IndexHalo
MEASURED STUDY · 13 AUGUST 2026

AI crawler access:
travel

Booking platforms and travel publishers. 19 domains measured; 6 block at least one of the fifteen tracked AI crawlers.

6of 19 travel block at least one AI crawler · median access 100%

Every domain in this category

Sorted by the share of tracked AI crawlers permitted, lowest first. Each report shows all fifteen verdicts and the robots.txt rule behind them.

DomainAccessAllowedBlockedNot listed
cntraveler.com27%4110
travelandleisure.com27%4110
tripadvisor.com47%780
lonelyplanet.com93%1410
omio.com93%1410
skyscanner.net93%1410
afar.com100%1500
airbnb.com100%1500
booking.com100%1500
britishairways.com100%0015
delta.com100%1500
expedia.com100%1500
hostelworld.com100%1500
kayak.com100%1500
lufthansa.com100%1500
roughguides.com100%1500
ryanair.com100%0015
trainline.com100%1500
vrbo.com100%1500

Method and caveats are described on the full study page: one robots.txt fetch per domain, resolved against fifteen published AI user-agents, reported as the voluntary policy it is. Check any site yourself with the free crawler access checker.

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