What AI searches when asked for hotels in New York
Before answering a hotel question with web search, an AI assistant rewrites it into one or more searches. These are the searches it actually ran for 19 traveller prompts about New York, captured week after week, not autocomplete suggestions.
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Percentages are shares of answers. Grok and Gemini were captured on an earlier prompt set, so most current prompts only have ChatGPT.
The searches ChatGPT ran
Most frequent first. “×3” means the same search appeared in three separate answers.
- best hotels in New York×5 · last 3 Aug 2026
- best hotels in New York City luxury hotels×2 · last 10 Aug 2026
- best hotels in New York City 2026 luxury boutique location reviews×1 · last 2 Nov 2026
- best hotels in New York City 2026 luxury boutique Midtown Central Park recommendations×1 · last 19 Oct 2026
- best hotels in New York City 2026 luxury boutique midrange neighborhoods×1 · last 13 Oct 2026
- best luxury hotels New York City×1 · last 14 Sept 2026
- best luxury hotels in New York City×1 · last 9 Sept 2026
- best luxury hotels in New York City 2026×1 · last 9 Sept 2026
- best hotels in New York City luxury hotels rankings×1 · last 22 Jun 2026
- best hotels in New York City luxury hotel rankings 2025×1 · last 15 Jun 2026
- best hotels luxury×1 · last 4 May 2026
Words it added to the prompt
Places and names it added
No capitalised name added in two or more answers.
Hotel topics in what it added
All New York prompts together
Share of answers whose searches added each topic, counting only words that were not already in the prompt.
What a New York hotel page can cover
The topics ChatGPT adds most often here, with what a page can do about each. These are editorial suggestions drawn from the searches, not a measured ranking effect.
- Best / top29% of answers
The engine is looking for lists. Being on the editorial and booking-site lists matters as much as your own page.
- Hotel class or style22% of answers
State your class and style plainly (five-star, boutique, historic) in text and in schema.
- A year19% of answers
Say what is current: this year’s renovations, prices and openings, with dates on the page.
- Neighbourhood and location9% of answers
Name your neighbourhood and what is walkable from it, in words, not only on a map.
- Who it is for8% of answers
Say who the hotel suits (families, couples, business) and why, with specifics.
Which hotels get named? The answers behind these searches are tracked in the AI Hotel Landscape for New York.
How the searches were captured and cleaned, and what is left out: method and limits. ChatGPT data runs to Nov 2026.