marriott.com: what it tells AI crawlers
On 28 October 2026, marriott.com's robots.txt allowed all of GPTBot, OAI-SearchBot, ClaudeBot, Claude-SearchBot, Google-Extended, PerplexityBot and CCBot.
Last verified 2026-10-29 03:59 UTC (daily run of 2026-10-28). Proof for that day.
- Panel
- top 1k (Tranco)
- robots.txt
- ok (HTTP 200) · https://www.marriott.com/robots.txt
unchanged since 2026-10-26 · sha2563fde12219521507a…· view as recorded - The * group
- allows applies to every agent without its own group
Per AI bot, 2026-10-28
| User agent | Verdict | How |
|---|---|---|
| GPTBot | allows | through the * group |
| OAI-SearchBot | allows | through the * group |
| ChatGPT-User | allows | through the * group |
| ClaudeBot | allows | through the * group |
| Claude-SearchBot | allows | through the * group |
| Claude-User | allows | through the * group |
| PerplexityBot | allows | through the * group |
| Perplexity-User | allows | through the * group |
| Googlebot | allows | through the * group |
| Google-Extended | allows | through the * group |
| Applebot-Extended | allows | through the * group |
| CCBot | allows | through the * group |
| Bytespider | allows | through the * group |
| Meta-ExternalAgent | allows | through the * group |
| Amazonbot | allows | through the * group |
Other signals
| Publishes /llms.txt | no |
| Publishes /ai.txt | no |
| Publishes /.well-known/tdmrep.json | no |
| Reserves TDM rights (TDMRep file, header or meta) | not observed |
| Declares Content Signals (robots.txt or header) | not observed |
| Says ai-train=no in a Content Signal | not observed |
| Points to an RSL licence (robots.txt License line or Link header) | not observed |
| Answers with an x402 payment offer (lower bound: only the homepage is probed) | not observed |
| Answers HTTP 402 Payment Required (lower bound: only the homepage is probed) | not observed |
| Sends noai / noimageai directives | not observed |
| Refused our fetcher (403 / challenge) | no |
robots.txt as recorded sha256 3fde12219521507a…
# Robots.txt file for HTTPS Marriott.com # Sitemap: https://www.marriott.com/sitemap-index.xml # User-agent: Baiduspider Disallow: / # User-agent: * Disallow: /zh/ Disallow: /einterface/ Disallow: /hotels/newAdaptiveRoomTypePhotoViewer Disallow: /reservation/availabilitySearch.mi Disallow: /aries-search/ Disallow: /offers/preview/ Disallow: /search/ Disallow: /en-gb/search/ Disallow: /es/search/ Disallow: /fr/search/ Disallow: /pt-br/search/ Disallow: /id/search/ Disallow: /zh-hk/search/ Disallow: /ja/search/ Disallow: /ko/search/ Disallow: /th/search/ Disallow: /vi/search/ Disallow: /ar/search/ Disallow: /he/search/ Disallow: /da/search/ Disallow: /de/search/ Disallow: /el/search/ Disallow: /it/search/ Disallow: /nl/search/ Disallow: /no/search/ Disallow: /ru/search/ Disallow: /pl-pl/search/ Disallow: /fi/search/ Disallow: /sv/search/ Disallow: /tr-tr/search/ Disallow: /hi/search/ Allow: /search/default.mi Allow: /en-gb/search/default.mi Allow: /es/search/default.mi Allow: /fr/search/default.mi Allow: /pt-br/search/default.mi Allow: /id/search/default.mi Allow: /zh-hk/search/default.mi Allow: /ja/search/default.mi Allow: /ko/search/default.mi Allow: /th/search/default.mi Allow: /vi/search/default.mi Allow: /ar/search/default.mi Allow: /he/search/default.mi Allow: /da/search/default.mi Allow: /de/search/default.mi Allow: /el/search/default.mi Allow: /it/search/default.mi Allow: /nl/search/default.mi Allow: /no/search/default.mi Allow: /ru/search/default.mi Allow: /pl-pl/search/default.mi Allow: /fi/search/default.mi Allow: /sv/search/default.mi Allow: /tr-tr/search/default.mi Allow: /hi/search/default.mi # # /$$ /$$ /$$ /$$ /$$ /$$$$$$ /$$$$$$$$ /$$$$$$ # | $$$ /$$$ |__/ | $$ | $$ /$$__ $$| $$_____/ /$$__ $$ # | $$$$ /$$$$ /$$$$$$ /$$$$$$ /$$$$$$ /$$ /$$$$$$ /$$$$$$ /$$$$$$ | $$ \__/| $$ | $$ \ $$ # | $$ $$/$$ $$ |____ $$ /$$__ $$ /$$__ $$| $$ /$$__ $$|_ $$_/|_ $$_/ | $$$$$$ | $$$$$ | $$ | $$ # | $$ $$$| $$ /$$$$$$$| $$ \__/| $$ \__/| $$| $$ \ $$ | $$ | $$ \____ $$| $$__/ | $$ | $$ # | $$\ $ | $$ /$$__ $$| $$ | $$ | $$| $$ | $$ | $$ /$$| $$ /$$ /$$ \ $$| $$ | $$ | $$ # | $$ \/ | $$| $$$$$$$| $$ | $$ | $$| $$$$$$/ | $$$$/| $$$$/ | $$$$$$/| $$$$$$$$| $$$$$$/ # |__/ |__/ \_______/|__/ |__/ |__/ \______/ \___/ \___/ \______/ |________/ \______/ #
robots.txt versions
| From | Through | State | Version | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-26 | 2026-10-28 | ok 200 | 3fde12219521 |
Timeline of changes
| Date | What changed |
|---|---|
| No changes since the first observation (2026-10-26). | |
Reconstructed history (Common Crawl)
From Common Crawl's robots.txt captures: what CCBot was served, one crawl per quarter. A separate series from the daily observations above; a 403 here means Common Crawl was refused, not this ledger.
| Crawl | Host | State | GPTBot | OAI-SearchBot | ChatGPT-User | ClaudeBot | Claude-SearchBot | Claude-User | PerplexityBot |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-21 CC-MAIN-2026-39 | www.marriott.com | ok view | allows | allows | unknown | allows | allows | unknown | allows |
| 2025-09-15 CC-MAIN-2025-38 | www.marriott.com | ok view | allows | allows | unknown | allows | allows | unknown | allows |
| 2024-09-16 CC-MAIN-2024-38 | www.marriott.com | ok view | blocks | allows | unknown | allows | allows | unknown | allows |
| 2023-10-02 CC-MAIN-2023-40 | www.marriott.com | ok view | allows | allows | unknown | allows | allows | unknown | allows |
| 2022-10-03 CC-MAIN-2022-40 | www.marriott.com | ok view | allows | allows | unknown | allows | allows | unknown | allows |
| 2021-09-27 CC-MAIN-2021-39 | www.marriott.com | ok view | allows | allows | unknown | allows | allows | unknown | allows |
| 2020-09-28 CC-MAIN-2020-40 | www.marriott.com | ok view | allows | allows | unknown | allows | allows | unknown | allows |
| 2019-09-23 CC-MAIN-2019-39 | www.marriott.com | ok view | allows | allows | unknown | allows | allows | unknown | allows |
| 2018-09-24 CC-MAIN-2018-39 | www.marriott.com | ok view | allows | allows | unknown | allows | allows | unknown | allows |
| 2018-04-23 CC-MAIN-2018-17 | www.marriott.com | ok view | blocks | blocks | unknown | blocks | blocks | unknown | blocks |
| 2018-01-29 CC-MAIN-2018-05 | www.marriott.com | ok view | blocks | blocks | unknown | blocks | blocks | unknown | blocks |
| 2017-10-23 CC-MAIN-2017-43 | www.marriott.com | ok view | blocks | blocks | unknown | blocks | blocks | unknown | blocks |
| 2017-09-25 CC-MAIN-2017-39 | www.marriott.com | ok view | blocks | blocks | unknown | blocks | blocks | unknown | blocks |
| 2017-07-24 CC-MAIN-2017-30 | www.marriott.com | ok view | blocks | blocks | unknown | blocks | blocks | unknown | blocks |
| 2017-04-24 CC-MAIN-2017-17 | marriott.com | ok view | allows | allows | unknown | allows | allows | unknown | allows |
| 2017-01-23 CC-MAIN-2017-04 | marriott.com | ok view | blocks | blocks | unknown | blocks | blocks | unknown | blocks |
| 2016-10-03 CC-MAIN-2016-40 | marriott.com | ok view | blocks | blocks | unknown | blocks | blocks | unknown | blocks |
| 2016-09-05 CC-MAIN-2016-36 | marriott.com | ok view | allows | allows | unknown | allows | allows | unknown | allows |
Evidence
Every daily observation of marriott.com is a leaf in that day's Merkle tree. Proof of the robots.txt line for 2026-10-28: audit path (JSON), day root and OpenTimestamps proof (complete (bitcoin block 973640)).
API: https://infrarabbit.com/crawlers/api/v1/policy/marriott.com