Most popular travel websites in the UK for the week ending November 7 2009:
Agency
Rank Website Percentage of visits
1 Expedia.co.uk 7.85%
2 Thomson Holidays 6.14%
3 lastminute.com 5.92%
4 Thomas Cook 3.76%
5 TravelRepublic.co.uk 3.08%
6 Cheapflights.co.uk 2.75%
7 First Choice 2.32%
8 Travelzoo UK 2.31%
9 TravelSupermarket.com 2.27%
10 SkyScanner 2.12%
Destinations and Accommodation
Rank Website Percentage of visits
1 Tripadvisor.co.uk 5.45%
2 Booking.com 4.34%
3 TripAdvisor 3.29%
4 LateRooms UK 3.08%
5 Travelodge UK 2.29%
6 InterContinental Hotels Group 1.57%
7 Premier Inn 1.32%
8 Hotels.com - UK 1.32%
9 ViewLondon.co.uk 1.27%
10 Information Britain 0.92%
Airlines
Rank Website Percentage of visits
1 easyJet 18.22%
2 RyanAir 15.54%
3 British Airways 9.77%
4 Flybe.com 6.58%
5 bmibaby 3.83%
6 Virgin Atlantic 3.68%
7 Icelandair - UK and Ireland 3.64%
8 Jet2 3.10%
9 Monarch Airlines 2.87%
10 bmi 2.18%
Travel search terms
Rank Search term Percentage of Clicks Percentage Paid Percentage Organic
1 Google maps 0.78% 29.58% 70.42%
2 Easyjet 0.77% 19.74% 80.26%
3 Ryanair 0.77% 1.40% 98.60%
4 AA route planner 0.69% 1.14% 98.86%
5 Train times 0.58% 1.04% 98.96%
6 National rail 0.53% 0.28% 99.72%
7 Multimap 0.46% 0.03% 99.97%
8 Thomas cook 0.45% 33.90% 66.10%
9 TFL 0.40% 0.02% 99.98%
10 Travelodge 0.39% 32.99% 67.01%
NB: Data courtesy of Experian Hitwise
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