What AI engines actually recommend
for Detroit Motel
We probed 4 AI engines (ChatGPT, Claude, Perplexity, Gemini) with 15 real customer-search queries about Detroit motel. 15 unique businesses were named across the answers. Engine coverage (% of queries that returned a specific recommendation): Perplexity 100% · ChatGPT 100% · Claude 100% · Gemini 67%. Most-cited business: Viking Motel (19 citations across 3 engines). Below is the live data — every number is computed from the AI answers shown in the per-query breakdown.
Engine coverage
% of queries where the engine returned a specific business name (not just “search Booking.com” or a refusal).
Top 3 — who wins this market
Most-cited businesses
15 businesses named across 15 queries| Rank | Property | ChatGPT | Claude | Perplexity | Gemini | Total | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Viking Motel | 4 | 9 | · | 6 | 19 | 90 |
| 2 | La Quinta Inn & Suites by Wyndham Detroit Metro Airport | 5 | 7 | · | 5 | 17 | 84 |
| 3 | Holiday Inn Detroit Metro Airport | 3 | 5 | · | 6 | 14 | 74 |
| 4 | Travelodge by Wyndham Romulus Detroit Airport | · | 8 | · | 4 | 12 | 58 |
| 5 | Motel 6 Southgate | · | · | 15 | · | 15 | 57 |
| 6 | Quality Inn Detroit Downtown | · | · | 15 | · | 15 | 57 |
| 7 | Hilton Garden Inn Detroit Downtown | · | · | 14 | · | 14 | 54 |
| 8 | Rivertown Inn & Suites | · | · | 13 | · | 13 | 51 |
| 9 | Element Detroit at the Metropolitan | · | · | 13 | · | 13 | 51 |
| 10 | Holiday Inn Express Romulus / Detroit Airport | 3 | 6 | · | · | 9 | 48 |
| 11 | Holiday Inn Express Romulus Detroit Airport | · | · | · | 4 | 4 | 23 |
| 12 | Chatham Motel | · | · | 2 | · | 2 | 16 |
| 13 | Siren Hotel | · | · | 1 | · | 1 | 13 |
| 14 | Detroit Foundation Hotel | · | · | 1 | · | 1 | 13 |
| 15 | Atheneum Suite Hotel | · | · | 1 | · | 1 | 13 |
Total = sum of citations across all engines × all queries. Score = density-weighted with cross-engine consensus.
Per-query breakdown
click any row to read what each AI actually saidRoad trip"best motel in Detroit for a road trip stopover"0 engines
Budget"cheap motel in Detroit under 100 a night"0 engines
Road trip"Detroit motel near the highway"0 engines
Family"family motel in Detroit with kitchenette"0 engines
Location"Detroit motel near the airport for early flight"0 engines
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Data snapshot generated June 30, 2026. Refreshed weekly. findloc.ai is independent — we are not affiliated with OpenAI, Anthropic, Perplexity or Google. AI engine answers shown are quoted verbatim from public API responses and may change between snapshots.