Most popular travel websites in the UK for the week ending December 19 2009:
Agency
Rank Website Domain Percentage of Visits
1 Expedia.co.uk www.expedia.co.uk 8.32%
2 lastminute.com www.lastminute.com 6.55%
3 Thomson www.thomson.co.uk 5.62%
4 Thomas Cook www.thomascook.com 3.74%
5 Cheapflights.co.uk www.cheapflights.co.uk 3.02%
6 TravelRepublic.co.uk www.travelrepublic.co.uk 2.69%
7 Travelzoo UK www.travelzoo.co.uk 2.50%
8 travelsupermarket.com www.travelsupermarket.com 2.17%
9 SkyScanner www.skyscanner.net 2.12%
10 First Choice www.firstchoice.co.uk 2.07%
Destinations and Accommodation
Rank Website Domain Percentage of Visits
1 tripadvisor.co.uk www.tripadvisor.co.uk 5.11%
2 Booking.com www.booking.com 4.05%
3 TripAdvisor www.tripadvisor.com 3.38%
4 LateRooms.com www.laterooms.co.uk 2.90%
5 Travelodge UK www.travelodge.co.uk 2.36%
6 Premier Inn www.premiertravelinn.com 1.62%
7 InterContinental Hotels Group www.ichotelsgroup.com 1.41%
8 ViewLondon.co.uk www.viewlondon.co.uk 1.14%
9 All In London www.allinlondon.co.uk 0.93%
10 Information Britain www.information-britain.co.uk 0.91%
Airlines
Rank Website Domain Percentage of Visits
1 easyJet.com www.easyjet.co.uk 19.42%
2 Ryanair www.ryanair.com 15.43%
3 British Airways www.britishairways.com 12.51%
4 flybe.com www.flybe.com 6.15%
5 Virgin atlantic www.virgin-atlantic.com 3.71%
6 bmibaby www.bmibaby.com 3.01%
7 Jet2.com www.jet2.com 2.89%
8 Flyglobespan www.flyglobespan.com 2.60%
9 Monarch Airlines www.flymonarch.com 2.34%
10 bmi www.flybmi.com 2.10%
Travel search terms
Rank Search Term Percentage of Clicks Percentage Paid Percentage Organic
1 google maps 0.97% 17.42% 82.58%
2 aa route planner 0.79% 3.80% 96.20%
3 easyjet 0.78% 15.70% 84.30%
4 train times 0.74% 0.59% 99.41%
5 ryanair 0.68% 1.17% 98.83%
6 national rail 0.63% 0.28% 99.72%
7 multimap 0.54% 0.23% 99.77%
8 google earth 0.47% 2.77% 97.23%
9 maps 0.46% 18.59% 81.41%
10 tfl 0.45% 0.02% 99.98%
NB: Data courtesy of Experian Hitwise











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