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AI Shortlist · Edition 1, 2027 travel year

Michigan, USA in AI travel recommendations

US state · overall rank 89 of 233 · rank 30 among US state destinations

AI models put Michigan, USA in their top 10 recommendations in 1.9% of answers, rank 89 overall. It does best when the question specifies season as summer: 10.7%, +8.8 points against its overall score. With web search on, it scores −0.1 points against web search off.

The score is the share of answers that recommend Michigan, 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
Claude1.9%
ChatGPT2.0%
Gemini1.6%
Grok2.0%

By model

ModelScore
Claude Opus 52.0%
Claude Sonnet 52.0%
Claude Haiku 4.51.6%
GPT-5.6 Terra1.2%
GPT-5.6 Luna2.8%
Gemini 3.8 Flash1.6%
Grok 4.62.0%

Web search and effort

Michigan, USA · Edition 1, 2027 travel year

Unit: Shortlist score, percent of answers

Michigan, 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 off1.8%1.9%
Normal vs lowest effort1.9%1.9%

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
SummerFallSpring
Change+8.8+0.1−1.6

Trip length

Unit: percentage points versus overall score
WeekendTwo weeksOne week
Change+7.6−1.2−1.7

How it's asked

Unit: percentage points versus overall score
UnderratedWhere should I go?Overrated
Change+6.5+0.1−1.9

Transport

Unit: percentage points versus overall score
Road tripAt most two connectionsRequires a flight
Change+0.4−1.9−1.9

Climate

Unit: percentage points versus overall score
Cool Weather
Change−0.2

Travel style

Unit: percentage points versus overall score
AdventureExoticRelaxation
Change−0.5−1.9−1.9

Travel party

Unit: percentage points versus overall score
SoloCoupleFamily
Change−0.8−1.9−1.9

How the models wrote the name

NameMentions
Mackinac Island29
Traverse City23
Michigan's Upper Peninsula4
Upper Peninsula3
Detroit1
Great Lakes Shoreline1
Harbor Springs1
Holland1
Leelanau Peninsula1
Marquette1
Traverse City and Leelanau Peninsula1
Upper Peninsula of Michigan1

Michigan, 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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