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title: Where assistants send people in Boston tours, attractions and museums · The Direct Index
url: https://directindex.org/city/boston-tours/assistants
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 Assistants · Boston tours, attractions and museums, US · October 2026

# Where assistants send people in Boston tours, attractions and museums

23 answers from ChatGPT and Gemini, asked on 2026-10-19, 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 30% link a marketplace, most often Booking.com (4%).

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

1 more answer named no place (a question back, or nothing found) and is left out of these shares.

100%

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

30%

link a marketplace

4%

link Booking.com, the marketplace named most

23

answers, 23 to the questions people ask and 0 about businesses

Of the 23 answers to the questions people ask, 100% link a business's own site or its booking software and 30% a marketplace, Booking.com most often.

Updated 2026-11-03. [The Boston tours, attractions and museums index](https://directindex.org/city/boston-tours) · [Places named, question by question](https://directindex.org/city/boston-tours/recommended) · [Markdown](https://directindex.org/city/boston-tours/assistants?format=md) · [JSON](https://directindex.org/city/boston-tours/assistants.json) · [Share image](https://directindex.org/og/city/boston-tours/assistants.png) · [All cities](https://directindex.org/assistants).

 League table

## The destinations, most linked first

Each row is a place an answer can send people. Share is the percentage of all 23 answers that link to it. Each assistant's column counts only that assistant's answers.

| Destination | Kind | Answers | Share | ChatGPT | Gemini |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| **The businesses' own sites** | own site | 23 | **100%** | 11 100% | 12 100% |
| Press, guides and forums | press and guides | 6 | **26%** | 3 27% | 3 25% |
| Booking.com | marketplace | 1 | **4%** | 0 | 1 8% |
| bostontowncrier.com | other site | 1 | **4%** | 0 | 1 8% |
| cambridgeculinary.com | other site | 1 | **4%** | 0 | 1 8% |
| citypass.com | marketplace | 1 | **4%** | 0 | 1 8% |
| community-boating.org | other site | 1 | **4%** | 0 | 1 8% |
| Eventbrite | marketplace | 1 | **4%** | 0 | 1 8% |
| expedia.com | marketplace | 1 | **4%** | 0 | 1 8% |
| Facebook | directory | 1 | **4%** | 0 | 1 8% |
| gearo.com | other site | 1 | **4%** | 0 | 1 8% |
| GetYourGuide | marketplace | 1 | **4%** | 0 | 1 8% |
| gocity.com | other site | 1 | **4%** | 0 | 1 8% |
| Google Maps | directory | 1 | **4%** | 0 | 1 8% |
| greetwell.com | vendor, direct | 1 | **4%** | 0 | 1 8% |

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

 By assistant

## What each assistant does in Boston tours, attractions and museums

ChatGPT: answered by gpt-6-luna (11).

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.

| Assistant | Own site or direct | Marketplace | Directory | No link | Places |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| ChatGPT | **92%** | 0% | 0% | 8% | 24 |
| Gemini | **74%** | 0% | 5% | 21% | 39 |

 Question by question

## Who gets named, and with which link

Asked on 2026-10-19. 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.

| Question | ChatGPT | Gemini |
| --- | --- | --- |
| [A walking tour on Sunday morning with tickets online.](https://directindex.org/city/boston-tours/recommended/walking-tour) | [Boston By Foot](https://directindex.org/r/bostonbyfoot.org) own site | [Freedom Trail Foundation](https://directindex.org/r/thefreedomtrail.org) no link
[What it offers](https://directindex.org/scan/thefreedomtrail.org) own site
[Boston By Foot](https://directindex.org/r/bostonbyfoot.org) own site
[Boston Tea Party Ships & Museum](https://directindex.org/r/bostonteapartyship.com) own site |
| [A food tour this Saturday evening for two, book it.](https://directindex.org/city/boston-tours/recommended/food-tour) | [Up and Adam Food Tours](https://directindex.org/scan/upandadamfoodtours.com) own site
[Boston Pizza Tours](https://directindex.org/r/bostonpizzatours.com) own site | [Bites of Boston Food Tours](https://directindex.org/r/bitesofbostonfoodtours.com) own site
[Boston Foodie Tours](https://directindex.org/scan/bostonfoodietours.com) own site
[Boston Pizza Tours](https://directindex.org/r/bostonpizzatours.com) own site |
| [Skip-the-line tickets for the main museum tomorrow, where do I buy them?](https://directindex.org/city/boston-tours/recommended/museum-tickets) | [Museum of Fine Arts, Boston](https://directindex.org/r/mfa.org) own site
[Museum of Science](https://directindex.org/r/mos.org) own site | [Museum of Fine Arts, Boston](https://directindex.org/r/mfa.org) own site
[Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum](https://directindex.org/r/gardner.org) own site
[Museum of Science, Boston](https://directindex.org/r/mos.org) own site |
| [A bike tour of the city for a family with kids, book for Saturday.](https://directindex.org/city/boston-tours/recommended/bike-tour) | [Urban AdvenTours](https://directindex.org/scan/urbanadventours.com) own site | [Urban AdvenTours](https://directindex.org/scan/urbanadventours.com) own site
[Museum of Science, Boston](https://directindex.org/r/mos.org) own site
[Boston Childrens Museum](https://directindex.org/r/bostonchildrensmuseum.org) own site |
| [A day trip out of the city with a guide this week, tickets online.](https://directindex.org/city/boston-tours/recommended/day-trip) | [Boston To Salem Tours](https://directindex.org/scan/bostontosalemtours.com) own site
Concord Visitor Center no link
[Boston History Company](https://directindex.org/scan/boshist.org) own site | [New England Trips](https://directindex.org/r/newenglandtripsinc.com) own site
[New England Excursions](https://directindex.org/r/newenglandexcursions.com) own site
[Plimoth Patuxet Museums](https://directindex.org/scan/plimoth.org) own site |
| [A sunset boat tour tomorrow, I want to book directly.](https://directindex.org/city/boston-tours/recommended/boat-tour) | [Mass Bay Lines](https://directindex.org/scan/massbaylines.com) own site
[Liberty Fleet of Tall Ships](https://directindex.org/r/libertyfleet.com) own site
[Boston Harbor City Cruises](https://directindex.org/r/cityexperiences.com) own site | nothing named |
| [A wine tasting or vineyard visit this weekend, book for two.](https://directindex.org/city/boston-tours/recommended/wine-tasting) | [City Winery Boston](https://directindex.org/scan/citywinery.com) own site
[Nashoba Valley Winery](https://directindex.org/scan/nashobawinery.com) own site
[Boston Winery](https://directindex.org/scan/bostonwinery.com) own site | City Winery Boston no link
[Experience](https://directindex.org/scan/citywinery.com) own site
[The Boston Winery](https://directindex.org/scan/bostonwinery.com) own site
[Nashoba Valley Winery, Distillery & Orchards](https://directindex.org/scan/nashobawinery.com) own site |
| [Kayaking or paddleboarding tomorrow morning, tickets online.](https://directindex.org/city/boston-tours/recommended/kayak) | nothing named | [Paddle Boston](https://directindex.org/scan/paddleboston.com) own site
[Boating in Boston](https://directindex.org/scan/adventuresunbound.com) own site
Community Boating Inc no link |
| [A private guide for half a day with the family, how do I book one?](https://directindex.org/city/boston-tours/recommended/private-guide) | Boston Private Guide no link | Walking tours no link
Driving tours no link
[The Freedom Trail Foundation](https://directindex.org/r/thefreedomtrail.org) no link
[What they offer](https://directindex.org/scan/thefreedomtrail.org) own site |
| [A ghost or night walking tour tonight, two tickets.](https://directindex.org/city/boston-tours/recommended/night-tour) | [Ghosts & Gravestones Nightwalk](https://directindex.org/r/trolleytours.com) own site
[Boston Ghosts](https://directindex.org/r/bostonghosts.com) own site
[Haunted Boston Ghost Tours](https://directindex.org/r/hauntedboston.com) own site | [Haunted Boston Ghost Tours](https://directindex.org/r/hauntedboston.com) no link
[What to expect](https://directindex.org/scan/hauntedboston.com) own site
[Ghosts & Gravestones](https://directindex.org/r/ghostsandgravestones.com) no link
[Ghosts & Gravestones Nightwalk](https://directindex.org/r/ghostsandgravestones.com) own site |
| [A local cooking class this week, book two places.](https://directindex.org/city/boston-tours/recommended/cooking-class) | [Thought Design](https://directindex.org/scan/thought-design.com) own site
[PAGU](https://directindex.org/scan/restaurantpagu.com) own site | [Selfup Boston](https://directindex.org/scan/selfup.com) own site
La Scuola at Eataly Boston directory
Cambridge School of Culinary Arts directory |
| [It's raining. Something fun to book indoors for this afternoon.](https://directindex.org/city/boston-tours/recommended/rainy-day) | [Museum of Science](https://directindex.org/r/mos.org) own site
[New England Aquarium](https://directindex.org/r/neaq.org) own site
[Museum of Fine Arts, Boston](https://directindex.org/r/mfa.org) own site | [Museum of Fine Arts, Boston](https://directindex.org/r/mfa.org) own site
[Boda Borg Boston](https://directindex.org/scan/bodaborg.com) 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](https://directindex.org/methodology).

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