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AI visibility and Partner Intelligence for destination and hospitality teams. See what AI says, which sources it cites, how the places around you appear, and what the right team should review next.

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See what AI says

“Which coastal towns in the Southern California Coast are best for outdoor trips?”

The question never names La Jolla. Gemini put it first.

Your Snapshot charts your place.

A chart of the Southern California coast. Fifty traveler questions, none naming La Jolla. Question 50 asked: Which coastal towns in the Southern California Coast are best for outdoor trips?

ChatGPT and Google AI Overviews sent the traveler first to Laguna Beach, Claude to Santa Barbara, Gemini to La Jolla, and Perplexity to San Clemente.

Gemini’s answer, in its own order:

  1. La Jolla
  2. Laguna Beach
  3. Santa Barbara
  4. Encinitas
  5. Malibu
  6. Avalon
  7. Coronado
  8. Carlsbad
  9. Ventura
  10. San Clemente

How Drifter works each week

  1. Stage 1 of 4: Does AI name you? In 37.6% of answers

    Questions that never name La Jolla, asked of four AI engines in one real week.

  2. Stage 2 of 4: Where does AI get this? From official websites

    Tourism boards and state sites drew half the citations behind this one question.

    Chart of the Southern California Bight: gold lines run from question 50 to the 21 websites its answers cited, the most cited named, visitlagunabeach.com first.
  3. Stage 3 of 4: What do you fix first? Five fixes, ranked

    La Jolla’s start with a page helping travelers choose where to stay.

    Chart of La Jolla with the places AI named marked in ink, and five gold Action numerals pointing to the spots they work on.

    1Create a lodging chooser for where to stay in La JollaBrief ready

  4. Stage 4 of 4: Who does the work? Drifter drafts. You approve.

    Once approved, the page goes live on Drifter.

    Chart of the La Jolla Village and Cove, with a gold ring the pen has drawn round the Cove for the draft.

    A La Jolla Seafood Weekend: Where to Eat, Walk, and Watch the TideDraft ready

Drifter handles the repetition. Your team keeps the judgment and final approval.

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Questions

Questions teams ask.

What is an AI Snapshot?

A free first read of how AI answers discovery questions about your place. You see where you are included, where your official content is thin, which sources are shaping the answer, and the first fixes to prioritize.

Who is Drifter for?

Destination and hospitality marketers: DMOs, hotels, venues, attractions, and the teams behind places people travel to experience. If travelers ask AI where to go, stay, meet, or visit, Drifter shows whether you are part of the answer and what to improve next.

What do you need from us to run it?

Usually just your official website and basic place context. We do not need CMS access, analytics access, or a long implementation project to run the Snapshot. If we need clarification, we ask for it before turning findings into recommendations.

How does the Drifter product work together?

AI visibility reporting shows what ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Perplexity, and Google AI Overviews tell travelers before they reach your site. Actions & publishing turn the gaps into reviewed work. Spotlights watch the moments your team plans around. Partner Intelligence follows the places AI names around you. On-site planning is a separate product: a grounded trip planner on your own website.

Does Drifter publish changes automatically?

No. Drifter can prepare a draft or technical handoff. Your team reviews, edits, and explicitly approves anything that is published. Nothing goes live without a person making the call.

What AI engines does Drifter track?

Drifter samples the engines travelers use for planning: ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, and Perplexity. Paid plans also monitor Google AI Overviews, the AI answer at the top of Google Search, as its own lane in the report. You see representative traveler-facing answers for the Core Benchmark questions Drifter monitors for your place.

Can we choose the questions Drifter tracks?

Not like a keyword tool. Drifter generates and maintains the Core Benchmark from your place, your official content, and our evaluation framework. If your team wants to watch a campaign, season, audience, or topic more closely, Spotlights add that focused layer without changing the benchmark.

Do we need technical skills or CMS access?

No. Every action is translated into plain work for the right owner. Content goes to your writers as a drafted brief. Technical goes to IT or your webmaster as a ready-to-send handoff. Your marketing lead does not have to translate the AI or schema details.

How is pricing structured?

Hotels and places subscribe monthly; destinations and DMOs run an annual program. Published prices are on the pricing page. Most teams start with the free AI Snapshot, and destination teams usually start with a demo.

Is AI really changing how travelers find places?

Yes. Travelers are already asking AI for short lists, itineraries, hotel ideas, meeting locations, and things to do before they reach a destination site or booking path. Drifter helps your team see that answer early and improve the official content that supports it.

Your free AI Snapshot

What does AI tell travelers about your place?

  • Answer Share
  • Authority Share
  • AI Readiness
  • Sentiment themes
  • Peer validation
  • Prioritized fixes

Destination teams usually start with a demo.