Most popular travel websites in the US for the week ending January 16 2010:
Agency
Rank Website Domain Percentage of Visits Previous Position
1 Expedia www.expedia.com 15.40% 1
2 Travelocity www.travelocity.com 9.08% 2
3 Priceline.com www.priceline.com 7.49% 3
4 Orbitz www.orbitz.com 6.46% 4
5 Yahoo! Travel travel.yahoo.com 5.27% 5
6 Hotwire www.hotwire.com 4.64% 6
7 cheapoair.com www.cheapoair.com 4.00% 7
8 BookingBuddy.com www.bookingbuddy.com 3.60% 8
9 Lowfares.com www.lowfares.com 3.24% 9
10 Cheap Tickets www.cheaptickets.com 3.11% 10
Destinations and Accommodation
Rank Website Domain Percentage of Visits Previous Position
1 TripAdvisor www.tripadvisor.com 5.86% 1
2 Hotels.com www.hotels.com 2.24% 2
3 InterContinental Hotels Group www.ichotelsgroup.com 2.11% 5
4 Marriott International www.marriott.com 2.09% 3
5 Carnival Cruise Lines www.carnival.com 1.83% 4
6 Walt Disney World disneyworld.disney.go.com 1.77% 6
7 Hilton Hotels Online www.hilton.com 1.59% 8
8 Vacation Rentals by Owner www.vrbo.com 1.43% 9
9 Disney Parks disneyparks.disney.go.com 1.38% 7
10 Choice Hotels International www.choicehotels.com 1.21% 10
Airlines
Rank Website Domain Percentage of Visits Previous Position
1 Southwest Airlines www.southwest.com 20.82% 1
2 Delta Air Lines www.delta.com 10.94% 2
3 American Airlines www.aa.com 9.25% 4
4 JetBlue Airways www.jetblue.com 7.94% 3
5 United Airlines www.united.com 5.88% 6
6 Continental Airlines www.continental.com 5.50% 5
7 AirTran Airways www.airtran.com 5.21% 7
8 US Airways www.usairways.com 3.78% 8
9 Allegiant Air www.allegiantair.com 3.41% 10
10 Northwest Airlines www.nwa.com 3.27% 9
Travel search terms
Rank Search Term Percentage of Clicks Percentage Paid Percentage Organic Previous Position
1 mapquest 3.17% 4.25% 95.75% 1
2 mapquest driving directions 1.63% 7.48% 92.52% 2
3 google maps 1.17% 13.79% 86.21% 3
4 maps 0.90% 13.57% 86.43% 5
5 southwest airlines 0.88% 16.19% 83.81% 4
6 google earth 0.76% 13.33% 86.67% 6
7 map quest 0.57% 0.23% 99.77% 7
8 cheap flights 0.52% 32.95% 67.05% 8
9 mapquest.com 0.49% 0.00% 100% 10
10 expedia 0.46% 32.42% 67.58% -
NB: Data courtesy of Experian Hitwise











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