Most popular travel websites in the US for the week ending January 30 2010:
Agency
Rank Website Domain Percentage of Visits Previous Position
1 Expedia www.expedia.com 15.09% 1
2 Travelocity www.travelocity.com 8.30% 2
3 Priceline.com www.priceline.com 7.33% 3
4 Orbitz www.orbitz.com 7.02% 4
5 Yahoo! Travel travel.yahoo.com 6.24% 5
6 Hotwire www.hotwire.com 5.14% 6
7 cheapoair.com www.cheapoair.com 3.88% 7
8 bookingbuddy www.bookingbuddy.com 3.53% 8
9 Lowfares.com www.lowfares.com 3.30% 9
10 Cheap Tickets www.cheaptickets.com 3.22% 10
Destinations and Accommodation
Rank Website Domain Percentage of Visits Previous Position
1 TripAdvisor www.tripadvisor.com 6.50% 1
2 Hotels.com www.hotels.com 2.45% 2
3 Marriott International www.marriott.com 2.02% 3
4 InterContinental Hotels Group www.ichotelsgroup.com 1.99% 4
5 Walt Disney World disneyworld.disney.go.com 1.74% 5
6 Carnival Cruise Lines www.carnival.com 1.68% 6
7 Vacation Rentals by Owner www.vrbo.com 1.50% 8
8 Hilton Hotels Online www.hilton.com 1.48% 7
9 National Park Service www.nps.gov 1.30% 9
10 Harrah's Casino Hotels www.harrahs.com 1.24% -
Airlines
Rank Website Domain Percentage of Visits Previous Position
1 Southwest Airlines www.southwest.com 20.88% 1
2 Delta Air Lines www.delta.com 10.76% 2
3 American Airlines www.aa.com 8.96% 3
4 JetBlue Airways www.jetblue.com 6.62% 4
5 Continental Airlines www.continental.com 5.92% 5
6 AirTran Airways www.airtran.com 5.78% 7
7 United Airlines www.united.com 4.96% 6
8 US Airways www.usairways.com 3.97% 8
9 Allegiant Air www.allegiantair.com 3.60% 9
10 Northwest Airlines www.nwa.com 3.04% 10
Travel search terms
Rank Search Term Percentage of Clicks Percentage Paid Percentage Organic Previous Position
1 mapquest 3.12% 5.08% 94.92% 1
2 mapquest driving directions 1.58% 1.74% 98.26% 2
3 google maps 1.19% 6.53% 93.47% 3
4 maps 0.89% 8.21% 91.79% 4
5 southwest airlines 0.83% 16.05% 83.95% 5
6 google earth 0.66% 8.88% 91.12% 6
7 map quest 0.59% 0.00% 100% 7
8 expedia 0.53% 29.76% 71.24% 8
9 cheap flights 0.50% 30.19% 69.81% 10
10 mapquest.com 0.48% 0.18% 98.82% -
NB: Data courtesy of Experian Hitwise











where is luxurylink.com
Dave: sorry, no idea. Clearly not in the Top Ten. Hitwise only supplies these figures to us.