Layla AI pricing, is Layla AI free, and what Layla Premium costs a year

How much does Layla AI cost?

Layla AI costs nothing to start and $49 a year for Layla Premium on the Layla website. Layla's FAQ answers the question directly: it offers free trip planning tools with optional upgrades, and for $49 a year you unlock unlimited access to all premium planning features. The website quotes no monthly price.

The US App Store listing for Layla AI Trip Planner prices it differently. It shows three in-app purchases: Yearly at $49.99, Yearly Subscription at $49.99 and Monthly subscription at $9.99. Monthly for a full year comes to $119.88, more than double the annual plan, so the monthly option only makes sense for a single trip you are planning in the next few weeks.

Layla's terms name only two tiers, the free version and Layla Premium, sold on a recurring monthly or yearly basis at the price shown at checkout. They also say prices may vary by country and currency, which is why reviews written from outside the US quote other figures. For a US buyer, the $49 website price and the $49.99 App Store price are effectively the same annual cost.

Is Layla AI free?

Yes, Layla AI is free to start. You can open the app or the website and plan with it without paying, and Premium is presented as an optional upgrade. What Layla does not publish is where the free version stops: there is no page listing a number of chats, trips or itinerary days, and the App Store description simply says Premium gives your account unlimited access to the app.

That makes the free version a test drive of unknown length. The sensible approach is to bring the trip you are actually planning, dates and budget included, and see how far the free version takes it before Layla asks you to upgrade. If what you need turns up only behind the paywall, you will know exactly what the $49 is buying.

What does Layla Premium include?

Officially, unlimited access to all premium planning features. That is the whole description on Layla's FAQ, and the App Store listing says the same thing in fewer words. Feature lists you will find in third party reviews go further, but Layla itself does not publish them, so treat any specific Premium feature as something to confirm in the app before you pay.

Two things sit outside the subscription question. Layla's terms say it works with third party services such as Skyscanner, Booking.com and Beautiful Destinations, which is where booking links lead. And Layla's FAQ says its human experts can plan, book and manage a trip from start to finish. Neither is tied to Premium on any page we could read.

Does Layla AI have a free trial, and can you get a refund?

Layla offers a free trial where available. Its terms say a valid payment method is required to start one and that the trial converts to a paid subscription unless you cancel first. The trial length is not stated on any official Layla page; the three day figure in some reviews is not something Layla publishes.

Refunds are the part to read twice. Layla's terms state that subscription fees are non-refundable and that there are no refunds or credits for partial billing periods. Customers in the EU, the EEA and the UK have a 14 day right of withdrawal. A subscription bought through the App Store is billed and refunded by Apple under Apple's rules. If you are trying Premium for one trip, set a reminder a day before the trial ends.

What changes now that Expedia owns Layla?

Expedia Group announced on July 31, 2026 that it had acquired Layla, the Berlin company founded in 2023. Expedia said Layla will keep operating and that its team will work alongside Expedia Group brands including Expedia.com, Hotels.com and Vrbo, combining Layla's planning with Expedia Group's supply and booking technology. Financial terms were not disclosed.

For a buyer, nothing about the price had changed on the US App Store listing we checked in September. The practical effect to expect is on the booking side: an AI planner owned by an online travel agency has every reason to route you to that agency's inventory. That is not a reason to avoid Layla, but it is worth knowing when a suggested hotel comes with a booking button.

Is Layla Premium worth it?

Layla Premium is worth it if you plan by talking, you are still deciding where to go, and you like the video-first way it shows places. At $49 a year it is cheap for someone who takes three or four trips and enjoys that conversation. Users on the US App Store rate it 4.7 from 186 ratings, and it sits at 4.2 on Trustpilot from 91 reviews, where the praise is for speed and the human agents, and the complaints are about the AI forgetting earlier instructions and routing that does not suit ground travel.

It is the wrong purchase if what you actually need is a finished plan with the money worked out. A chat that suggests ideas still leaves you to decide the days, count the nights and add up what it will cost. That is the job a trip cost estimator built on the itinerary does: TripAgent.ai writes every day, estimates the return flight from your city, what each stay costs per night, the train or flight between stops and every activity, meal and local ride, then totals it against your budget. It costs more than Layla, and it is honest to say so. If you are weighing the two directly, the Layla AI alternative page sets them side by side.