Most popular travel websites in the US for the week ending February 12 2011:
Agency
Rank Website Domain Percentage of Visits Previous Position
1 Expedia www.expedia.com 13.89% 1
2 priceline.com www.priceline.com 9.06% 2
3 Travelocity www.travelocity.com 7.87% 3
4 Orbitz www.orbitz.com 6.58% 4
5 Yahoo! Travel travel.yahoo.com 5.99% 7
6 Hotwire www.hotwire.com 4.88% 5
7 CheapOair.com www.cheapoair.com 4.53% 6
8 Kayak www.kayak.com 3.63% 8
9 Bing Travel www.bing.com/travel 3.23% -
10 Cheap Tickets www.cheaptickets.com 2.89% 9
Destinations and Accommodation
Rank Website Domain Percentage of Visits Previous Position
1 TripAdvisor www.tripadvisor.com 6.24% 1
2 Hotels.com www.hotels.com 2.76% 3
3 Marriott International www.marriott.com 2.69% 2
4 Carnival Cruise Lines www.carnival.com 2.16% 5
5 InterContinental Hotels Group www.ichotelsgroup.com 2.02% 6
6 Hilton Hotels Online www.hilton.com 1.87% 7
7 Vacation Rentals by Owner www.vrbo.com 1.78% 4
8 Walt Disney World disneyworld.disney.go.com 1.66% 8
9 BookIt.com www.bookit.com 1.39% 9
10 Royal Caribbean International www.royalcaribbean.com 1.10% -
Airlines
Rank Website Domain Percentage of Visits Previous Position
1 Southwest Airlines www.southwest.com 21.94% 1
2 Delta Air Lines www.delta.com 12.14% 2
3 American Airlines www.aa.com 10.70% 3
4 JetBlue Airways www.jetblue.com 8.81% 4
5 Continental Airlines www.continental.com 6.53% 5
6 US Airways www.usairways.com 5.24% 6
7 United Airlines www.united.com 5.00% 7
8 AirTran Airways www.airtran.com 4.90% 8
9 Spirit Airlines www.spiritair.com 3.46% -
10 Allegiant Air www.allegiantair.com 3.23% 9
Travel search terms
Rank Search Term Percentage of Clicks Percentage Paid Percentage of Organic Previous Position
1 mapquest 3.60% 13.39% 86.61% 1
2 google maps 1.45% 13.70% 86.30% 2
3 southwest airlines 0.99% 4.14% 95.86% 3
4 maps 0.77% 6.47% 93.53% 5
5 expedia 0.58% 34.28% 65.72% 7
6 map quest 0.56% 11.52% 88.48% 8
7 travelocity 0.49% 41.06% 58.94% 10
8 google earth 0.48% 21.92% 78.08% 6
9 cheap flights 0.47% 58.17% 41.83% 9
10 american airlines 0.45% 3.78% 96.22% -
NB: Data courtesy of Experian Hitwise











