits and stacking strategypoints-valuations — CPP floor/ceiling for hotel programs (Hyatt 1.4-1.7cpp, Hilton 0.4cpp floor, etc.)fallback-and-resilience — recovery when a hotel source failsSearch every available source for accommodation and present one unified comparison. Combines portal premium programs (Chase Edit, Amex FHR/THC), cash pricing, and Airbnb alternatives into a single view.
This is an orchestration skill. It tells the agent which tools to run and how to combine results. No standalone script.
Run these in parallel where possible. Never fail silently.
| Source | Skill | Speed | What It Finds |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chase Travel | chase-travel | ~45s | Edit hotels ($100 credit, breakfast, upgrade), Points Boost, standard hotels |
| Amex Travel | amex-travel | ~45s | FHR ($100+ credit, breakfast, upgrade, late checkout), THC ($100 credit on 2+ nights) |
| Source | Skill/Tool | Speed | What It Finds |
|---|---|---|---|
| SerpAPI | serpapi | ~3s | Google Hotels cash prices and direct booking links. |
| Trivago | web search | ~5s | Metasearch across many OTAs. Use tavily/exa to search trivago.com. Finds the absolute cheapest OTA rate. |
| LiteAPI | web search | ~5s | Hotel API aggregator with negotiated rates. Check liteapi.travel. Can find rates below public OTA pricing. |
| RapidAPI | rapidapi | ~3s | Booking.com inventory and pricing. Optional, use when user asks for Booking.com specifically. |
| Source | Skill/Tool | Speed | What It Finds |
|---|---|---|---|
| TripAdvisor | tripadvisor | ~2s | Ratings, rankings, subratings (location/service/cleanliness), reviews, photos, amenities, awards. 5K calls/month. |
SerpAPI, Trivago, and LiteAPI are all default. Always search all three. Only add RapidAPI if the user asks for Booking.com specifically. Use TripAdvisor for quality data (ratings, rankings, reviews) to complement pricing from other sources.
| Source | Skill/Tool | Speed | What It Finds |
|---|---|---|---|
| Airbnb | airbnb_search MCP tool | ~5s | Entire homes, private rooms, with total pricing |
| VRBO | vrbo skill (Patchright) | ~20s | Whole homes, condos, cabins. Professionally-managed units often not on Airbnb. Headed/Docker — behind Akamai. |
| Source | Data File | What It Finds |
|---|---|---|
| FHR properties | data/fhr-properties.json | Check if a hotel is FHR before booking |
| THC properties | data/thc-properties.json | Check if a hotel is THC |
| Chase Edit properties | data/chase-edit-properties.json | Check if a hotel is in Chase's Edit program |
PARALLEL GROUP 1 (fast — HTTP/API/MCP calls, no browser, ~3-5s):
- SerpAPI: Google Hotels cash prices
- Trivago: metasearch across OTAs (web search)
- LiteAPI: negotiated hotel rates (web search)
- Airbnb: vacation rentals in the area (npx MCP — lightweight scrape, not a browser)
- Local data: check premium-hotels databases for the city
PARALLEL GROUP 2 (slow — headed browser via Patchright/Xvfb in Docker, ~20-45s):
- VRBO: whole homes / condos / cabins — vrbo skill (~20s, headed/Docker, behind Akamai; run for whole-home comparisons alongside Airbnb)
- Chase Travel: --hotel --dest "City" --checkin YYYY-MM-DD --checkout YYYY-MM-DD --json
- Amex Travel: --hotel --dest "City" --checkin YYYY-MM-DD --checkout YYYY-MM-DD --jsonFor each source, capture:
Cross-reference results with data/fhr-properties.json, data/thc-properties.json, and data/chase-edit-properties.json:
For each hotel in results:
- Is it in FHR? → Tag [FHR]
- Is it in THC? → Tag [THC]
- Is it in Chase Edit? → Tag [EDIT]
- Is it in multiple? → Tag [FHR+EDIT] and note stacking potentialStacking means: book through one portal, pay with the other card separately. For example, book FHR through Amex (get breakfast + credit + upgrade), then use CSR $300 travel credit on something else at the property.
Chase:
Amex:
Calculate benefit-adjusted price:
FHR adjusted = total_price - $100 credit - (breakfast_value × nights)
breakfast_value ≈ $30-50/person × 2 people = $60-100/night
THC adjusted = total_price - $100 credit (2+ night stays only)
Edit adjusted = total_price - $100 credit - (breakfast_value × nights)Always use markdown tables. Hotels sorted by benefit-adjusted total price.
| # | Hotel | Program | Stars | Per Night | Total | Points | Benefits | Adj Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | SO/ Paris | EDIT+BOOST | 5★ | $639 | $2,555 | 127,756 UR | Breakfast, $100 credit, upgrade | ~$1,855 |
| 2 | Hotel Balzac | EDIT+BOOST | 5★ | $614 | $2,455 | 122,769 UR | Breakfast, $100 credit, upgrade | ~$1,755 |
| 3 | Le Bristol | FHR | 5★ | $1,849 | $8,284 | n/a | $100 credit, breakfast, upgrade, 4pm checkout | ~$6,884 |
| 4 | Marriott Champs-Élysées | — | 4★ | $289 | $1,156 | — | — | $1,156 |
| 5 | Airbnb: Marais 2BR | — | — | $195 | $780 | — | Kitchen, washing machine | $780 |
Sources checked:
After the table, always provide:
Use the airbnb_search MCP tool:
airbnb_search(
location="Paris, France",
checkin="2026-08-11",
checkout="2026-08-15",
adults=2,
propertyType="entire_home"
)For each Airbnb result, extract:
When Airbnb makes sense:
When hotels win:
NEVER fail silently. Every source must report its status.
- ❌ Chase Travel: Login failed. No Chase portal pricing available.
- ❌ Airbnb: No results for this location/dates.
- ⚠️ Amex Travel: Only 3 results (some hotels may not be available for these dates).If premium databases show FHR/Edit properties in the city but the portal search didn't return them, note this: "The FHR database lists 8 properties in Paris but Amex Travel only returned 3. Some may not have availability for your dates."
| File | Purpose |
|---|---|
data/fhr-properties.json | FHR property lookup by city/coordinates |
data/thc-properties.json | THC property lookup |
data/chase-edit-properties.json | Chase Edit property lookup |
data/hotel-chains.json | Hotel chain to loyalty program mapping |
data/points-valuations.json | CPP valuations for points calculations |
© borski, MIT. Rendered from Markdown: HTML in the file is shown as text, images as links, and headings moved down two levels. Raw file
Just SKILL.md in plugins/travel-hacking-toolkit/skills/compare-hotels of borski/travel-hacking-toolkit.
Open the folder on GitHubat commit db82131
Compare Hotels next to the 5 skills that share the most tags, products or categories with it. Stars are the repository's; “used in” counts other GitHub owners with a copy.
| Skill | Stars | Used in | Tokens | Auto-check | Licence | Repo updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Compare Hotels this skillborski/travel-hacking-toolkit | 688 | — | ~2.6k | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | |
| Active Comparator Single Soc Faers Safety Comparisonaipoch/medical-research-skills | 2k | — | ~4.2k | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | |
| Unified Memoryaffaan-m/ECC | 276k | 1 repos | ~2k | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | |
| Schema Unifygarrytan/gbrain | 31k | — | ~3.4k | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | |
| Gaia Architecture Comparisonruvnet/ruflo | 74k | — | ~1.3k | Automated safety check: Notes | MIT | |
| Comparetaishi-i/awesome-japanese-nlp-resources | 1k | — | ~4.1k | Automated safety check: Notes | CC0-1.0 |
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borski/travel-hacking-toolkit
Search Amex travel portal for cash prices, MR points pricing, IAP discounts, and FHR/THC hotel benefits via Patchright.
borski/travel-hacking-toolkit
Search Chase UR travel portal via Patchright for cash prices, points pricing, Points Boost offers, and Chase Edit hotel benefits.
borski/travel-hacking-toolkit
Deutsche Bahn train schedules, journey planning, and departures across Germany and into neighboring countries (Austria, Switzerland, Netherlands, France, Belgium).
borski/travel-hacking-toolkit
Search Sutochno.ru (СУТОЧНО.РУ), a Russian short-term apartment-rental platform where you book directly from owners and pay in rubles (Mir card / bank transfer).
borski/travel-hacking-toolkit
Search TicketsAtWork (EBG corporate perks) for hotels, theme park tickets, attractions, and rental cars via Patchright.
borski/travel-hacking-toolkit
Search VRBO (Vrbo / Expedia Group) vacation rentals including entire homes, condos, and cabins via Patchright browser automation.
Unified hotel comparison across Chase Edit, Amex FHR/THC, metasearch, and Airbnb. Compare Hotels is an agent skill from borski/travel-hacking-toolkit. Unified hotel comparison across Chase Edit, Amex FHR/THC, metasearch, and Airbnb.
Run `npx skills add borski/travel-hacking-toolkit --skill compare-hotels -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (plugins/travel-hacking-toolkit/skills/compare-hotels in borski/travel-hacking-toolkit) into .claude/skills/compare-hotels in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.
Run `npx skills add borski/travel-hacking-toolkit --skill compare-hotels -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (plugins/travel-hacking-toolkit/skills/compare-hotels in borski/travel-hacking-toolkit) into .agents/skills/compare-hotels in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.
Cursor, Gemini CLI, GitHub Copilot and OpenCode also load SKILL.md folders. With the skills CLI, run `npx skills add borski/travel-hacking-toolkit --skill compare-hotels -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/compare-hotels, .gemini/skills/compare-hotels, .github/skills/compare-hotels and .opencode/skills/compare-hotels in your project.
SKILL.md names no scripts, command-line tools or credentials: Compare Hotels is instructions for the agent only. Our summary lists: Node.js; Docker.
SKILL.md contains no URLs. Any network use would come from the scripts or tools the agent runs. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.
Our automated static check of SKILL.md found no risky patterns, such as piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files or hidden Unicode. It is not a guarantee. Review the folder before installing.
Compare Hotels is published under the MIT licence (the repository's licence). It allows redistribution, so the full SKILL.md is shown on this page.
About 2.6k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 10k characters). Agents keep only the skill's name and description in context until a task matches; then they load SKILL.md in full.
Skills that share tags, products or a category with Compare Hotels: Active Comparator Single Soc Faers Safety Comparison (aipoch/medical-research-skills, 2k stars), Unified Memory (affaan-m/ECC, 276k stars), Schema Unify (garrytan/gbrain, 31k stars) and Gaia Architecture Comparison (ruvnet/ruflo, 74k stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.
borski (a GitHub user) maintains it in borski/travel-hacking-toolkit, which has 688 GitHub stars. The repository holds 46 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on October 5, 2026.
Source: borski/travel-hacking-toolkit on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.
