Most popular travel websites in the US for the week ending February 5 2011:
Agency
Rank Website Domain Percentage of Visits Previous Position
1 Expedia www.expedia.com 14.33% 1
2 priceline.com www.priceline.com 8.93% 2
3 Travelocity www.travelocity.com 7.71% 4
4 Orbitz www.orbitz.com 6.69% 5
5 Hotwire www.hotwire.com 4.85% 6
6 CheapOair.com www.cheapoair.com 4.64% 7
7 Yahoo! Travel travel.yahoo.com 4.43% 3
8 Kayak www.kayak.com 3.78% 8
9 Cheap Tickets www.cheaptickets.com 3.01% 9
10 bookingbuddy www.bookingbuddy.com 2.62% -
Destinations and Accommodation
Rank Website Domain Percentage of Visits Previous Position
1 TripAdvisor www.tripadvisor.com 6.25% 1
2 Marriott International www.marriott.com 2.63% 3
3 Hotels.com www.hotels.com 2.55% 2
4 Vacation Rentals by Owner www.vrbo.com 1.82% 5
5 Carnival Cruise Lines www.carnival.com 1.80% 4
6 InterContinental Hotels Group www.ichotelsgroup.com 1.79% 8
7 Hilton Hotels Online www.hilton.com 1.74% 6
8 Walt Disney World disneyworld.disney.go.com 1.67% 7
9 BookIt.com www.bookit.com 1.43% 9
10 Harrah's Casino Hotels www.harrahs.com 1.11% -
Airlines
Rank Website Domain Percentage of Visits Previous Position
1 Southwest Airlines www.southwest.com 22.63% 1
2 Delta Air Lines www.delta.com 12.47% 2
3 American Airlines www.aa.com 11.39% 3
4 JetBlue Airways www.jetblue.com 8.05% 4
5 Continental Airlines www.continental.com 7.13% 5
6 US Airways www.usairways.com 5.47% 6
7 United Airlines www.united.com 5.35% 7
8 AirTran Airways www.airtran.com 5.13% 8
9 Allegiant Air www.allegiantair.com 3.45% 9
10 Alaska Airlines and Horizon Air www.alaskaair.com 2.40% 10
Travel search terms
Rank Search Term Percentage of Clicks Percentage Paid Percentage Organic Previous Position
1 mapquest 3.15% 14.26% 85.74% 1
2 google maps 1.38% 10.95% 89.05% 2
3 southwest airlines 1.04% 2.46% 97.54% 4
4 mapquest driving directions 0.82% 29.83% 70.17% 3
5 maps 0.77% 7.89% 92.11% 5
6 google earth 0.55% 24.72% 75.28% 7
7 expedia 0.54% 34.66% 65.24% 6
8 map quest 0.48% 11.66% 88.34% 9
9 cheap flights 0.47% 56.57% 43.43% 10
10 travelocity 0.47% 36.13% 63.87% 8
NB: Data courtesy of Experian Hitwise











