AI Shortlist · Edition 1, 2027 travel year

North Carolina, USA in AI travel recommendations

US state · overall rank 26 of 233 · rank 7 among US state destinations

AI models put North Carolina, USA in their top 10 recommendations in 10.3% of answers, rank 26 overall. It does best when the question specifies trip length as weekend: 31.1%, +20.8 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 North Carolina, 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

Platform	Score
Claude	10.3%
ChatGPT	11.5%
Gemini	7.5%
Grok	11.9%

By model

Model	Score
Claude Opus 5	8.7%
Claude Sonnet 5	12.3%
Claude Haiku 4.5	9.9%
GPT-5.6 Terra	13.9%
GPT-5.6 Luna	9.1%
Gemini 3.8 Flash	7.5%
Grok 4.6	11.9%

Web search and effort

North Carolina, USA · Edition 1, 2027 travel year

Unit: Shortlist score, percent of answers

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

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Setting	Search on / normal effort	Search off / lowest effort
Web search on vs off	9.6%	11.1%
Normal vs lowest effort	10.2%	10.4%

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.

Trip length

Unit: percentage points versus overall score
	Weekend	One week	Two weeks
Change	+20.8	+0.7	−7.8

Season

Unit: percentage points versus overall score
	Fall	Spring	Summer	Winter
Change	+18.1	+7.0	−2.0	−9.0

Transport

Unit: percentage points versus overall score
	Road trip	At most two connections	Requires a flight
Change	+7.2	−1.6	−10.0

How it's asked

Unit: percentage points versus overall score
	Where should I go?	Underrated	The plain question
Change	+1.3	−8.2	−10.3

Climate

Unit: percentage points versus overall score
	Cool Weather	Low Rain	Mild Weather	Warm Weather
Change	+0.5	−10.3	−10.3	−10.3

Travel style

Unit: percentage points versus overall score
	Relaxation	Exotic	Adventure	Cultural	Workcation
Change	−0.3	−9.9	−10.3	−10.3	−10.3

Travel party

Unit: percentage points versus overall score
	Family	Couple	Solo
Change	−3.0	−10.0	−10.3

How the models wrote the name

Name	Mentions
Asheville	178
Outer Banks	10
Blue Ridge Parkway	8
Asheville and the Blue Ridge Parkway	3
Asheville and the Blue Ridge Mountains	2
Asheville and Blue Ridge Parkway	1
Asheville to mountain towns	1
Asheville/Blue Ridge Parkway	1
Blowing Rock	1
Blue Ridge Mountains	1
Cape Hatteras National Seashore	1
Outer Banks Scenic Byway	1
The Outer Banks	1
Wilmington	1

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