Most popular travel websites in the US for the week ending November 7 2009:
Agency
Rank Website Percentage of visits
1 Expedia 14.09%
2 Priceline.com 8.49%
3 Travelocity 7.90%
4 Orbitz 7.28%
5 Yahoo! Travel 5.23%
6 CheapoAir.com 4.71%
7 Hotwire 4.52%
8 Lowfares.com 3.67%
9 Cheap Tickets 3.65%
10 Bing Travel 3.25%
Destinations and Accommodation
Rank Website Percentage of visits
1 TripAdvisor 5.61%
2 InterContinental Hotels Group 2.37%
3 Hotels.com 2.34%
4 Marriott International 2.16%
5 Carnival Cruise Lines 1.66%
6 Hilton Hotels Online 1.53%
7 Walt Disney World 1.48%
8 Choice Hotels International 1.43%
9 National Park Service 1.39%
10 Royal Caribbean International 1.28%
Airlines
Rank Website Percentage of visits
1 Southwest Airlines 23.20%
2 Delta Air Lines 10.45%
3 American Airlines 10.01%
4 JetBlue Airways 6.28%
5 Continental Airlines 5.86%
6 AirTran Airways 5.78%
7 United Airlines 5.07%
8 US Airways 3.87%
9 Northwest Airlines 3.60%
10 Allegiant Air 3.05%
Travel search terms
Rank Search term Percentage of clicks Percentage Paid Percentage Organic
1 Mapquest 4.02% 5.20% 94.80%
2 Mapquest driving directions 1.57% 15.18% 84.82%
3 Google maps 1.19% 25.07% 74.93%
4 Maps 1.03% 19.24% 80.76%
5 Southwest airlines 1.00% 15.31% 84.69%
6 Map quest 0.77% 5.09% 94.91%
7 Google earth 0.69% 15.53% 84.47%
8 Mapquest.com 0.62% 3.73% 96.27%
9 Cheap flights 0.49% 47.51% 52.49%
10 Travelocity 0.45% 29.83% 70.17%
NB: Data courtesy of Experian Hitwise
