US state · overall rank 34 of 233 · rank 10 among US state destinations
AI models put South Carolina, USA in their top 10 recommendations in 8.1% of answers, rank 34 overall. It does best when the question specifies trip length as weekend: 35.4%, +27.3 points against its overall score. With web search on, it scores −2.4 points against web search off.
The score is the share of answers that recommend South Carolina, USA in their top 10, averaged model by model and then platform by platform, so each platform counts equally.
South 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
6.9%
9.3%
Normal vs lowest effort
7.2%
8.9%
The baseline question, "Where should I go in 2027?", was asked 5 times of each model at each setting. South Carolina, 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
Weekend
One week
Two weeks
Change
+27.3
−2.0
−7.0
Season
Unit: percentage points versus overall score
Spring
Summer
Fall
Winter
Change
+24.4
−2.6
−5.1
−5.2
Transport
Unit: percentage points versus overall score
Road trip
Requires a flight
At most two connections
Nonstop, 6–8 hours
Change
+10.0
−5.3
−6.0
−8.1
Travel style
Unit: percentage points versus overall score
Cultural
Relaxation
Exotic
Change
+6.3
−4.3
−7.3
Climate
Unit: percentage points versus overall score
Warm Weather
Mild Weather
Cool Weather
Low Rain
Change
+4.6
−2.9
−7.7
−8.1
Travel party
Unit: percentage points versus overall score
Solo
Couple
Family
Change
+4.5
−5.4
−7.8
How it's asked
Unit: percentage points versus overall score
Where should I go?
The plain question
Underrated
Change
+1.0
−7.7
−8.1
How the models wrote the name
Name
Mentions
Charleston
210
Kiawah Island
3
Myrtle Beach
3
Greenville
2
Beaufort
1
Charleston and the South Carolina coast
1
Hilton Head Island
1
Savannah, Georgia to Charleston
1
South Carolina
1
The South Carolina Lowcountry (Beaufort to Charleston)
1
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