Most popular travel websites in the US for the week ending May 1 2010:
Agency
Rank Website Domain Percentage of Visits Previous Position
1 Expedia www.expedia.com 14.75% 1
2 priceline.com www.priceline.com 8.88% 2
3 Travelocity www.travelocity.com 8.71% 3
4 Orbitz www.orbitz.com 7.23% 4
5 Yahoo! Travel travel.yahoo.com 6.61% 5
6 Hotwire www.hotwire.com 4.70% 6
7 CheapOair.com www.cheapoair.com 4.43% 7
8 bookingbuddy www.bookingbuddy.com 3.63% 8
9 Lowfares.com www.lowfares.com 3.26% -
10 Cheap Tickets www.cheaptickets.com 3.21% 10
Destinations and Accommodation
Rank Website Domain Percentage of Visits Previous Position
1 TripAdvisor www.tripadvisor.com 5.94% 1
2 Hotels.com www.hotels.com 2.48% 2
3 InterContinental Hotels Group www.ichotelsgroup.com 2.43% 3
4 Marriott International www.marriott.com 2.07% 4
5 Carnival Cruise Lines www.carnival.com 1.57% 9
6 Hilton Hotels Online www.hilton.com 1.54% 7
7 National Park Service www.nps.gov 1.42% 5
8 Vacation Rentals by Owner www.vrbo.com 1.41% 8
9 Walt Disney World disneyworld.disney.go.com 1.40% 6
10 Choice Hotels International www.choicehotels.com 1.14% 10
Airlines
Rank Website Domain Percentage of Visits Previous Position
1 Southwest Airlines www.southwest.com 20.98% 1
2 Delta Air Lines www.delta.com 13.00% 2
3 American Airlines www.aa.com 10.27% 3
4 JetBlue Airways www.jetblue.com 7.71% 4
5 Continental Airlines www.continental.com 6.07% 5
6 United Airlines www.united.com 5.60% 6
7 AirTran Airways www.airtran.com 5.17% 7
8 US Airways www.usairways.com 3.84% 8
9 Alaska Airlines and Horizon Air www.alaskaair.com 3.13% 9
10 Allegiant Air www.allegiantair.com 3.01% -
Travel search terms
Rank Search Term Percentage of Clicks Percentage Paid Percentage Organic Previous Position
1 mapquest 3.05% 3.29% 96.71% 1
2 mapquest driving directions 2.01% 4.88% 95.12% 2
3 google maps 1.32% 3.84% 96.16% 3
4 maps 0.96% 3.50% 96.50% 4
5 southwest airlines 0.81% 9.52% 90.48% 5
6 map quest 0.65% 1.47% 98.53% 7
7 google earth 0.57% 9.56% 90.44% 6
8 travelocity 0.48% 19.40% 80.60% 10
9 mapquest.com 0.46% 1.97% 98.03% 8
10 expedia 0.44% 15.12% 84.88% -
NB: Data courtesy of Experian Hitwise











