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AI Itinerary Share · Edition 1, 2027 travel year

Where AI-planned trips to Peru spend the nights

On 7-day trips to Peru, Cusco gets 29.8% of the nights. Based on 14 AI-drafted itineraries, which stay in 4.42 places on average.

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Where the nights go

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

  • Cusco29.8% · 28 nights
  • Lima25.0% · 27 nights
  • Ollantaytambo10.1% · 8 nights
  • Aguas Calientes8.3% · 9 nights
  • Arequipa5.9% · 6 nights
  • Paracas5.1% · 5 nights
  • Nazca3.9% · 4 nights
  • Urubamba2.4% · 2 nights
PlaceShare of nightsShare of day visits
Cusco29.8%0.0%
Lima25.0%0.0%
Ollantaytambo10.1%0.4%
Aguas Calientes8.3%0.5%
Arequipa5.9%0.0%
Paracas5.1%0.0%
Nazca3.9%0.0%
Urubamba2.4%1.2%
Huacachina2.4%0.2%
Chivay2.4%0.0%
Ica1.8%0.6%
Miami1.8%0.0%

With a rental car versus without a car

Peru · 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
Cusco17.9%41.7%
Lima20.8%29.2%
Ollantaytambo10.1%10.1%
Aguas Calientes1.2%15.5%
Arequipa11.9%0.0%
Paracas10.1%0.0%
Nazca7.7%0.0%
Urubamba4.8%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
Cusco34.7%29.8%25.1%21.7%18.8%
Lima33.3%25.0%21.6%17.9%17.3%
Ollantaytambo9.0%10.1%9.2%6.7%6.2%
Aguas Calientes9.7%8.3%8.0%4.6%5.0%
Arequipan/a5.9%10.0%14.7%10.1%
Paracas6.3%5.1%5.0%4.8%4.4%
Nazcan/a3.9%3.8%3.6%3.3%
Urubamba6.9%2.4%0.8%0.3%1.2%

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
Plaza de Armas3.0%12
Barranco2.4%10
Miraflores2.4%10
San Pedro Market2.3%8
Plaza Mayor2.0%8
Machu Picchu1.8%8
Sacred Valley1.7%6
Qorikancha1.6%6
Puka Pukara1.5%5
Q'enqo1.5%5
Tambomachay1.5%5
Jorge Chávez International Airport1.5%7

Where each platform puts the most nights

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

Sample itineraries, with a rental car

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

Unit: nights

Where each model's 7-day Peru 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 51Cusco1 night
Claude Opus 52Urubamba1 night
Claude Opus 53Ollantaytambo1 night
Claude Opus 54Aguas Calientes (Machu Picchu Pueblo)1 night
Claude Opus 55Cusco2 nights
Claude Opus 57Lima1 night
Claude Sonnet 51Lima1 night
Claude Sonnet 52Paracas1 night
Claude Sonnet 53Huacachina1 night
Claude Sonnet 54Nazca1 night
Claude Sonnet 55Arequipa1 night
Claude Sonnet 56Chivay1 night
Claude Sonnet 57Arequipa1 night
Claude Haiku 4.51Lima2 nights
Claude Haiku 4.53Nazca1 night
Claude Haiku 4.54Arequipa2 nights
Claude Haiku 4.56Puno1 night
Claude Haiku 4.57Puno, Peru (or fly back to Lima)1 night
GPT-5.6 Terra1Lima1 night
GPT-5.6 Terra2Paracas1 night
GPT-5.6 Terra3Ica1 night
GPT-5.6 Terra4Lima1 night
GPT-5.6 Terra5Cusco1 night
GPT-5.6 Terra6Ollantaytambo1 night
GPT-5.6 Terra7Cusco1 night
GPT-5.6 Luna1Lima1 night
GPT-5.6 Luna2Paracas1 night
GPT-5.6 Luna3Ica1 night
GPT-5.6 Luna4Nazca1 night
GPT-5.6 Luna5Paracas1 night
GPT-5.6 Luna6Lima2 nights
Gemini 3.8 Flash1Urubamba1 night
Gemini 3.8 Flash2Ollantaytambo2 nights
Gemini 3.8 Flash4Cusco3 nights
Gemini 3.8 Flash7Lima1 night
Grok 4.61Lima1 night
Grok 4.62Paracas1 night
Grok 4.63Huacachina1 night
Grok 4.64Nazca1 night
Grok 4.65Arequipa1 night
Grok 4.66Chivay1 night
Grok 4.67Arequipa1 night

Sample itineraries, without a car

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

Unit: nights

Where each model's 7-day Peru 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 51Lima2 nights
Claude Opus 53Cusco2 nights
Claude Opus 55Aguas Calientes (Machu Picchu Pueblo)1 night
Claude Opus 56Cusco1 night
Claude Opus 57Lima1 night
Claude Sonnet 51Lima2 nights
Claude Sonnet 53Cusco2 nights
Claude Sonnet 55Aguas Calientes1 night
Claude Sonnet 56Cusco1 night
Claude Sonnet 57Lima1 night
Claude Haiku 4.51Lima2 nights
Claude Haiku 4.53Cusco1 night
Claude Haiku 4.54Ollantaytambo1 night
Claude Haiku 4.55Aguas Calientes2 nights
Claude Haiku 4.57Cusco1 night
GPT-5.6 Terra1Lima2 nights
GPT-5.6 Terra3Cusco2 nights
GPT-5.6 Terra5Aguas Calientes1 night
GPT-5.6 Terra6Cusco1 night
GPT-5.6 Terra7Lima1 night
GPT-5.6 Luna1Lima2 nights
GPT-5.6 Luna3Ollantaytambo1 night
GPT-5.6 Luna4Aguas Calientes1 night
GPT-5.6 Luna5Cusco3 nights
Gemini 3.8 Flash1Lima1 night
Gemini 3.8 Flash2Cusco1 night
Gemini 3.8 Flash3Ollantaytambo1 night
Gemini 3.8 Flash4Aguas Calientes1 night
Gemini 3.8 Flash5Cusco2 nights
Gemini 3.8 Flash7Miami1 night
Grok 4.61Lima1 night
Grok 4.62Cusco2 nights
Grok 4.64Ollantaytambo1 night
Grok 4.65Aguas Calientes1 night
Grok 4.66Cusco1 night
Grok 4.67Lima1 night

Peru

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