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The websites Perplexity's search leans on for travel

Which domains show up when Perplexity runs a live web search to answer questions about where to go, eat and stay.

Across the last 90 days, Perplexity's search pulled 113,355 web results from 13,543 domains while answering TakeScout's tracked travel questions. The most frequent is tripadvisor.com (12,947 results across 124 destinations), followed by reddit.com and expedia.com.

Ranked by how many times each domain appeared in Perplexity's search_results for a tracked question, over the last 90 days (through Sep 8, 2026). ChatGPT, Claude and Gemini aren't grounded in TakeScout's tracking yet, so this is Perplexity only. How we track this.

  1. tripadvisor.com ↗ 12,947 results
    124 destinations· e.g. “10 Best Cheap Eats Restaurants in Downtown (Savannah)”
  2. reddit.com ↗ 3,252 results
    124 destinations· e.g. “#askalaska: What are some lesser-known places worth visiting in Alaska?”
  3. expedia.com ↗ 1,696 results
    124 destinations· e.g. “10 Best Motels in Dawson Creek: Find Cheap Motels in Dawson Creek 2026 - Expedia”
  4. guide.michelin.com ↗ 1,432 results
    78 destinations· e.g. “145-192 of 18,699 Restaurants”
  5. no.tripadvisor.com ↗ 1,369 results
    104 destinations· e.g. “AUBERGE WILD ROSE INN (Moncton, Canada) - Boutique-hotell - anmeldelser og priss…”
  6. ar.tripadvisor.com ↗ 1,349 results
    102 destinations· e.g. “Farmers Market, Fredericton - تعليقات حول المطاعم - Tripadvisor”
  7. nps.gov ↗ 1,348 results
    69 destinations· e.g. “[PDF] A Guide's Guide To Acadia National Park”
  8. booking.com ↗ 1,296 results
    124 destinations· e.g. “★★ Super 8 by Wyndham Abbotsford BC, Abbotsford, Canada”
  9. onlyinyourstate.com ↗ 1,091 results
    63 destinations· e.g. “10 “Hidden Gems” in Ohio We’ve Always Known About but Can’t Stop Visiting”
  10. opentable.com ↗ 1,035 results
    116 destinations· e.g. “10 best date night restaurants in Austin - OpenTable”
  11. hotels.com ↗ 855 results
    115 destinations· e.g. “10 Best Boutique Hotels in Savannah, GA”
  12. getyourguide.com ↗ 828 results
    104 destinations· e.g. “10 Awesome Things To Do In Los Angeles With Kids - GetYourGuide”
  13. tripadvisor.ca ↗ 781 results
    86 destinations· e.g. “10 Best Cheap Eats Restaurants in Queen Street and West ...”
  14. travelocity.com ↗ 754 results
    123 destinations· e.g. “$102 Boutique Hotels Arkansas - Travelocity”
  15. wanderlog.com ↗ 685 results
    110 destinations· e.g. “10 restaurants étoilés Michelin à Ottawa - Wanderlog”
  16. parks.canada.ca ↗ 605 results
    36 destinations· e.g. “[PDF] Atlantic Canada”
  17. en.wikipedia.org ↗ 573 results
    109 destinations· e.g. “Abbotsford, Victoria - Wikipedia”
  18. forbestravelguide.com ↗ 495 results
    76 destinations· e.g. “2026 Forbes Travel Guide Star Award Winners”
  19. todocanada.ca ↗ 472 results
    41 destinations· e.g. “10 Fall Day Trips From Charlottetown - To Do Canada”
  20. restaurantsforkings.com ↗ 459 results
    63 destinations· e.g. “10 Best Restaurants in Chicago 2026”
  21. opentable.ca ↗ 455 results
    59 destinations· e.g. “10 Best Farm To Table Restaurants In Kelowna | OpenTable”
  22. worldatlas.com ↗ 443 results
    61 destinations· e.g. “10 Affordable Summer Vacation Spots In Nevada”
  23. timeout.com ↗ 424 results
    53 destinations· e.g. “10 best family-friendly hotels in San Francisco, from Union Square to ...”
  24. theadventuristmagazine.com ↗ 420 results
    65 destinations· e.g. “12 Michelin-Worthy Restaurants in North and South Dakota”
  25. th.tripadvisor.com ↗ 417 results
    74 destinations· e.g. “10 โรงแรมโรเเมนติกที่ดีที่สุดใน Hocking Hills - Tripadvisor”
  26. kayak.com ↗ 394 results
    112 destinations· e.g. “10 Best Hotels in Corner Brook. Hotels from $94/night”
  27. lonelyplanet.com ↗ 375 results
    97 destinations· e.g. “10 best day trips from Vancouver - Lonely Planet”
  28. travel.destinationcanada.com ↗ 362 results
    35 destinations· e.g. “10 endroits où revivre l'histoire du Canada”
  29. expedia.ca ↗ 346 results
    69 destinations· e.g. “10 Best Alabama Luxury Resorts & Hotels for 2025 | Expedia”
  30. trip.com ↗ 320 results
    92 destinations· e.g. “10 BEST Abbotsford Hotels, Canada - Top Hotel Deals | Trip.com”
  31. familydestinationsguide.com ↗ 307 results
    60 destinations· e.g. “10 Awe-Inspiring Historical Sites In Arizona You Need To See To Believe”
  32. thehotelguru.com ↗ 296 results
    62 destinations· e.g. “10 Best Romantic Hotels in Seattle”
  33. quebec-cite.com ↗ 291 results
    5 destinations· e.g. “10 Attractions to Discover More Than 400 Years of History”
  34. viator.com ↗ 286 results
    85 destinations· e.g. “1. Poutine”
  35. tripadvisor.es ↗ 270 results
    83 destinations· e.g. “Hoteles Familiares en Costa de New Jersey”
  36. worldclubdirectory.com ↗ 267 results
    55 destinations· e.g. “6. Simon & Seafort's...”
  37. orbitz.com ↗ 256 results
    80 destinations· e.g. “$105 Hotels in Boston: BEST Hotel Deals for 2026 | Orbitz”
  38. dailyhive.com ↗ 253 results
    22 destinations· e.g. “10 awesome places to watch amazing sunsets in Vancouver”
  39. travelmanitoba.com ↗ 244 results
    4 destinations· e.g. “10 amazing things to do in Manitoba that are NOT in Winnipeg”
  40. boutiquehotelhub.com ↗ 243 results
    66 destinations· e.g. “Angad Arts Hotel - Prices - Reviews - Booking”

Why this is useful

When someone asks Perplexity where to eat in a city, its answer is built from whatever its live search surfaces for that query — effectively an AI-era search results page for travel intent. For a destination marketing team, that's a direct read on which publications, listing sites and blogs are shaping how AI describes their destination, and where a placement or a correction actually moves the needle.

What it is and isn't

These are the pages Perplexity's search retrieved, not the ones it explicitly cited for a specific recommendation — Perplexity's travel answers rarely footnote individual claims. And it's one assistant: the other three don't run a grounded search in TakeScout's pipeline yet, so this isn't a picture of "what all AI trusts."

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