The Hitching Company
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Ways to reach The Hitching Company directly, with no marketplace in between. Checked 2026-10-23. Through xola acting for the business. Report a mistake
95 Merriam St, Minneapolis 55401-1524 · +16123387777
Prices: 4 prices on the site, the middle one $190
Places near The Hitching Company that take a booking or an order on their own website, with no marketplace in between.
The website's grade
An AI assistant can open The Hitching Company's website. It can't find a menu or price list, so it answers from other sites. It finds a way to book or order directly, through Xola.
44 of 65 points available
agent-readiness level, Basic Web Presence
things to fix
Provisional, with the action test and the assistant citation check still to come. The hatched part of the bar isn't measured yet.
What the site tells visitors Measured, not scored
These don't change the grade.
What assistants answer
Each assistant gets three questions about this business: the official website, where to book and where to order. Each cell shows where the answer sent people.
The assistants haven't been asked about this business yet. They're asked about the top-ranked businesses in each city index, and about any business as soon as it's claimed. Claim this page to be included.
The assistants were asked 12 everyday questions about Minneapolis tours, attractions and museums and named 40 places. The Hitching Company wasn't one of them. See who was named →
How The Hitching Company compares
Not ranked yet in Minneapolis tours, attractions and museums
The ranking updates every hour. This site joins it at the next update.
| What the top 10% of the index does | Top 10% | This site |
|---|---|---|
| Take bookings or orders on their own domain | 90% | yes |
| Publish the menu or price list as HTML | 10% | no |
| Let AI crawlers in (no block at the server or in robots.txt) | 90% | yes |
| Structured data with address, phone and hours | 0% | no |
| Have an llms.txt | 30% | no |
Compared with its peers
| Average score | A or B | This site | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sites built with WordPress 251,601 sites | 55% | 24% | 67.7% |
| Sites using Xola 49 sites | 68% | 51% | 67.7% |
Nearest places in the index
| Place | Distance | Grade | Direct booking or ordering |
|---|---|---|---|
| Book It Travel | 323 m | F | no |
| Real Ghost Tours | 443 m | D | no |
| Human On a Stick Segway Tours | 450 m | C | yes |
| James J. Fiorentino Museum | 625 m | C | no |
| Minneapolis Ghost Walks | 647 m | D | yes |
| The Fit Tourist | 705 m | D | no |
| Mill City Museum | 836 m | A | yes |
| Pedal Pub Twin Cities | 938 m | C | yes |
| Depot Adventures | 1.0 km | B | yes |
| Prompt Charters & Tours | 1.1 km | F | no |
Businesses like The Hitching Company in Minneapolis tours, attractions and museums
| Group | Sites | Avg score | A or B | This site |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sites built with WordPress in Minneapolis tours, attractions and museums | 22 | 56% | 18% | 67.7% |
| Sites using Xola in Minneapolis tours, attractions and museums | 2 | 68% | 0% | 67.7% |
| Sites built with WordPress and using Xola in Minneapolis tours, attractions and museums | 1 | 68% | 0% | 67.7% |
What to fix first
- No tickets and prices found +7 points
Agents answer 'what does it cost and when?' from marketplaces instead. Add a page with tickets, times and prices as text, and link to it from the homepage. How to fix it
- Structured data is incomplete +6 points
Missing: address, telephone, opening hours. How to fix it
- No llms.txt no points, but worth doing
Optional for now and cheap to add. It's a short text file that describes the business for language models. How to fix it
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Already right
- robots.txt lets AI crawlers in No rule blocks the main AI user agents.
- AI crawlers get the page GPTBot, ClaudeBot and PerplexityBot all got a normal response.
- Structured data found (Organization) no address, phone or hours in it
- Tickets through xola on your own domain There's no marketplace commission, and the customer stays yours.
Builder: wordpress · contact page /about-us/: nothing new · What to paste
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