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AI Itinerary Share · Edition 1, 2027 travel year

Where AI-planned trips to Iceland spend the nights

On 7-day trips to Iceland, Reykjavík gets 56.0% of the nights. Based on 14 AI-drafted itineraries, which stay in 4 places on average.

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Where the nights go

Share of nights on 7-day trips, with and without a car.

  • Reykjavík56.0% · 53 nights
  • Vík12.9% · 13 nights
  • Höfn7.8% · 8 nights
  • Akureyri4.8% · 5 nights
  • Egilsstaðir4.2% · 4 nights
  • Hella3.6% · 3 nights
  • Selfoss2.4% · 2 nights
  • Kirkjubæjarklaustur1.8% · 1 night
PlaceShare of nightsShare of day visits
Reykjavík56.0%0.0%
Vík12.9%0.0%
Höfn7.8%0.0%
Akureyri4.8%0.0%
Egilsstaðir4.2%0.1%
Hella3.6%0.0%
Selfoss2.4%0.0%
Kirkjubæjarklaustur1.8%0.2%
New York1.8%0.0%
Borgarnes1.5%0.1%
Keflavík0.9%0.0%
Mývatn0.6%0.1%

With a rental car versus without a car

Iceland · 7 days · top 8 places · Edition 1, 2027 travel year

Unit: share of nights, percent

The same trip drafted with a rental car and without a car. A share of zero means no itinerary stayed the night there with that option.

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PlaceWith a rental carWithout a car
Reykjavík31.6%80.7%
Vík13.1%12.7%
Höfn14.3%1.2%
Akureyri9.5%0.0%
Egilsstaðir8.3%0.0%
Hella7.1%0.0%
Selfoss4.8%0.0%
Kirkjubæjarklaustur3.6%0.0%

Places by trip length

Share of nights at each trip length, with and without a car. Each length is counted on its own.

Unit: share of nights
3 days7 days10 days14 days21 days
Reykjavík77.8%56.0%42.0%39.1%25.5%
Vík12.5%12.9%12.6%6.1%6.0%
Höfnn/a7.8%7.1%7.1%6.9%
Akureyrin/a4.8%11.3%12.8%10.5%
Egilsstaðirn/a4.2%5.0%4.8%6.0%
Hella5.6%3.6%1.9%0.7%1.0%
Selfoss1.4%2.4%0.4%1.6%0.9%
Kirkjubæjarklausturn/a1.8%n/a0.4%2.3%

Visited, not slept in

Places the itineraries visit for the day without staying the night, on 7-day trips, with the share of all day visits each one gets and the count.

PlaceShare of day visitsDay visits
Reynisfjara black sand beach3.0%13
Geysir geothermal area3.0%12
Blue Lagoon2.6%10
Gullfoss waterfall2.6%12
Diamond Beach2.5%11
Jökulsárlón Glacier Lagoon2.5%11
Seljalandsfoss2.4%8
Þingvellir National Park2.3%11
Skógafoss2.1%7
Harpa Concert Hall1.7%7
Keflavik International Airport1.6%7
Hallgrímskirkja1.4%5

Where each platform puts the most nights

  • Claude: Reykjavík (6 itineraries)
  • ChatGPT: Reykjavík (4 itineraries)
  • Gemini: Reykjavík (2 itineraries)
  • Grok: Reykjavík (2 itineraries)

Sample itineraries, with a rental car

Iceland · 7 days · with a rental car · one itinerary per model · Edition 1, 2027 travel year

Unit: nights

Where each model's 7-day Iceland itinerary stays the night, day by day. Ticks above a day count the places visited that day.

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ModelFrom dayStays inNights
Claude Opus 51Reykjavík1 night
Claude Opus 52Selfoss1 night
Claude Opus 53Vík í Mýrdal1 night
Claude Opus 54Höfn1 night
Claude Opus 55Hvolsvöllur1 night
Claude Opus 56Grundarfjörður1 night
Claude Opus 57Reykjavík1 night
Claude Sonnet 51Reykjavík1 night
Claude Sonnet 52Vík1 night
Claude Sonnet 53Höfn1 night
Claude Sonnet 54Egilsstaðir1 night
Claude Sonnet 55Akureyri1 night
Claude Sonnet 56Borgarnes1 night
Claude Sonnet 57Reykjavík1 night
Claude Haiku 4.51Reykjavik2 nights
Claude Haiku 4.53Vik1 night
Claude Haiku 4.54Höfn1 night
Claude Haiku 4.55Akureyri1 night
Claude Haiku 4.56Myvatn1 night
Claude Haiku 4.57Reykjavik1 night
GPT-5.6 Terra1Reykjavík1 night
GPT-5.6 Terra2Hella1 night
GPT-5.6 Terra3Vík1 night
GPT-5.6 Terra4Höfn1 night
GPT-5.6 Terra5Egilsstaðir1 night
GPT-5.6 Terra6Akureyri1 night
GPT-5.6 Terra7Reykjavík1 night
GPT-5.6 Luna1Hella1 night
GPT-5.6 Luna2Vík1 night
GPT-5.6 Luna3Höfn1 night
GPT-5.6 Luna4Egilsstaðir1 night
GPT-5.6 Luna5Akureyri1 night
GPT-5.6 Luna6Borgarnes1 night
GPT-5.6 Luna7Reykjavík1 night
Gemini 3.8 Flash1Reykjavík1 night
Gemini 3.8 Flash2Hella1 night
Gemini 3.8 Flash3Vík1 night
Gemini 3.8 Flash4Höfn1 night
Gemini 3.8 Flash5Egilsstaðir1 night
Gemini 3.8 Flash6Akureyri1 night
Gemini 3.8 Flash7Reykjavík1 night
Grok 4.61Reykjavík1 night
Grok 4.62Selfoss1 night
Grok 4.63Vík1 night
Grok 4.64Höfn1 night
Grok 4.65Kirkjubæjarklaustur1 night
Grok 4.66Reykjavík2 nights

Sample itineraries, without a car

Iceland · 7 days · without a car · one itinerary per model · Edition 1, 2027 travel year

Unit: nights

Where each model's 7-day Iceland itinerary stays the night, day by day. Ticks above a day count the places visited that day.

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ModelFrom dayStays inNights
Claude Opus 51Reykjavík2 nights
Claude Opus 53Vík1 night
Claude Opus 54Reykjavík3 nights
Claude Opus 57Not stated1 night
Claude Sonnet 51Reykjavík3 nights
Claude Sonnet 54Vík1 night
Claude Sonnet 55Reykjavík3 nights
Claude Haiku 4.51Reykjavik3 nights
Claude Haiku 4.54Vík1 night
Claude Haiku 4.55Höfn1 night
Claude Haiku 4.56Reykjavik2 nights
GPT-5.6 Terra1Reykjavík2 nights
GPT-5.6 Terra3Vík1 night
GPT-5.6 Terra4Reykjavík3 nights
GPT-5.6 Terra7Keflavík1 night
GPT-5.6 Luna1Reykjavík2 nights
GPT-5.6 Luna3Vík2 nights
GPT-5.6 Luna5Reykjavík3 nights
Gemini 3.8 Flash1Reykjavik2 nights
Gemini 3.8 Flash3Vik1 night
Gemini 3.8 Flash4Reykjavik3 nights
Gemini 3.8 Flash7New York1 night
Grok 4.61Reykjavik7 nights

Iceland

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