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AI Itinerary Share · Edition 1, 2027 travel year

Where AI-planned trips to Mexico spend the nights

On 7-day trips to Mexico, Mexico City gets 32.4% of the nights. Based on 14 AI-drafted itineraries, which stay in 3.71 places on average.

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Where the nights go

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

  • Mexico City32.4% · 32 nights
  • Oaxaca11.0% · 11 nights
  • Mérida8.9% · 6 nights
  • Puebla7.7% · 7 nights
  • Cancún7.4% · 6 nights
  • Valladolid5.9% · 5 nights
  • Oaxaca City5.7% · 7 nights
  • Tulum5.1% · 4 nights
PlaceShare of nightsShare of day visits
Mexico City32.4%0.0%
Oaxaca11.0%0.2%
Mérida8.9%0.0%
Puebla7.7%0.0%
Cancún7.4%0.0%
Valladolid5.9%0.0%
Oaxaca City5.7%0.0%
Tulum5.1%0.0%
Playa del Carmen3.9%0.5%
Bacalar1.8%0.0%
Campeche1.8%0.0%
Guanajuato1.8%0.0%

With a rental car versus without a car

Mexico · 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
Mexico City10.7%54.2%
Oaxaca0.0%22.0%
Mérida17.9%0.0%
Puebla1.8%13.7%
Cancún14.9%0.0%
Valladolid11.9%0.0%
Oaxaca City3.6%7.7%
Tulum10.1%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
Mexico City56.9%32.4%25.4%17.9%18.9%
Oaxacan/a11.0%10.6%9.1%5.7%
Mérida9.7%8.9%10.0%13.2%8.9%
Puebla2.1%7.7%4.4%2.2%7.7%
Cancún6.9%7.4%9.2%11.2%4.7%
Valladolid11.8%5.9%5.2%6.9%6.3%
Oaxaca Cityn/a5.7%2.7%2.8%8.1%
Tulum5.6%5.1%7.9%5.7%5.2%

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
Palacio de Bellas Artes2.1%8
Frida Kahlo Museum2.1%8
Zócalo2.0%7
Coyoacán1.6%5
National Museum of Anthropology1.6%7
Cathedral1.5%6
Templo Mayor1.3%5
Centro1.2%5
Cancun International Airport1.1%3
Chapultepec Castle1.1%4
Cholula1.1%4
historic center1.1%4

Where each platform puts the most nights

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

Sample itineraries, with a rental car

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

Unit: nights

Where each model's 7-day Mexico 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 51Querétaro1 night
Claude Opus 52Bernal1 night
Claude Opus 53San Miguel de Allende2 nights
Claude Opus 55Guanajuato2 nights
Claude Opus 57Departure day (or Querétaro1 night
Claude Sonnet 51Mexico City2 nights
Claude Sonnet 53San Miguel de Allende1 night
Claude Sonnet 54Guanajuato1 night
Claude Sonnet 55Querétaro1 night
Claude Sonnet 56Tequisquiapan1 night
Claude Sonnet 57Mexico City1 night
Claude Haiku 4.51Cancún1 night
Claude Haiku 4.52Playa del Carmen1 night
Claude Haiku 4.53Tulum1 night
Claude Haiku 4.54Valladolid1 night
Claude Haiku 4.55Playa del Carmen1 night
Claude Haiku 4.56Puerto Morelos1 night
Claude Haiku 4.57Cancún1 night
GPT-5.6 Terra1Mexico City2 nights
GPT-5.6 Terra3Puebla1 night
GPT-5.6 Terra4Oaxaca City2 nights
GPT-5.6 Terra6Mexico City2 nights
GPT-5.6 Luna1Mérida2 nights
GPT-5.6 Luna3Valladolid2 nights
GPT-5.6 Luna5Tulum1 night
GPT-5.6 Luna6Playa del Carmen1 night
GPT-5.6 Luna7Cancún1 night
Gemini 3.8 Flash1Valladolid1 night
Gemini 3.8 Flash2Mérida2 nights
Gemini 3.8 Flash4Campeche1 night
Gemini 3.8 Flash5Bacalar1 night
Gemini 3.8 Flash6Tulum1 night
Gemini 3.8 Flash7Cancún1 night
Grok 4.61Cancun1 night
Grok 4.62Playa del Carmen1 night
Grok 4.63Tulum1 night
Grok 4.64Valladolid1 night
Grok 4.65Mérida2 nights
Grok 4.67Cancun1 night

Sample itineraries, without a car

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

Unit: nights

Where each model's 7-day Mexico 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 51Mexico City3 nights
Claude Opus 54Puebla1 night
Claude Opus 55Oaxaca3 nights
Claude Sonnet 51Mexico City3 nights
Claude Sonnet 54Oaxaca2 nights
Claude Sonnet 56Puerto Escondido2 nights
Claude Haiku 4.51Mexico City3 nights
Claude Haiku 4.54Oaxaca City2 nights
Claude Haiku 4.56Mexico City2 nights
GPT-5.6 Terra1Mexico City2 nights
GPT-5.6 Terra3Puebla2 nights
GPT-5.6 Terra5Oaxaca City3 nights
GPT-5.6 Luna1Mexico City3 nights
GPT-5.6 Luna4Puebla1 night
GPT-5.6 Luna5Oaxaca3 nights
Gemini 3.8 Flash1Mexico City4 nights
Gemini 3.8 Flash5Oaxaca3 nights
Grok 4.61Mexico City4 nights
Grok 4.65Puebla2 nights
Grok 4.67Mexico City1 night

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