IndexHalo
MEASURED STUDY · 21 SEPTEMBER 2026

AI crawler access:
travel

Booking platforms and travel publishers. 19 domains measured; 7 block at least one of the 28 tracked AI crawlers.

7of 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 28 verdicts and the robots.txt rule behind them.

DomainAccessAllowedBlockedNot listed
cntraveler.com25%7210
travelandleisure.com25%7210
tripadvisor.com57%16120
airbnb.com96%2710
lonelyplanet.com96%2710
omio.com96%2710
skyscanner.net96%2710
afar.com100%2800
booking.com100%2800
britishairways.com100%2800
delta.com100%2800
expedia.com100%2800
hostelworld.com100%2800
kayak.com100%2800
lufthansa.com100%2800
roughguides.com100%2800
ryanair.com100%0028
trainline.com100%2800
vrbo.com100%2800

Method and caveats are described on the full study page: one robots.txt fetch per domain, resolved against 28 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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