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

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

24 answers from ChatGPT and Gemini, asked on 2026-10-20, 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 citypass.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 citypass.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, citypass.com most often.

Updated 2026-11-03. [The Chicago tours, attractions and museums index](https://directindex.org/city/chicago-tours) · [Places named, question by question](https://directindex.org/city/chicago-tours/recommended) · [Markdown](https://directindex.org/city/chicago-tours/assistants?format=md) · [JSON](https://directindex.org/city/chicago-tours/assistants.json) · [Share image](https://directindex.org/og/city/chicago-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 24 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 | 24 | **100%** | 12 100% | 12 100% |
| citypass.com | marketplace | 2 | **8%** | 0 | 2 17% |
| Press, guides and forums | press and guides | 2 | **8%** | 0 | 2 17% |
| Tiqets | marketplace | 2 | **8%** | 0 | 2 17% |
| Viator | marketplace | 2 | **8%** | 0 | 2 17% |
| vividseats.com | marketplace | 2 | **8%** | 0 | 2 17% |
| BentoBox | vendor, direct | 1 | **4%** | 0 | 1 8% |
| byfirstbatch.com | other site | 1 | **4%** | 0 | 1 8% |
| chicagooutdoorcollective.com | other site | 1 | **4%** | 1 8% | 0 |
| chicagowatersportrentals.com | other site | 1 | **4%** | 1 8% | 0 |
| chicagowinery.com | other site | 1 | **4%** | 0 | 1 8% |
| coursehorse.com | marketplace | 1 | **4%** | 0 | 1 8% |
| cruisechicago.com | other site | 1 | **4%** | 0 | 1 8% |
| discoverdupage.com | other site | 1 | **4%** | 0 | 1 8% |
| docomomo-us.org | other site | 1 | **4%** | 0 | 1 8% |

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

 By assistant

## What each assistant does in Chicago 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.

| Assistant | Own site or direct | Marketplace | Directory | No link | Places |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| ChatGPT | **89%** | 0% | 0% | 11% | 28 |
| Gemini | **89%** | 0% | 0% | 11% | 37 |

 Question by question

## Who gets named, and with which link

Asked on 2026-10-20. 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/chicago-tours/recommended/walking-tour) | [Chicago Architecture Center](https://directindex.org/r/architecture.org) own site
[Free Chicago Walking Tours](https://directindex.org/r/freechicagowalkingtours.com) own site
[Chicago Architecture Walking Tour](https://directindex.org/scan/chicagoarchitecturewalkingtours.com) own site | [Chicago Architecture Center](https://directindex.org/r/architecture.org) own site
[Chicago Gangsters and Ghosts Tours](https://directindex.org/r/gangstersandghosts.com) own site
[Inside Chicago Walking Tours](https://directindex.org/r/insidechicagowalkingtours.com) own site |
| [A food tour this Saturday evening for two, book it.](https://directindex.org/city/chicago-tours/recommended/food-tour) | [Chicago Food & City Tours](https://directindex.org/scan/chicagofoodtours.com) own site
[Bobby’s Bike Hike](https://directindex.org/scan/bobbysbikehike.com) own site
[Chicago Pizza Tours](https://directindex.org/r/chicagopizzatours.com) own site | [Bobbys Bike Hike](https://directindex.org/scan/bobbysbikehike.com) own site
[Chicago Food & City Tours](https://directindex.org/scan/chicagofoodtours.com) own site
[Secret Food Tours](https://directindex.org/scan/secretfoodtours.com) own site |
| [Skip-the-line tickets for the main museum tomorrow, where do I buy them?](https://directindex.org/city/chicago-tours/recommended/museum-tickets) | [the Field Museum](https://directindex.org/r/fieldmuseum.org) own site
[Field Museum](https://directindex.org/r/fieldmuseum.org) own site
[Shedd Aquarium](https://directindex.org/scan/sheddaquarium.org) own site
[Art Institute of Chicago](https://directindex.org/r/artic.edu) own site | [The Art Institute of Chicago](https://directindex.org/r/artic.edu) own site
[Field Museum](https://directindex.org/r/fieldmuseum.org) own site
[Griffin Museum of Science and Industry](https://directindex.org/r/msichicago.org) own site |
| [A bike tour of the city for a family with kids, book for Saturday.](https://directindex.org/city/chicago-tours/recommended/bike-tour) | [Bobby’s Bike Hike](https://directindex.org/scan/bobbysbikehike.com) own site | [Bobbys Bike Hike](https://directindex.org/scan/bobbysbikehike.com) own site
[Bike and Roll Chicago](https://directindex.org/scan/bikeandroll.com) own site
[Museum Campus / Divvy Bikes](https://directindex.org/r/divvybikes.com) own site
[Museum Campus](https://directindex.org/r/chicagoparkdistrict.com) no link |
| [A day trip out of the city with a guide this week, tickets online.](https://directindex.org/city/chicago-tours/recommended/day-trip) | [Starved Rock Lodge](https://directindex.org/scan/starvedrocklodge.com) own site | [Edith Farnsworth House](https://directindex.org/scan/edithfarnsworthhouse.org) own site
[Chicago Architecture Center](https://directindex.org/r/architecture.org) own site |
| [A sunset boat tour tomorrow, I want to book directly.](https://directindex.org/city/chicago-tours/recommended/boat-tour) | nothing named | [Wendella Boats](https://directindex.org/r/wendellaboats.com) own site
[Chicago’s First Lady](https://directindex.org/r/architecture.org) own site
[Shoreline Sightseeing](https://directindex.org/r/shorelinesightseeing.com) own site |
| [A wine tasting or vineyard visit this weekend, book for two.](https://directindex.org/city/chicago-tours/recommended/wine-tasting) | [Chicago Winery](https://directindex.org/scan/chiwinery.com) own site
[City Winery Chicago](https://directindex.org/scan/citywinery.com) own site
[Waterman Winery & Vineyards](https://directindex.org/scan/watermanwinery.com) own site | nothing named |
| [Kayaking or paddleboarding tomorrow morning, tickets online.](https://directindex.org/city/chicago-tours/recommended/kayak) | [Kayak Chicago](https://directindex.org/scan/kayakchicago.com) own site | [Urban Kayaks](https://directindex.org/scan/urbankayaks.com) own site
[What they offer](https://directindex.org/scan/urbankayaks.com) own site
[Kayak Chicago](https://directindex.org/scan/kayakchicago.com) own site
[Wateriders](https://directindex.org/r/wateriders.com) own site |
| [A private guide for half a day with the family, how do I book one?](https://directindex.org/city/chicago-tours/recommended/private-guide) | [Road Trip Chicago](https://directindex.org/scan/roadtripchicago.com) own site
[Chicago Museum Tours](https://directindex.org/scan/chicagomuseumtours.com) own site
[Chicago History Museum](https://directindex.org/r/chicagohistory.org) own site | Directly with Specialty Operators no link
Directly through Institutions no link
Advance Notice no link
[Chicago Detours](https://directindex.org/r/chicagodetours.com) own site |
| [A ghost or night walking tour tonight, two tickets.](https://directindex.org/city/chicago-tours/recommended/night-tour) | [Ghost City Tours](https://directindex.org/scan/ghostcitytours.com) own site
[Chicago’s First Lady](https://directindex.org/r/firstlady.com) own site | [Chicago Gangsters and Ghosts Tour](https://directindex.org/r/gangstersandghosts.com) own site
[Ghost City Tours Chicago](https://directindex.org/scan/ghostcitytours.com) own site
[Nightly Spirits Chicago](https://directindex.org/r/nightlyspirits.com) own site |
| [A local cooking class this week, book two places.](https://directindex.org/city/chicago-tours/recommended/cooking-class) | Eataly Chicago no link
[Arancini](https://directindex.org/scan/eataly.com) own site
Cooking Skills & Social no link
Late Fall Catch no link | [The Chopping Block](https://directindex.org/scan/thechoppingblock.com) own site
[Cooking Skills and Social](https://directindex.org/scan/cookingskillsandsocial.com) own site |
| [It's raining. Something fun to book indoors for this afternoon.](https://directindex.org/city/chicago-tours/recommended/rainy-day) | [Theater of the Mind](https://directindex.org/scan/theaterofthemindchicago.com) own site
[Flyover Chicago](https://directindex.org/r/experienceflyover.com) own site | [The Art Institute of Chicago](https://directindex.org/r/artic.edu) own site
[Shedd Aquarium](https://directindex.org/scan/sheddaquarium.org) own site
[Griffin Museum of Science and Industry](https://directindex.org/r/msichicago.org) 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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