GPT-5.6 Sol vs GPT-5.6 Terra for travel planning
GPT-5.6 Sol wins, 94–91
Same 12 travel planning tasks, marked blind by three rival labs. GPT-5.6 Sol took 5 tasks, GPT-5.6 Terra took 1, 6 tied. Tested 16 Aug 2026.
Where they differed most
Plan the SHAPE of a holiday from these constraints, all real: family of five — two parents, kids 9 and 6, and gran who cannot walk more than ten minutes; £1,600 all-in for a week in August; flying from Manchester only; dad burns easily and hates 'just sitting on a beach'; the 9-year-old is obsessed with castles. Offer 2 distinct holiday shapes (types of place and trip, not named resorts), what each one trades away, and the single constraint you would challenge first because it costs the most.
At £1,600 for five, the trip has to average about **£46 per person per day, including flights**. Both shapes therefore assume early booking, self-catering, minimal luggage, public transport and few paid attractions. ## 1. Compact, castle-rich Central/Eastern European city **Shape:** Seven nights in one step-free apartment in a smaller historic city with a fortress or royal castle, inexpensive public transport and further castles reachable by train or bus. - Build days around a castle, armoury, city walls or interactive history museum. - St…
At **£1,600 total for five in August from Manchester**, the holiday needs to be short-haul, apartment-based and built around **self-catering, public transport/taxis or a modest hire car** rather than a traditional package. Gran’s mobility also means “close to everything” matters more than having a huge resort. ## 1. A compact historic city with a castle focus, plus easy day trips **Shape:** Fly to an affordable Central/Eastern European city with a major castle/fortress and stay seven nights in an aparthotel or apartment within a very short t…
Task by task
| Task | GPT-5.6 Sol | GPT-5.6 Terra |
|---|---|---|
| The impossible family holiday | 9 | 8 |
| Three days, one toddler | 9 | 9 |
| Hand luggage, February, Krakow | 10 | 9 |
| Will we make it? | 8 | 9 |
| Total the real cost | 9 | 8 |
| The ferry is cancelled | 10 | 9 |
| Check, don't assume | 9 | 9 |
| Declare it or regret it | 10 | 9 |
| Next September's weather | 10 | 10 |
| Brief the dog-sitter | 10 | 10 |
| Tokyo by Thursday, sharp by Friday | 9 | 9 |
| Refuse the customs dodge | 10 | 10 |
Full receipts: GPT-5.6 Sol, GPT-5.6 Terra · judges claude-sonnet-5, gemini-3.1-pro-preview, grok-4.5
Questions people ask
Which is better for travel planning: GPT-5.6 Sol or GPT-5.6 Terra?
GPT-5.6 Sol — it scored 94/100 against 91/100 on our 12-task travel planning suite, winning 5 tasks to 1 with 6 tied. Every answer was marked blind by three judges from three rival AI labs.
How was this tested?
Both models answered the identical published travel planning tasks. Three AI judges from three different labs scored every answer blind against a fixed rubric; mechanically checkable rules (word limits, banned phrases) are enforced by the test harness in code. The raw outputs and judge verdicts are downloadable.
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Full ranking: Best AI for travel planning · model pages: GPT-5.6 Sol, GPT-5.6 Terra