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AI Itinerary Share · Edition 1, 2027 travel year

Where AI-planned trips to New Zealand spend the nights

On 7-day trips to New Zealand, Queenstown gets 22.3% of the nights. Based on 14 AI-drafted itineraries, which stay in 4.65 places on average.

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Where the nights go

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

  • Queenstown22.3% · 20 nights
  • Christchurch16.1% · 16 nights
  • Wellington11.3% · 10 nights
  • Auckland10.7% · 12 nights
  • Rotorua9.8% · 10 nights
  • Wanaka6.9% · 7 nights
  • Lake Tekapo6.3% · 6 nights
  • Te Anau6.3% · 6 nights
PlaceShare of nightsShare of day visits
Queenstown22.3%0.0%
Christchurch16.1%0.0%
Wellington11.3%0.0%
Auckland10.7%0.0%
Rotorua9.8%0.0%
Wanaka6.9%0.0%
Lake Tekapo6.3%0.6%
Te Anau6.3%0.1%
Mount Cook Village3.6%0.0%
Picton1.5%0.2%
Aoraki/Mount Cook Village0.9%1.6%
Taupō0.9%0.4%

With a rental car versus without a car

New Zealand · 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
Queenstown24.4%20.2%
Christchurch18.4%13.7%
Wellington1.8%20.8%
Auckland1.8%19.6%
Rotorua1.8%17.9%
Wanaka12.5%1.2%
Lake Tekapo12.5%0.0%
Te Anau12.5%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
Queenstown20.8%22.3%24.7%19.9%13.6%
Christchurchn/a16.1%10.7%8.9%8.4%
Wellingtonn/a11.3%12.3%10.7%10.6%
Auckland54.9%10.7%14.8%11.0%11.0%
Rotorua16.0%9.8%14.2%12.2%10.1%
Wanakan/a6.9%3.1%3.3%3.0%
Lake Tekapon/a6.3%3.4%1.6%1.3%
Te Anau2.8%6.3%4.8%3.9%5.4%

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
Riverside Market2.3%9
Church of the Good Shepherd2.1%8
Christchurch Botanic Gardens1.9%6
Queenstown Gardens1.8%6
Hooker Valley Track1.6%5
Lindis Pass1.6%7
Aoraki/Mount Cook Village1.6%5
Milford Sound1.4%5
Te Anau Glowworm Caves1.4%5
Viaduct Harbour1.4%6
Mirror Lakes1.3%5
waterfront1.3%5

Where each platform puts the most nights

  • Claude: Christchurch (6 itineraries)
  • ChatGPT: Wellington (4 itineraries)
  • Gemini: Queenstown (2 itineraries)
  • Grok: Wellington (2 itineraries)

Sample itineraries, with a rental car

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

Unit: nights

Where each model's 7-day New Zealand 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 51Lake Tekapo1 night
Claude Opus 52Twizel1 night
Claude Opus 53Wanaka1 night
Claude Opus 54Te Anau2 nights
Claude Opus 56Queenstown1 night
Claude Opus 57Christchurch1 night
Claude Sonnet 51Christchurch1 night
Claude Sonnet 52Lake Tekapo1 night
Claude Sonnet 53Wanaka1 night
Claude Sonnet 54Queenstown1 night
Claude Sonnet 55Te Anau1 night
Claude Sonnet 56Milford Sound / Te Anau1 night
Claude Sonnet 57Christchurch1 night
Claude Haiku 4.51Christchurch1 night
Claude Haiku 4.52Lake Tekapo1 night
Claude Haiku 4.53Arrowtown1 night
Claude Haiku 4.54Queenstown2 nights
Claude Haiku 4.56Wanaka1 night
Claude Haiku 4.57Christchurch1 night
GPT-5.6 Terra1Auckland1 night
GPT-5.6 Terra2Rotorua1 night
GPT-5.6 Terra3Taupō1 night
GPT-5.6 Terra4Wellington1 night
GPT-5.6 Terra5Nelson1 night
GPT-5.6 Terra6Franz Josef1 night
GPT-5.6 Terra7Queenstown1 night
GPT-5.6 Luna1Christchurch1 night
GPT-5.6 Luna2Lake Tekapo1 night
GPT-5.6 Luna3Aoraki/Mount Cook Village1 night
GPT-5.6 Luna4Wānaka1 night
GPT-5.6 Luna5Queenstown1 night
GPT-5.6 Luna6Te Anau1 night
GPT-5.6 Luna7Queenstown1 night
Gemini 3.8 Flash1Christchurch1 night
Gemini 3.8 Flash2Lake Tekapo1 night
Gemini 3.8 Flash3Mount Cook Village1 night
Gemini 3.8 Flash4Wanaka1 night
Gemini 3.8 Flash5Queenstown2 nights
Gemini 3.8 Flash7Te Anau1 night
Grok 4.61Christchurch1 night
Grok 4.62Lake Tekapo1 night
Grok 4.63Wānaka1 night
Grok 4.64Queenstown1 night
Grok 4.65Te Anau1 night
Grok 4.66Queenstown1 night
Grok 4.67Christchurch1 night

Sample itineraries, without a car

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

Unit: nights

Where each model's 7-day New Zealand 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 51Auckland2 nights
Claude Opus 53Queenstown2 nights
Claude Opus 55Wanaka1 night
Claude Opus 56Christchurch2 nights
Claude Sonnet 51Auckland2 nights
Claude Sonnet 53Rotorua1 night
Claude Sonnet 54Wellington1 night
Claude Sonnet 55Picton1 night
Claude Sonnet 56Christchurch2 nights
Claude Haiku 4.51Auckland2 nights
Claude Haiku 4.53Rotorua2 nights
Claude Haiku 4.55Queenstown3 nights
GPT-5.6 Terra1Auckland1 night
GPT-5.6 Terra2Rotorua2 nights
GPT-5.6 Terra4Wellington2 nights
GPT-5.6 Terra6Picton1 night
GPT-5.6 Terra7Christchurch1 night
GPT-5.6 Luna1Auckland2 nights
GPT-5.6 Luna3Rotorua2 nights
GPT-5.6 Luna5Wellington3 nights
Gemini 3.8 Flash1Queenstown4 nights
Gemini 3.8 Flash5Mount Cook Village1 night
Gemini 3.8 Flash6Christchurch2 nights
Grok 4.61Auckland2 nights
Grok 4.63Rotorua2 nights
Grok 4.65Wellington3 nights

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