A side-by-side look at the Staylist World and MAQAMI Travel MCP servers: transport, auth, tools, quality signals, and the config to install either one in Claude, Cursor, Windsurf or VS Code.
Verdict: choose Staylist World for travel & transportation work; choose MAQAMI Travel for travel & transportation as a local process. You can also run both side by side in one mcpServers block.
search_hotels, get_hotel, get_booking_link.Rows where the two servers differ are marked.
| Spec | S Staylist World | M MAQAMI Travel |
|---|---|---|
| Category | Travel & Transportation | Travel & Transportation |
| Quality signal | 47/100 · Fair | 43/100 · Fair |
| Install command | Not confirmed yet | Confirmed |
| Transport | — | Local subprocess (stdio) |
| Auth | No auth required | No auth required |
| Pricing | Free | Free |
| Required env vars | None listed | None listed |
| Verified owner | Community listing | Community listing |
| GitHub stars | 0 | 2 |
| Directory activity | 0 views 0 installs 0 upvotes | 0 views 0 installs 0 upvotes |
| Tools | 4 | Not listed |
| Full listing | View Staylist World | View MAQAMI Travel |
search_hotelsUp to 20 hotels for a city, name or preference ("pool", "breakfast"), compared on the same fields: score and its source, star class, area, nearest station, amenities, typical priceget_hotelStaylist's AI overview (pros, cons, who it suits), how the hotel compares with others in its city, check-in/out times, child policy, nearest airport and stationget_booking_linkThe booking page for the chosen hotel, plus its Staylist pagelist_destinationsPopular starting points (any city can be searched)No tool names declared yet. Check the project README from the listing page.
Paste either block (or both) into your client config, e.g. claude_desktop_config.json or ~/.cursor/mcp.json. We only show a config when the install command is confirmed.
No confirmed install command for Staylist World yet — follow the setup steps linked from its listing page rather than a guessed package name.
{
"mcpServers": {
"maqami-travel-2": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"maqami-travel"
]
}
}
}