Most popular travel websites in the UK for the week ending April 23 2011:
Agencies
Rank Website Domain Percentage of Visits Previous Position
1 Thomson www.thomson.co.uk 7.46% 2
2 Expedia.co.uk www.expedia.co.uk 7.38% 1
3 Thomas Cook www.thomascook.com 5.69% 3
4 Lastminute.com www.lastminute.com 5.36% 4
5 TravelRepublic.co.uk www.travelrepublic.co.uk 3.81% 5
6 Travelzoo UK www.travelzoo.com/uk 3.04% 6
7 Yahoo! UK & Ireland Travel uk.travel.yahoo.com 2.77% 7
8 travelsupermarket.com www.travelsupermarket.com 2.70% 8
9 skyscanner www.skyscanner.net 2.47% -
10 Cheapflights.co.uk www.cheapflights.co.uk 2.41% 9
Destinations and Accommodation
Rank Website Domain Percentage of Visits Previous Position
1 TripAdvisor www.tripadvisor.co.uk 9.50% 1
2 Booking.com www.booking.com 5.49% 2
3 LateRooms.com www.laterooms.com 3.36% 4
4 TripAdvisor www.tripadvisor.com 3.35% 3
5 Travelodge UK www.travelodge.co.uk 2.16% 5
6 Premier Inn www.premierinn.com 1.68% 6
7 ukcampsite.co.uk www.ukcampsite.co.uk 1.41% 8
8 The National Trust www.nationaltrust.org.uk 1.33% -
9 Hotels.com www.hotels.com 1.29% 7
10 InterContinental Hotels Group www.ichotelsgroup.com 1.03% 9
Airlines
Rank Website Domain Percentage of Visits Previous Position
1 easyJet.com www.easyjet.com 21.10% 1
2 Ryanair www.ryanair.com 16.76% 2
3 British Airways www.britishairways.com 9.51% 3
4 Flybe www.flybe.com 5.16% 4
5 Jet2.com www.jet2.com 4.84% 5
6 Monarch.co.uk www.monarch.co.uk 4.09% 6
7 Virgin atlantic www.virgin-atlantic.com 3.89% 8
8 bmibaby www.bmibaby.com 2.95% 7
9 Thomson Airways flights.thomson.co.uk 2.88% 9
10 flythomascook.com www.flythomascook.com 1.92% -
Travel search terms
Rank Search Term Percentage of Clicks Percentage Paid Percentage Organic Previous Position
1 google maps 1.08% 0.40% 99.60% 1
2 easyjet 0.64% 63.28% 36.72% 2
3 ryanair 0.63% 1.72% 98.28% 3
4 national rail 0.62% 0.59% 99.41% 6
5 aa route planner 0.60% 0.39% 99.61% 4
6 tfl 0.55% 0.07% 99.93% 7
7 thomas cook 0.52% 6.07% 93.93% 5
8 train times 0.51% 12.07% 87.93% 8
9 maps 0.42% 0.64% 99.36% -
10 trainline 0.39% 46.04% 53.96% 9
NB: Data courtesy of Experian Hitwise












It is nice to see we are nowhere on the list, but will probably make it next year.
Interesting read. Maybe one day my site will make it onto the list
Thanks for sharing!
Virgin Atlantic is one of the better travel options — better customer service in general.