Most popular travel websites in the US for the week ending November 14 2009:
Agency
Rank Website Percentage of visits
1 Expedia 14.13%
2 Priceline.com 8.67%
3 Travelocity 8.43%
4 Orbitz 6.96%
5 Yahoo! Travel 6.19%
6 Hotwire 4.65%
7 CheapoAir.com 4.46%
8 Lowfares.com 3.43%
9 BookingBuddy.com 3.40%
10 Cheap Tickets 3.35%
Destinations and Accommodation
Rank Website Percentage of Visits
1 TripAdvisor 5.68%
2 Marriott International 2.36%
3 Hotels.com 2.28%
4 InterContinental Hotels Group 2.17%
5 Carnival Cruise Lines 1.59%
6 Walt Disney World 1.54%
7 Choice Hotels International 1.49%
8 National Park Service 1.44%
9 Hilton Hotels Online 1.42%
10 Tourism Australia 1.33%
Airlines
Rank Website Percentage of Visits
1 Southwest Airlines 23.09%
2 Delta Air Lines 9.79%
3 American Airlines 9.52%
4 JetBlue Airways 6.37%
5 Continental Airlines 6.07%
6 United Airlines 5.20%
7 AirTran Airways 5.05%
8 US Airways 4.16%
9 Northwest Airlines 3.59%
10 Alaska Airlines and Horizon Air 3.01%
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
