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AI Shortlist · Edition 1, 2027 travel year

New England, USA in AI travel recommendations

US region · overall rank 114 of 233 · rank 5 among US region destinations

AI models put New England, USA in their top 10 recommendations in 1.1% of answers, rank 114 overall. It does best when the question specifies season as fall: 4.9%, +3.8 points against its overall score. With web search on, it scores −0.7 points against web search off.

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

By platform

PlatformScore
Claude1.1%
ChatGPT2.4%
Gemini0.0%
Grok0.8%

By model

ModelScore
Claude Opus 50.0%
Claude Sonnet 52.0%
Claude Haiku 4.51.2%
GPT-5.6 Terra2.4%
GPT-5.6 Luna2.4%
Gemini 3.8 Flash0.0%
Grok 4.60.8%

Web search and effort

New England, USA · Edition 1, 2027 travel year

Unit: Shortlist score, percent of answers

New England, 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 off0.7%1.4%
Normal vs lowest effort1.2%0.9%

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
FallSummerSpring
Change+3.8−0.8−1.1

Transport

Unit: percentage points versus overall score
Road tripAt most two connections
Change+3.5−1.1

Trip length

Unit: percentage points versus overall score
One weekTwo weeks
Change+0.3+0.3

How it's asked

Unit: percentage points versus overall score
Where should I go?
Change+0.1

Climate

Unit: percentage points versus overall score
Cool Weather
Change−0.6

Travel style

Unit: percentage points versus overall score
AdventureRelaxation
Change−0.7−1.1

Travel party

Unit: percentage points versus overall score
SoloFamily
Change−0.8−1.1

How the models wrote the name

NameMentions
New England13
New England Fall Foliage Loop3
New England (Vermont/New Hampshire)2
New England (Vermont, Maine, Massachusetts)1
New England (Vermont/Boston area)1
New England (Vermont/New Hampshire/Maine)1
New England road trip1
New England Scenic Route1
Northern New England1
Vermont and Maine1
Vermont and New Hampshire White Mountains Loop1
Vermont and New Hampshire’s White Mountains1
White Mountains and the Maine Highlands1

New England, 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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