# y8y.ai: AI Search Visibility for Hotels and Short-Stay Properties # We help hotel operators and property managers appear in ChatGPT, Perplexity, and Google AI Overviews. # Five-pillar guide: how AI picks, get found, Airbnb strategy, hotels, and measuring results. ## What we do - /for-hotels/: For hotels, one or a group - /for-property-managers/: For property managers - /for-real-estate/: For real estate - /add-ons/: Workflow automation, First in Google Maps, Branding, Social media - /services/: What we do, in one place ## Markets - /markets/austria/: AI visibility for hotels and short-stay properties in Austria - /markets/brazil/: AI visibility for hotels and short-stay properties in Brazil - /markets/colombia/: AI visibility for hotels and short-stay properties in Colombia - /markets/costa-rica/: AI visibility for hotels and short-stay properties in Costa Rica - /markets/france/: AI visibility for hotels and short-stay properties in France - /markets/germany/: AI visibility for hotels and short-stay properties in Germany - /markets/italy/: AI visibility for hotels and short-stay properties in Italy - /markets/netherlands/: AI visibility for hotels and short-stay properties in the Netherlands - /markets/portugal/: AI visibility for hotels and short-stay properties in Portugal - /markets/spain/: AI visibility for hotels and short-stay properties in Spain - /markets/switzerland/: AI visibility for hotels and short-stay properties in Switzerland - /markets/united-kingdom/: AI visibility for hotels and short-stay properties in the United Kingdom - /markets/united-states/: AI visibility for hotels and short-stay properties in the United States - /markets/netherlands/amsterdam/: AI Visibility for Hotels and Short-Stay Properties in Amsterdam - /markets/spain/barcelona/: AI Visibility for Hotels and Short-Stay Properties in Barcelona - /markets/switzerland/basel/: AI Visibility for Hotels and Short-Stay Properties in Basel - /markets/germany/berlin/: AI Visibility for Hotels and Short-Stay Properties in Berlin - /markets/colombia/cartagena/: AI Visibility for Hotels and Short-Stay Properties in Cartagena - /markets/switzerland/geneva/: AI Visibility for Hotels and Short-Stay Properties in Geneva - /markets/switzerland/lausanne/: AI Visibility for Hotels and Short-Stay Properties in Lausanne - /markets/portugal/lisbon/: AI Visibility for Hotels and Short-Stay Properties in Lisbon - /markets/united-kingdom/london/: AI Visibility for Hotels and Short-Stay Properties in London - /markets/united-states/miami/: AI Visibility for Hotels and Short-Stay Properties in Miami - /markets/germany/munich/: AI Visibility for Hotels and Short-Stay Properties in Munich - /markets/united-states/new-orleans/: AI Visibility for Hotels and Short-Stay Properties in New Orleans - /markets/united-states/new-york/: AI Visibility for Hotels and Short-Stay Properties in New York - /markets/france/paris/: AI Visibility for Hotels and Short-Stay Properties in Paris - /markets/brazil/rio-de-janeiro/: AI Visibility for Hotels and Short-Stay Properties in Rio de Janeiro - /markets/italy/rome/: AI Visibility for Hotels and Short-Stay Properties in Rome - /markets/costa-rica/tamarindo/: AI Visibility for Hotels and Short-Stay Properties in Tamarindo - /markets/austria/vienna/: AI Visibility for Hotels and Short-Stay Properties in Vienna - /markets/switzerland/zurich/: AI Visibility for Hotels and Short-Stay Properties in Zurich ## Pillars - /method/airbnb-and-str/: Airbnb and short-term rentals in AI search: how to appear when guests ask an AI where to stay - /method/get-found/: Get found in AI search: the technical playbook for hospitality - /method/hotels/: Hotels in AI search: from invisible to recommended by ChatGPT - /method/how-ai-picks/: How AI search picks hotels and properties: what's behind the recommendation - /method/results/: Measure AI search visibility for hotels and Airbnbs: monitoring, attribution and reporting ## Answers - /answers/add-preferred-sources-button-to-hotel-site/: How to add the Google Preferred Sources button to your hotel website - /answers/ai-presence-score-explained/: The AI presence score: what it measures and how it works - /answers/can-google-preferred-sources-be-gamed/: Can Google Preferred Sources be gamed? - /answers/can-you-pay-to-appear-in-ai-recommendations/: Can you pay to appear in AI recommendations? - /answers/does-airbnb-listing-quality-affect-ai-visibility/: Does Airbnb listing quality affect AI search visibility? - /answers/does-booking-com-help-ai-visibility/: Does Booking.com help your hotel's AI search visibility? - /answers/does-chatgpt-recommend-airbnb/: Does ChatGPT recommend Airbnb listings? - /answers/does-chatgpt-recommend-hotels/: Does ChatGPT recommend hotels? - /answers/does-gemini-recommend-hotels/: Does Gemini recommend hotels? - /answers/does-google-preferred-sources-affect-ai-overviews/: Does Google Preferred Sources affect AI Overviews? - /answers/does-perplexity-recommend-hotels/: Does Perplexity recommend hotels? - /answers/get-airbnb-listing-in-ai-search/: How to get your Airbnb listing into AI search results - /answers/hotel-ai-visibility-audit/: Hotel AI visibility audit: a step-by-step checklist - /answers/hotel-schema-markup-guide/: Hotel schema markup guide for AI search - /answers/how-chatgpt-recommends-hotels/: How ChatGPT decides which hotels to recommend - /answers/how-do-i-know-if-ai-is-sending-me-guests/: How do I know if AI search is sending me guests? - /answers/how-do-reviews-affect-ai-search/: How do hotel reviews affect AI search visibility? - /answers/how-does-ai-search-work-for-travel/: How does AI search work for travel? - /answers/how-does-google-ai-overview-pick-hotels/: How does Google AI Overview pick hotels? - /answers/how-long-does-it-take-to-appear-in-ai-search/: How long does it take for a hotel to appear in AI search? - /answers/how-long-hotel-ai-optimisation-takes/: How long does hotel AI search optimisation take? - /answers/how-to-get-my-airbnb-in-chatgpt/: How to get my Airbnb listing to appear in ChatGPT - /answers/how-to-optimise-google-business-profile-for-ai-search/: How to optimise your Google Business Profile for AI search - /answers/how-to-write-a-hotel-description-for-ai/: How to write a hotel description that AI search will actually use - /answers/independent-hotel-chatgpt-visibility/: How independent hotels can improve ChatGPT visibility - /answers/independent-vs-chain-hotels-in-ai-search/: Independent hotels vs. chains in AI search: who wins and why - /answers/is-preferred-sources-worth-it-for-a-small-hotel/: Is Google Preferred Sources worth it for a small hotel? - /answers/is-seo-dead-for-hotels/: Is SEO dead for hotels now that AI search is here? - /answers/llms-txt-for-hotels/: llms.txt for hotels: what it is and how to add it - /answers/report-ai-search-visibility-to-hotel-owners/: How to report AI search visibility to hotel owners - /answers/track-hotel-ai-search-visibility/: How to track your hotel's AI search visibility - /answers/what-is-answer-engine-optimization/: What is answer engine optimization (AEO) for hotels? - /answers/what-is-entity-salience/: What is entity salience and why does it matter for hotels? - /answers/what-is-llms-txt-for-hotels/: What is llms.txt and why does your hotel need one? - /answers/what-makes-an-airbnb-listing-appear-in-ai-search/: What makes an Airbnb listing appear in AI search recommendations? - /answers/what-schema-markup-does-a-hotel-need/: What schema markup does a hotel need for AI search? - /answers/where-to-put-the-preferred-sources-button/: Where should the preferred sources button go on a hotel site? - /answers/why-is-my-hotel-not-in-chatgpt/: Why is my hotel not appearing in ChatGPT recommendations? - /answers/why-isnt-my-hotel-in-google-ai-overviews/: Why isn't my hotel showing up in Google AI Overviews? ## Glossary - /glossary/ai-overview/: AI Overview (Google) - /glossary/ai-presence-score/: AI presence score - /glossary/answer-engine-optimization/: Answer engine optimization (AEO) - /glossary/entity-recognition/: Entity recognition - /glossary/entity-salience/: Entity salience - /glossary/knowledge-graph/: Knowledge graph - /glossary/llms-txt/: llms.txt - /glossary/nap-consistency/: NAP consistency - /glossary/preferred-source/: Preferred source - /glossary/retrieval-augmented-generation/: Retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) - /glossary/schema-markup/: Schema markup - /glossary/semantic-search/: Semantic search