What AI engines actually recommend
for Richmond Motel
We probed 4 AI engines (ChatGPT, Claude, Perplexity, Gemini) with 10 real customer-search queries about Richmond motel. 15 unique businesses were named across the answers. Engine coverage (% of queries that returned a specific recommendation): Perplexity 100% · ChatGPT 0% · Claude 0% · Gemini 90%. Most-cited business: Motel 6 Sandston (9 citations across 1 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 10 queries| Rank | Property | ChatGPT | Claude | Perplexity | Gemini | Total | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Motel 6 Sandston | · | · | 9 | · | 9 | 80 |
| 2 | Best Western Plus Richmond | · | · | 9 | · | 9 | 80 |
| 3 | WoodSpring Suites Richmond Airport | · | · | · | 7 | 7 | 67 |
| 4 | Motel 6 Richmond Midlothian | · | · | 7 | · | 7 | 67 |
| 5 | Studio 6 Richmond, VA - Airport | · | · | · | 6 | 6 | 60 |
| 6 | Red Roof Inn Richmond - Airport/ Sandston | · | · | · | 6 | 6 | 60 |
| 7 | Airport Inn Motel | · | · | 6 | · | 6 | 60 |
| 8 | Studio 6 Richmond I-64 | · | · | 6 | · | 6 | 60 |
| 9 | Motel 6 Richmond, VA - I-64 West | · | · | · | 4 | 4 | 47 |
| 10 | Americas Best Value Inn Richmond VA Midlothian Turnpike | · | · | · | 4 | 4 | 47 |
| 11 | Hampton Inn Richmond Airport | · | · | 4 | · | 4 | 47 |
| 12 | Days Inn Richmond | · | · | 3 | · | 3 | 40 |
| 13 | Comfort Inn Petersburg | · | · | 3 | · | 3 | 40 |
| 14 | Studio 6 Richmond Airport | · | · | 2 | · | 2 | 33 |
| 15 | Richmond Motel | · | · | 1 | · | 1 | 27 |
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 saidFamily"family motel in Richmond with kitchenette"0 engines
Road trip"best motel in Richmond for a road trip stopover"0 engines
Budget"cheap motel in Richmond under 100 a night"0 engines
Road trip"Richmond motel near the highway"0 engines
Location"Richmond motel near the airport for early flight"0 engines
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Data snapshot generated July 6, 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.