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AI Shortlist · Edition 1, 2027 travel year

Maine, USA in AI travel recommendations

US state · overall rank 28 of 233 · rank 8 among US state destinations

AI models put Maine, USA in their top 10 recommendations in 10.0% of answers, rank 28 overall. It does best when the question specifies season as fall: 34.5%, +24.5 points against its overall score. With web search on, it scores 0.0 points against web search off.

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

This destination in the other indexes: Source Control

By platform

PlatformScore
Claude8.3%
ChatGPT12.7%
Gemini9.1%
Grok9.9%

By model

ModelScore
Claude Opus 56.8%
Claude Sonnet 59.5%
Claude Haiku 4.58.7%
GPT-5.6 Terra15.9%
GPT-5.6 Luna9.5%
Gemini 3.8 Flash9.1%
Grok 4.69.9%

Web search and effort

Maine, USA · Edition 1, 2027 travel year

Unit: Shortlist score, percent of answers

Maine, 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 off10.0%10.0%
Normal vs lowest effort10.3%9.7%

The repeated baseline question never put this destination in its top 10, so it has no repeat figure.

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.

Season

Unit: percentage points versus overall score
FallSummerSpringWinter
Change+24.5+14.2−5.4−10.0

Trip length

Unit: percentage points versus overall score
WeekendOne weekTwo weeks
Change+13.0+6.0−4.5

Climate

Unit: percentage points versus overall score
Cool WeatherMild Weather
Change+6.4−10.0

Transport

Unit: percentage points versus overall score
Road tripAt most two connectionsRequires a flight
Change+1.7−3.1−9.2

How it's asked

Unit: percentage points versus overall score
Where should I go?The plain questionUnderrated
Change+1.3−10.0−10.0

Travel style

Unit: percentage points versus overall score
RelaxationAdventureWorkcationExoticCultural
Change−3.1−5.7−6.9−9.0−10.0

Travel party

Unit: percentage points versus overall score
FamilySoloCouple
Change−4.8−6.8−9.3

How the models wrote the name

NameMentions
Bar Harbor71
Acadia National Park59
Portland35
Bar Harbor and Acadia National Park12
Acadia National Park and Bar Harbor10
Maine10
Acadia National Park and coastal Maine3
Acadia National Park (Bar Harbor)2
Acadia National Park and Mount Desert Island2
Boothbay Harbor2
Kennebunkport2
Maine Coast2
Maine Coast and Acadia National Park2
Maine Coastal Route2
Acadia All-American Road1

Maine, 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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