Who AI recommends for hotel booking sites.

Updated 8 October 2026Google AI Overview on 10 October 2026 added

We ask AI assistants which hotel booking sites they’d recommend, with live web search on. Here’s who they name.

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Who gets recommended.

Products named for hotel booking sites, by share of 80 answers
#	Product	Share of answers	DR	vs last month	Avg. position
1	Booking.comDR 93booking.com	100% 80/80 answers —	DR 93	—	#2.0
2	AgodaDR 88agoda.com	95% 76/80 answers —	DR 88	—	#2.6
3	ExpediaDR 86expedia.com	80% 64/80 answers —	DR 86	—	#4
4	Hotels.comDR 85hotels.com	64% 51/80 answers —	DR 85	—	#4.5
5	Google HotelsDR 98google.com	48% 38/80 answers —	DR 98	—	#2.5
6	Trip.comDR 81trip.com	48% 38/80 answers —	DR 81	—	#3.9
7	KayakDR 84kayak.com	36% 29/80 answers —	DR 84	—	#5.6
8	TravelokaDR 83traveloka.com	31% 25/80 answers —	DR 83	—	#3.5
9	PricelineDR 78priceline.com	29% 23/80 answers —	DR 78	—	#5.3
10	TrivagoDR 75trivago.com	21% 17/80 answers —	DR 75	—	#4.9
11	AirbnbDR 92airbnb.com	15% 12/80 answers —	DR 92	—	#5.7
12	SkyscannerDR 78skyscanner.com	13% 10/80 answers —	DR 78	—	#3.9
13	KlookDR 84klook.com	10% 8/80 answers —	DR 84	—	#5.8
14	HostelworldDR 81hostelworld.com	9% 7/80 answers —	DR 81	—	#6
15	HotwireDR 71hotwire.com	8% 6/80 answers —	DR 71	—	#6.8
16	Tiket.comDR 77tiket.com	4% 3/80 answers —	DR 77	—	#5.3
17	HotelTonightDR 71hoteltonight.com	3% 2/80 answers —	DR 71	—	#4.5
18	TripadvisorDR 93tripadvisor.com	3% 2/80 answers —	DR 93	—	#5.5
19	MarriottDR 91marriott.com	3% 2/80 answers —	DR 91	—	#8
20	HiltonDR 91hilton.com	3% 2/80 answers —	DR 91	—	#9
21	Google Hotel SearchDR 98google.com	1% 1/80 answers —	DR 98	—	#2
22	12GoDR 7912go.asia	1% 1/80 answers —	DR 79	—	#5
22	momondoDR 73momondo.com	1% 1/80 answers —	DR 73	—	#5
24	Airasia Move (Airasia Superapp)DR 80airasia.com	1% 1/80 answers —	DR 80	—	#6
24	HotelsCombinedDR 84hotelscombined.com	1% 1/80 answers —	DR 84	—	#6
26	HyattDR 90hyatt.com	1% 1/80 answers —	DR 90	—	#9
27	HopperDR 74hopper.com	1% 1/80 answers —	DR 74	—	#10
27	IHGDR 90ihg.com	1% 1/80 answers —	DR 90	—	#10

Prompt by prompt.

Each prompt, the engines whose answers named its most mentioned product, and how many of the planned answers came back. Open a prompt for its own ranking, sources, searches and every answer.

Every prompt, the product its answers named most, and how many answers came back
#	Prompt	Named the leader	Most mentioned	Answers
1	Booking.com 16/16	ChatGPT named itClaude named itPerplexity named itGemini named itGrok named itAI Overview named it	Booking.com16/16	16/16
2	Booking.com 16/16	ChatGPT named itClaude named itPerplexity named itGemini named itGrok named itAI Overview named it	Booking.com16/16	16/16
3	Agoda 16/16	ChatGPT named itClaude named itPerplexity named itGemini named itGrok named itAI Overview named it	Agoda16/16	16/16
4	Agoda 16/16	ChatGPT named itClaude named itPerplexity named itGemini named itGrok named itAI Overview named it	Agoda16/16	16/16
5	Booking.com 16/16	ChatGPT named itClaude named itPerplexity named itGemini named itGrok named itAI Overview named it	Booking.com16/16	16/16

Recommendations by engine.

Each cell is the share of that engine’s answers naming the product. Engines differ, and this is where it shows.

Share of each engine’s answers naming each product; open a cell for its answers
Product	ChatGPTChatGPT	ClaudeClaude	PerplexityPerplexity	GeminiGemini	GrokGrok	AI OverviewAI Overview
Booking.com
Agoda
Expedia
Hotels.com
Google Hotels
Trip.com
Kayak
Traveloka
Priceline
Trivago
Airbnb
Skyscanner
Klook
Hostelworld
Hotwire

Where the answers looked.

Sites the answers cited, by the share of answers citing each one.

1findingtheuniverse.com
34%27/80
2planetware.com
29%23/80
3frommers.com
28%22/80
4forbes.com
23%18/80
5truescho.com
20%16/80
6reddit.com
19%15/80
7en.wikipedia.org
18%14/80
8smartertravel.com
18%14/80
9inspirefusion.com
16%13/80
10travelfreak.com
15%12/80
11top10.com
14%11/80
12uber.com
14%11/80

In their own words.

Lines from the answers that name the product, word for word, with the engine and the day it answered.

What the engines say about

“What is the best website to book hotels?”
1. Booking.com — https://www.booking.com
ChatGPT8 Oct 2026
“What is the best website to book hotels?”
1. Booking.com — www.booking.com —
Claude8 Oct 2026
“What is the best website to book hotels?”
1. Booking.com — https://www.booking.com — Best overall for its exceptionally broad global inventory, flexible cancellation options, and strong review coverage.[1][4]
Perplexity8 Oct 2026
“What is the best website to book hotels?”
2. Booking.com
Gemini8 Oct 2026
“What is the best website to book hotels?”
1. Booking.com
Grok8 Oct 2026
“What is the best website to book hotels?”
- Best Overall for Selection & Rewards: [Booking.com](https://www.booking.com/) offers a massive global inventory of homes, hotels, and apartments with strong filtering tools and a tiered Genius loyalty program.[[1]](https://www.reddit.com/r/TravelHacks/comments/19blgmp/what_3rdparty_hotel_booki…
AI Overview10 Oct 2026

How this was measured.

Measured on 8 October 2026.
5 buyer questions, on ChatGPT, Claude, Perplexity, Gemini, Grok and AI Overview.
Asked more than once.
Each question went to each engine several times (Google AI Overview once), so the tables show rates, not one list.
Gaps stay gaps.
An answer that failed is left out of every count, never read as one that named nobody.
Every answer is here.
Quoted word for word, and in the CSV and JSON.

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