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7.3%

7.3% -- cancellation refund prompt share for Travel prompts in AI answer engines (cancellations and refunds) (2026)

Name: Cancellation Refund Prompt Share Statistics
Creator: Lighthouse Intelligence
Published: 2026-09-07

2026 · n=4,352 · Profound

Cancellations and refunds account for 7.3% of non-branded travel prompts in AI answer engines.

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7.3%

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2026

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Travel prompts in AI answer engines (cancellations and refunds)

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4,352

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Profound Primary Tier A

https://www.tryprofound.com/blog/state-of-ai-search-in-travel ↗

Confidence: 57/100 Vintage: 2026 Channel: Deep Crawl

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The state of AI Search in travel

Executive summary Travel planning is moving away from the traditional search bar and into AI answer engines like ChatGPT. For the better part of two decades, a typical traveler would type a destination-focused keyword into Google, open a dozen tabs, and piece together a trip on their own. Now, they …

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Profound Prompt Volumes data; 4,352 LLM-classified non-branded travel prompts

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Travel prompts in AI answer engines (cancellations and refunds): 7.3% cancellation refund prompt share. Source: Profound (2026). Via Lighthouse Intelligence -- https://lighthousedata.io/data/travel-cancellation-refund-prompt-share

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