Most popular travel websites in the US for the week ending October 9 2010:
Agency
Rank Website Domain Percentage of Visits Previous Position
1 Expedia www.expedia.com 14.79% 1
2 priceline.com www.priceline.com 9.09% 3
3 Orbitz www.orbitz.com 7.20% 5
4 Travelocity www.travelocity.com 7.02% 4
5 Yahoo! Travel travel.yahoo.com 5.84% 2
6 CheapOair.com www.cheapoair.com 5.02% 6
7 Hotwire www.hotwire.com 4.67% 7
8 Kayak www.kayak.com 3.53% 9
9 Cheap Tickets www.cheaptickets.com 3.39% 10
10 Bing Travel www.bing.com/travel 3.28% -
Destinations and Accommodation
Rank Website Domain Percentage of Visits Previous Position
1 TripAdvisor www.tripadvisor.com 6.17% 1
2 Marriott International www.marriott.com 2.88% 3
3 Hotels.com www.hotels.com 2.51% 2
4 InterContinental Hotels Group www.ichotelsgroup.com 2.50% 4
5 Hilton Hotels Online www.hilton.com 1.85% 7
6 Carnival Cruise Lines www.carnival.com 1.52% 5
7 Walt Disney World disneyworld.disney.go.com 1.43% 6
8 Choice Hotels International www.choicehotels.com 1.32% 8
9 Harrah's Casino Hotels www.harrahs.com 1.17% 9
10 National Park Service www.nps.gov 1.13% 10
Airlines
Rank Website Domain Percentage of Visits Previous Position
1 Southwest Airlines www.southwest.com 22.30% 1
2 Delta Air Lines www.delta.com 12.45% 2
3 American Airlines www.aa.com 10.20% 3
4 JetBlue Airways www.jetblue.com 8.69% 4
5 Continental Airlines www.continental.com 6.73% 5
6 United Airlines www.united.com 5.48% 7
7 AirTran Airways www.airtran.com 5.33% 6
8 US Airways www.usairways.com 5.27% 8
9 Spirit Airlines www.spiritair.com 3.31% 10
10 Allegiant Air www.allegiantair.com 3.19% -
Travel search terms
Rank Search Terms Percentage of Clicks Percentage Paid Percentage Organic Previous Position
1 mapquest 3.96% 8.93% 91.07% 1
2 google maps 1.45% 10.97% 88.03% 2
3 mapquest driving directions 1.19% 12.59% 77.41% 3
4 southwest airlines 0.93% 12.69% 77.31% 5
5 maps 0.80% 12.20% 77.80% 4
6 google earth 0.75% 12.28% 77.72% 6
7 map quest 0.59% 7.31% 92.59% 7
8 delta airlines 0.50% 18.52% 81.48% 9
9 expedia 0.50% 20.59% 79.41% 8
10 travelocity 0.43% 25.49% 74.51% -
NB: Data courtesy of Experian Hitwise











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