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AI Shortlist · Edition 1, 2027 travel year

Louisiana, USA in AI travel recommendations

US state · overall rank 38 of 233 · rank 14 among US state destinations

AI models put Louisiana, USA in their top 10 recommendations in 6.9% of answers, rank 38 overall. It does best when the question specifies trip length as weekend: 29.5%, +22.6 points against its overall score. With web search on, it scores −1.5 points against web search off.

The score is the share of answers that recommend Louisiana, USA in their top 10, averaged model by model and then platform by platform, so each platform counts equally.

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By platform

PlatformScore
Claude6.1%
ChatGPT8.9%
Gemini6.8%
Grok6.0%

By model

ModelScore
Claude Opus 56.8%
Claude Sonnet 54.8%
Claude Haiku 4.56.8%
GPT-5.6 Terra7.9%
GPT-5.6 Luna9.9%
Gemini 3.8 Flash6.8%
Grok 4.66.0%

Web search and effort

Louisiana, USA · Edition 1, 2027 travel year

Unit: Shortlist score, percent of answers

Louisiana, USA with web search on and off, and at each model's lowest and normal effort setting.

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SettingSearch on / normal effortSearch off / lowest effort
Web search on vs off6.2%7.7%
Normal vs lowest effort7.0%6.8%

The baseline question, "Where should I go in 2027?", was asked 5 times of each model at each setting. Louisiana, USA made the top 10 at least once for 1 of those 28 model-and-setting combinations, and where it did, it came back in 20.0% of the repeats on average.

By kind of question

How much higher or lower the score is on questions that ask for each option, in percentage points against the overall score. Outlined cells are below the overall score.

Trip length

Unit: percentage points versus overall score
WeekendOne weekTwo weeks
Change+22.6−1.4−6.4

Season

Unit: percentage points versus overall score
SpringWinterFallSummer
Change+18.6+1.8−6.2−6.9

Transport

Unit: percentage points versus overall score
Road tripNonstop, 6–8 hoursAt most two connectionsRequires a flight
Change+18.3−6.9−6.9−6.9

Climate

Unit: percentage points versus overall score
Warm WeatherMild WeatherCool WeatherLow Rain
Change+6.9−6.2−6.9−6.9

Travel style

Unit: percentage points versus overall score
CulturalExoticWorkcation
Change+6.9−6.1−6.9

Travel party

Unit: percentage points versus overall score
SoloCoupleFamily
Change+5.2−6.3−6.9

How it's asked

Unit: percentage points versus overall score
Where should I go?The plain questionOverrated
Change+0.8−5.7−6.9

How the models wrote the name

NameMentions
New Orleans191
Lafayette7
Bourbon Street3
Baton Rouge and Bayou Country1
Bayou Teche Byway1
Cajun & Creole Country1
Cajun Country (Lafayette to Houma)1
New Orleans and the Bayou1
New Orleans–Lafayette1
The Cajun Coast and Bayou Teche1

Louisiana, USA

Most questions went to each model at each setting only once, and a model read the answers, so a reading can be wrong. The methodology has the details.

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