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Assistants · Austin tours, attractions and museums, US · October 2026

Where assistants send people in Austin tours, attractions and museums

24 answers from ChatGPT and Gemini, asked between 2026-10-18 and 2026-10-22, to the questions people ask and to questions about the top businesses in the index. 100% of them link a business's own site or its booking software, and 25% link a marketplace, most often toursbylocals.com (8%).

Fewer than 30 answers, so this share is not compared with other cities.

100%

of answers link the business's own site or its booking software

25%

link a marketplace

8%

link toursbylocals.com, the marketplace named most

24

answers, 24 to the questions people ask and 0 about businesses

Of the 24 answers to the questions people ask, 100% link a business's own site or its booking software and 25% a marketplace, toursbylocals.com most often.

Updated 2026-11-03. The Austin tours, attractions and museums index · Places named, question by question · Markdown · JSON · Share image · All cities.

League table

The destinations, most linked first

Each row is a place an answer can send people. Share is the percentage of all 24 answers that link to it. Each assistant's column counts only that assistant's answers.

DestinationKindAnswersShareChatGPTGemini
The businesses' own sitesown site24100%12 100%12 100%
Press, guides and forumspress and guides938%1 8%8 67%
austinmuseums.orgdirectory28%02 17%
toursbylocals.commarketplace28%1 8%1 8%
cedarparktxliving.comother site14%01 8%
cellarpass.comother site14%01 8%
cozymeal.commarketplace14%1 8%0
everythingimmersive.comother site14%01 8%
Facebookdirectory14%01 8%
FareHarborvendor, direct14%1 8%0
Fevermarketplace14%01 8%
GetYourGuidemarketplace14%01 8%
goodnomadventures.comother site14%01 8%
hillcountryoutdoors.comother site14%01 8%
Klookmarketplace14%01 8%

6 more destinations with fewer answers each are in the JSON.

By assistant

What each assistant does in Austin tours, attractions and museums

ChatGPT: answered by gpt-6-luna (12).

Gemini: answered by gemini-3.8-flash (12).

Places named when people ask

Each assistant was asked the way people ask, with web search on, for up to three places and a link to book or order with each one directly. The table shows how many of the places it named came with a link to the place's own site, to a marketplace or to a directory, or with no link at all.

AssistantOwn site or directMarketplaceDirectoryNo linkPlaces
ChatGPT89%7%0%4%28
Gemini92%0%0%8%39
Question by question

Who gets named, and with which link

Asked on 2026-10-22. A place in this index links to its report. A place with its own site that isn't in the index yet links to a scan. "No link" means the assistant named the place but didn't link its site. Each question links to the full list of places named.

QuestionChatGPTGemini
A walking tour on Sunday morning with tickets online.Tipster Tours own site
Nitty Gritty City Tours own site
Walking Tours of Austin own site
Nitty Gritty City Tours no link
What it offers own site
Tipster Tours own site
Austin Eats Food Tours own site
A food tour this Saturday evening for two, book it.Austin Trophy Adventures own siteAustin Eats Food Tours own site
Secret Food Tours Austin own site
Taste of Austin Tours own site
Skip-the-line tickets for the main museum tomorrow, where do I buy them?Bullock Texas State History Museum own site
Museum of Illusions Austin own site
Blanton Museum of Art own site
Bullock Texas State History Museum own site
The Contemporary Austin own site
A bike tour of the city for a family with kids, book for Saturday.nothing namedBarton Springs Bike Rental & Tours own site
Austin Bike Tours and Rentals own site
Your Biker Gang own site
A day trip out of the city with a guide this week, tickets online.nothing namedAustin Detours no link
Experience own site
Natural Bridge Caverns own site
Inner Space Cavern own site
A sunset boat tour tomorrow, I want to book directly.Lake Austin Boat Tours own site
Fathom Yacht Charters own site
Austin Boat Adventures own site
Capital Cruises own site
Lone Star Riverboat own site
Lake Austin Boat Tours own site
A wine tasting or vineyard visit this weekend, book for two.C.L. Butaud own site
Flat Creek Estate own site
Lost Oak Winery no link
Fall Elevated Tasting own site
Flat Creek Estate own site
Fall Creek Vineyards own site
The Austin Winery own site
Kayaking or paddleboarding tomorrow morning, tickets online.Texas Rowing Center own site
Rowing Dock own site
Lady Bird Lake Rentals own site
Austin Rowing Club own site
Live Love Paddle own site
Texas Rowing Center own site
A private guide for half a day with the family, how do I book one?Your ATX Tour own site
Austin Detours own site
ToursByLocals marketplace
Thinkery own site
Choose your focus no link
Austin Detours own site
Bullock Texas State History Museum own site
Your ATX Tour own site
A ghost or night walking tour tonight, two tickets.Austin Ghosts own site
Ghost Walk Austin own site
Austin Ghost Tours own site
Austin Ghost Tours own site
Ghost City Tours own site
Austin Ghosts own site
A local cooking class this week, book two places.Cozymeal marketplace
Classpop own site
Central Market Cooking School own site
Lets Eat Austin own site
Sur La Table own site
It's raining. Something fun to book indoors for this afternoon.Austin Aquarium own site
Bullock Texas State History Museum own site
Austin Bouldering Project own site
Wonderspaces Austin own site
The Escape Game Austin own site
Museum of Ice Cream Austin own site
Method

How this is counted

Everything here is counted in answers, using the latest answer from each assistant to each question, asked with web search on. Some questions are the ones people ask ("best pizza delivered right now", "book me a table for Saturday"). The others are three questions about each of the top-ranked businesses in the index: the official website, where to book and where to order. Every link in an answer is read. A destination counts once for each answer that links to it, whether as the place to book or as a source the assistant cited. So each share is the share of answers that link that destination, and the shares don't add up to 100%.

All the businesses' own sites share one row, whatever the business. A booking or ordering vendor on the business's own domain counts as direct. Marketplaces and directories are named. Listing, review and map sites (Tripadvisor, Google Maps, Yelp) count as directories, even where the scanner files them with the marketplaces. Newspapers, magazines, guides, forums and tourism sites share one row. Anything left is listed by its registered domain, and a model sorts each of those unknown hosts once into directory, press, marketplace, vendor, business or other, with the reason shown. Text that only looks like a host because a space is missing ("them.here") is dropped. Business names are matched against the index. A place that isn't in the index links to a scan of its site, if the assistant gave one.

Updated 2026-11-03. The data is open, and the JSON version of this page has every destination. Methodology.