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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 65,842 web results from 9,584 domains while answering TakeScout's tracked travel questions. The most frequent is tripadvisor.com (7,313 results across 69 destinations), followed by nps.gov and reddit.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 1, 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 ↗ 7,313 results
    69 destinations· e.g. “10 best places to visit in Florida for a winter escape - Tripadvisor”
  2. nps.gov ↗ 1,251 results
    59 destinations· e.g. “[PDF] A Guide's Guide To Acadia National Park”
  3. reddit.com ↗ 1,215 results
    69 destinations· e.g. “#askalaska: What are some lesser-known places worth visiting in Alaska?”
  4. guide.michelin.com ↗ 1,093 results
    56 destinations· e.g. “145-192 of 18,699 Restaurants”
  5. onlyinyourstate.com ↗ 1,053 results
    52 destinations· e.g. “10 “Hidden Gems” in Ohio We’ve Always Known About but Can’t Stop Visiting”
  6. expedia.com ↗ 802 results
    69 destinations· e.g. “10 fun things to do in Chicago with kids | Expedia Magazine”
  7. opentable.com ↗ 682 results
    68 destinations· e.g. “10 best romantic restaurants in Nashville - OpenTable”
  8. no.tripadvisor.com ↗ 673 results
    54 destinations· e.g. “DE 10 BESTE billige hotellene i Alabama - Tripadvisor”
  9. booking.com ↗ 603 results
    69 destinations· e.g. “★★ Super 8 by Wyndham Abbotsford BC, Abbotsford, Canada”
  10. ar.tripadvisor.com ↗ 536 results
    52 destinations· e.g. “Restaurant 62, Abbotsford - تعليقات حول المطاعم - Tripadvisor”
  11. getyourguide.com ↗ 536 results
    63 destinations· e.g. “10 Awesome Things To Do In Los Angeles With Kids - GetYourGuide”
  12. travelocity.com ↗ 442 results
    68 destinations· e.g. “$102 Boutique Hotels Arkansas - Travelocity”
  13. en.wikipedia.org ↗ 431 results
    68 destinations· e.g. “Abbotsford, Victoria - Wikipedia”
  14. worldatlas.com ↗ 424 results
    53 destinations· e.g. “10 Affordable Summer Vacation Spots In Nevada”
  15. forbestravelguide.com ↗ 387 results
    53 destinations· e.g. “2026 Forbes Travel Guide Star Award Winners”
  16. timeout.com ↗ 351 results
    34 destinations· e.g. “10 best family-friendly hotels in San Francisco, from Union Square to ...”
  17. restaurantsforkings.com ↗ 333 results
    49 destinations· e.g. “10 Best Restaurants in Chicago 2026”
  18. theadventuristmagazine.com ↗ 314 results
    48 destinations· e.g. “12 Michelin-Worthy Restaurants in North and South Dakota”
  19. familydestinationsguide.com ↗ 297 results
    54 destinations· e.g. “10 Awe-Inspiring Historical Sites In Arizona You Need To See To Believe”
  20. th.tripadvisor.com ↗ 274 results
    43 destinations· e.g. “10 โรงแรมโรเเมนติกที่ดีที่สุดใน Hocking Hills - Tripadvisor”
  21. hotels.com ↗ 249 results
    61 destinations· e.g. “10 Best Cheap Hotels in Boston, MA”
  22. lonelyplanet.com ↗ 244 results
    62 destinations· e.g. “10 best day trips from Vancouver - Lonely Planet”
  23. thehotelguru.com ↗ 226 results
    43 destinations· e.g. “10 Best Romantic Hotels in Seattle”
  24. wanderlog.com ↗ 220 results
    58 destinations· e.g. “10 restaurants étoilés Michelin à Ottawa - Wanderlog”
  25. tripadvisor.ca ↗ 196 results
    40 destinations· e.g. “10 Best Romantic Restaurants in Downtown Quebec City”
  26. quebec-cite.com ↗ 193 results
    1 destination· e.g. “10 Attractions to Discover More Than 400 Years of History”
  27. boutiquehotelhub.com ↗ 187 results
    50 destinations· e.g. “Best Affordable Boutique Hotels in Ohio for 2025”
  28. arkansas.com ↗ 186 results
    1 destination· e.g. “36 budget-friendly things to do in Arkansas”
  29. thelocalpalate.com ↗ 180 results
    13 destinations· e.g. “[PDF] 100 Dishes to Eat in Alabama - The Local Palate”
  30. viator.com ↗ 179 results
    53 destinations· e.g. “1. Poutine”
  31. worldclubdirectory.com ↗ 170 results
    41 destinations· e.g. “6. Simon & Seafort's...”
  32. everafterinthewoods.com ↗ 166 results
    23 destinations· e.g. “10 Arizona Dishes Only Locals Really Brag About (And With Good ...”
  33. alaska.org ↗ 165 results
    2 destinations· e.g. “20 Best Photo Locations in Alaska | How many can you…”
  34. kayak.com ↗ 165 results
    58 destinations· e.g. “16 Best Hotels in Miami. Hotels from $35/night - KAYAK”
  35. atlasobscura.com ↗ 163 results
    53 destinations· e.g. “1,184 Cool and Unusual Things to Do in New York State”
  36. tripadvisor.es ↗ 163 results
    49 destinations· e.g. “Hoteles Familiares en Costa de New Jersey”
  37. stacker.com ↗ 161 results
    43 destinations· e.g. “25 must-visit hidden gems from across the US”
  38. mtl.org ↗ 156 results
    2 destinations· e.g. “10 incontournables lors d'une première visite à Montréal”
  39. visitmississippi.org ↗ 150 results
    1 destination· e.g. “5 Romantic Getaways in Mississippi”
  40. patch.com ↗ 149 results
    24 destinations· e.g. “1 MD Restaurant Named 2025 James Beard Winner”

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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