What is the Discovery Agent?

The Discovery Agent is a WanderOS feature that shows how visible your vacation rentals are in AI-powered search tools, including ChatGPT, Gemini, and Google AI Overviews.

It tracks sample traveler searches for your area, shows where you rank and who ranks above you, and generates articles you can publish on your direct booking site to improve your visibility.

The Discovery Agent page has four parts:

What travelers are asking: Sample traveler searches and how your properties rank for each one.
How AI sees you: Your visibility in AI-generated answers and brand mentions over time.
Compare competitors: See which property managers appear for the same searches and how your visibility compares.
Opportunities to improve your visibility: Articles suggested and drafted by Wander to help improve your AI visibility.

Explore the Discovery Agent

What travelers are asking

This section shows the sample traveler searches Discovery Agent tracks to measure your AI visibility. Searches are grouped by categories travelers look for, including Amenities, Cost, Local attractions and events, Location, Reputation, and Size and type.

For each group and each search, the Discovery Agent shows:

Column	What it shows
How you rank	Your position among the property managers recommended for that search
Competitors	The other property managers that appear for that search
ChatGPT, Gemini, Google AI	How often you appear in each assistant's answers to that search

Select any search to explore the results in more detail, including which property managers appear, your visibility on each platform, and the answers returned by each AI assistant.

How AI sees you

This section gives you an overview of how often your brand appears in AI-generated answers to sample searches relevant to your properties.

Answers you appear in this week: The number of AI-generated answers that mention your brand, along with the change from the previous week.
Share of brand mentions: Your share of brand mentions across the tracked results, including how it has changed week over week.
Your rank among competitors: How your visibility compares with other property managers.
Visibility over time: A chart showing how often AI assistants mention your brand. Use the filters to view results across all platforms or select ChatGPT, Gemini, or Google AI Overview.

You'll also see how AI mentions are distributed across booking platforms like Airbnb and Vrbo, direct booking websites, and your own brand. This helps you understand where AI assistants are directing travelers and how often your brand is part of the conversation.

Compare competitors

This section shows how your AI visibility compares with other property managers appearing in the same searches.

For each competitor, you can see their share of visibility on ChatGPT, Gemini, and Google AI Overview, their average share across platforms, and how those results compare with yours.

Use these insights to understand which competitors are showing up more often and where there may be opportunities to improve your visibility.

How to improve your visibility with Discovery Agent articles

The Discovery Agent identifies content opportunities based on the types of stays travelers are searching for in your area. For example, it might suggest an article for travelers planning a snowmobiling trip or a getaway with a small group.

Each draft is created using information about your homes from WanderOS, your property amenities, and relevant local information. You can review and edit the content before publishing it to your direct booking website.

Open the Discovery Agent.
Under Opportunities to improve your visibility, find a suggested article.
Select Generate draft.
Under Drafts ready, select Review draft.
Review and edit the draft in the website editor.
Select Publish.

After you publish a Discovery Agent article, it will appear as a new page on your WanderOS direct booking site.

How often does the Discovery Agent data update?

The Discovery Agent results are based on the last 7 days of sample traveler searches. The Discovery Agent page shows when the data was last updated, so you can see how recent your results are.

FAQs

Are the searches in the Discovery Agent real traveler conversations?

The Discovery Agent measures your visibility with sample traveler searches written to reflect how travelers look for vacation rentals in your area. The Discovery Agent does not show the private conversations of individual travelers.

Does publishing a Discovery Agent article guarantee that AI assistants will recommend my homes?

No. Publishing an article doesn't guarantee that your homes will be recommended or appear at a particular ranking in ChatGPT, Gemini, or Google AI Overviews.

Articles help provide AI assistants with relevant, accurate information about your homes and the experiences you offer. Over time, you can use the How AI sees you section to monitor changes in your visibility and brand mentions.