Most popular travel websites in the US for the week ending August 28 2010:
Agency
Rank Website Domain Percentage of Visits Previous Position
1 Expedia www.expedia.com 15.86% 1
2 priceline.com www.priceline.com 8.56% 2
3 Yahoo! Travel travel.yahoo.com 7.81% 5
4 Travelocity www.travelocity.com 7.57% 3
5 Orbitz www.orbitz.com 6.94% 4
6 Hotwire www.hotwire.com 5.27% 6
7 CheapOair.com www.cheapoair.com 4.53% 7
8 Cheap Tickets www.cheaptickets.com 3.12% 9
9 Kayak www.kayak.com 2.93% 10
10 Lowfares.com www.lowfares.com 2.69% -
Destinations and Accommodation
Rank Website Domain Percentage of Visits Previous Position
1 TripAdvisor www.tripadvisor.com 6.55% 1
2 Hotels.com www.hotels.com 3.12% 2
3 Marriott International www.marriott.com 2.23% 4
4 InterContinental Hotels Group www.ichotelsgroup.com 2.22% 3
5 Carnival Cruise Lines www.carnival.com 1.74% 9
6 Hilton Hotels Online www.hilton.com 1.37% 5
7 Vacation Rentals by Owner www.vrbo.com 1.34% 6
8 Walt Disney World disneyworld.disney.go.com 1.32% 7
9 National Park Service www.nps.gov 1.27% 10
10 Choice Hotels International www.choicehotels.com 1.24% 8
Airlines
Rank Website Domain Percentage of Visits Previous Position
1 Southwest Airlines www.southwest.com 20.77% 1
2 Delta Air Lines www.delta.com 13.45% 2
3 American Airlines www.aa.com 9.98% 3
4 JetBlue Airways www.jetblue.com 8.67% 4
5 United Airlines www.united.com 6.02% 6
6 Continental Airlines www.continental.com 5.96% 5
7 AirTran Airways www.airtran.com 4.99% 8
8 US Airways www.usairways.com 4.85% 7
9 Alaska Airlines and Horizon Air www.alaskaair.com 3.71% 9
10 Allegiant Air www.allegiantair.com 2.97% -
Travel search terms
Rank Search Term Percentage of Clicks Percentage Paid Percentage Organic Previous Position
1 mapquest 3.82% 2.80% 97.20% 1
2 google maps 1.43% 8.77% 91.23% 2
3 mapquest driving directions 1.30% 5.46% 94.54% 3
4 maps 0.95% 9.32% 90.68% 4
5 southwest airlines 0.71% 7.13% 92.87% 5
6 google earth 0.65% 8.30% 91.70% 7
7 map quest 0.61% 1.48% 98.52% 6
8 expedia 0.51% 12.61% 87.39% 8
9 delta airlines 0.47% 9.31% 90.69% 10
10 travelocity 0.44% 14.03% 85.97% 9
NB: Data courtesy of Experian Hitwise










