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Name	Description	Customer Support	Top Pros	Top Cons	Cancellation Fees	Booking Options
Travelocity Rating: 95%	Travelocity is dedicated to being your travel champion - a companion and instigator, wandering the world beside you whil read more	24/7	you can find hostels and backpacker hotels through Travelocity. has many options for filtering and sorting your results read more	no flexible date search, doesn’t have any members-only pricing	no hotel cancellation fees	flights hotels packages cars cruises activities
Tripadvisor Rating: 90%	Tripadvisor, Inc. is an American online travel company that operates a website and mobile app with user-generated conten read more	email only	compare hotel prices of many different booking websites, unique, timely, populist resource with both reviews and photog read more	reviews are all user-generated, hotels with less-than-glowing reviews have been known to try inducing guests with disco read more	there are cancellation fees	flights, hotels, restaurants, cars, cruises, packages
Cheap Tickets Rating: 90%	CheapTickets sells discounted leisure travel, providing access to its collection of airfares on hundreds of airlines. In read more	no	CheapTickets can get you tickets and packages for transportation and hotels if you need to travel to your concert	shows you the fee at the end of booking	don't charge a fee to change or cancel your airline booking online if you call to change or cancel your airline bookin read more	vacation, packages, hotels, cars, cruises, event tickets, activities, flights
Airbnb Rating: 95%	Airbnb is an online marketplace that connects people who want to rent out their homes with people who are looking for ac read more	24/7	ability to negotiate a price hosts can be incredibly hospitable they have a great knowledge of the area most AirBnB rentals will include a kitchen read more	fees and required minimum stays privacy can be limited if you are in a home with the host	more than 7 days before check-in, they’ll deduct $50 from your next payout less than 7 days before check-in, they’ll deduct $100 from your next payout read more	houses apartments
Booking.com Rating: 90%	Established in 1996 in Amsterdam, Booking.com has grown from a small Dutch start-up to one of the largest travel e-comme read more	24/7	a wide variety of accommodation options, you can also book airport taxis and restaurant reservations, in addition to hotels, flights and rental cars. read more	you can’t get updates about pricing changes	there are cancellation fees	hotels flights car rental
KAYAK Rating: 95%	KAYAK searches hundreds of other travel sites so you don’t have to. Book the perfect flight, hotel or rental car and s read more	24/7	flexible trip planning, excellent filtering options in search, compares prices from a wide array of sources, including other travel deal agregator sites read more	not for direct booking, no alternative accommodations included, such as Airbnb	depends on the company KAYAK forwards you to	flights hotels cars packages cruises deals restaurants routes
Hotels.com Rating: 95%	Hotels.com is a leading provider of hotel accommodation worldwide, offering booking services through its own network of read more	24/7 for Silver and Gold members	stay 10 nights and get the next night free get notified if prices change price matching	no rewards earned for booking flights must verify prices to approve matching	Hotels.com doesn't charge for cancellations but the hotel may charge you a cancellation fee	hotels
Orbitz Rating: 90%	Orbitz.com is a leading travel website where consumers can search for and book a broad range of hotels, flights, car ren read more	no	can book directly through Orbitz, price guarantees, multi-city flight search, can toggle hotel part of flight-hotel c read more	can't select specific airports inside a geographic range, no buy/wait recommendations, insufficient fare alerts	there are cancellation fees	flights, hotels car rentals, vacation, combos
Expedia Rating: 95%	Expedia is a popular website for booking travel accommodations. It aims to provide the lowest prices for any booking, wh read more	24/7	easy to build flight into a vacation, provides previews seat maps, flight information, and airfare without leaving search results, TripAssist app for iPhone read more	low price guarantee, requires you do the legwork, no predictive texts, hides actual costs	there are cancellation fees	flights, hotels, bundle and save, cars, cruises, things to Do, vacation, rentals
Agoda Rating: 95%	Agoda is one of the world’s fastest growing online travel booking platforms. From its beginnings as an e-commerce star read more	24/7	Agoda app is easy to use and has lots of rooms, they accept Paypal and all major credit cards, bookings are instant an read more	customer service isn't the best, extra taxes are charged in certain cities, sometimes the app crashes and doesn't work read more	your confirmation email will specify the exact cancellation due date which is the deadline you must cancel by in order to avoid any cancellation fee read more	accommodations, flights, cars

Travelocity

Customer Support	24/7
Top Pros	you can find hostels and backpacker hotels through Travelocity. has many options for filtering and sorting your results, the search results also compare the price with other booking services
Top Cons	no flexible date search, doesn’t have any members-only pricing
Overall Rating	95%
Cancellation Fees	no hotel cancellation fees
Booking Options	flights hotels packages cars cruises activities

Travelocity is dedicated to being your travel champion - a companion and instigator, wandering the world beside you while helping make your traveling experience memorable with innovative apps, competitive prices, and 24/7 customer service. Travelocity is owned by Expedia, Inc., one of the world's largest online travel companies, with an extensive portfolio that includes some of the top travel brands in the world.

Tripadvisor

Customer Support	email only
Top Pros	compare hotel prices of many different booking websites, unique, timely, populist resource with both reviews and photographs posted by travelers, enables a variety of opinions to be voiced, hotel managers have the option to respond to reviews, good and bad.
Top Cons	reviews are all user-generated, hotels with less-than-glowing reviews have been known to try inducing guests with discounts, free nights, gifts, and other bribes to post positive reviews that counteract negative statements.
Overall Rating	90%
Cancellation Fees	there are cancellation fees
Booking Options	flights, hotels, restaurants, cars, cruises, packages

Tripadvisor, Inc. is an American online travel company that operates a website and mobile app with user-generated content and a comparison shopping website. It also offers online hotel reservations and bookings for transportation, lodging, travel experiences, and restaurants. Its headquarters are in Needham, Massachusetts.

Cheap Tickets

Customer Support	no
Top Pros	CheapTickets can get you tickets and packages for transportation and hotels if you need to travel to your concert
Top Cons	shows you the fee at the end of booking
Overall Rating	90%
Cancellation Fees	don't charge a fee to change or cancel your airline booking online if you call to change or cancel your airline booking more than 24 hours after booking is complete, they will charge you an agent assistance fee of $25.00 per passenger which is in addition to any change fee charged by the airline
Booking Options	vacation, packages, hotels, cars, cruises, event tickets, activities, flights

CheapTickets sells discounted leisure travel, providing access to its collection of airfares on hundreds of airlines. In addition to cheap flights, CheapTickets’ discounted travel products include cheap hotels, cheap cruises, cheap rental cars, cheap vacation packages, vacation rentals, last-minute trips and event tickets. Founded in 1986, CheapTickets.com is owned by Expedia, Inc., one of the world's leading travel companies.

Airbnb

Customer Support	24/7
Top Pros	ability to negotiate a price hosts can be incredibly hospitable they have a great knowledge of the area most AirBnB rentals will include a kitchen
Top Cons	fees and required minimum stays privacy can be limited if you are in a home with the host
Overall Rating	95%
Cancellation Fees	more than 7 days before check-in, they’ll deduct $50 from your next payout less than 7 days before check-in, they’ll deduct $100 from your next payout
Booking Options	houses apartments

Airbnb is an online marketplace that connects people who want to rent out their homes with people who are looking for accommodations in that locale. It currently covers more than 81,000 cities and 191 countries worldwide. The company's name comes from "air mattress B&B.” For guests, the advantage can be relatively inexpensive accommodations, but with the risk that the property won't be as appealing as the listing made it seem.

Booking.com

Customer Support	24/7
Top Pros	a wide variety of accommodation options, you can also book airport taxis and restaurant reservations, in addition to hotels, flights and rental cars.
Top Cons	you can’t get updates about pricing changes
Overall Rating	90%
Cancellation Fees	there are cancellation fees
Booking Options	hotels flights car rental

Established in 1996 in Amsterdam, Booking.com has grown from a small Dutch start-up to one of the largest travel e-commerce companies in the world. With a mission to empower people to experience the world, Booking.com invests in digital technology that helps take the friction out of travel. Booking.com connects travelers with the world’s largest selection of incredible places to stay.

KAYAK

Customer Support	24/7
Top Pros	flexible trip planning, excellent filtering options in search, compares prices from a wide array of sources, including other travel deal agregator sites
Top Cons	not for direct booking, no alternative accommodations included, such as Airbnb
Overall Rating	95%
Cancellation Fees	depends on the company KAYAK forwards you to
Booking Options	flights hotels cars packages cruises deals restaurants routes

KAYAK searches hundreds of other travel sites so you don’t have to. Book the perfect flight, hotel or rental car and save money with mobile-only rates and Private Deals. KAYAK Trips lets you organize all of your travel plans in one place including free flight status updates, airport terminal maps and security wait times. KAYAK is the only app you need for planning, booking, and traveling.

Hotels.com

Customer Support	24/7 for Silver and Gold members
Top Pros	stay 10 nights and get the next night free get notified if prices change price matching
Top Cons	no rewards earned for booking flights must verify prices to approve matching
Overall Rating	95%
Cancellation Fees	Hotels.com doesn't charge for cancellations but the hotel may charge you a cancellation fee
Booking Options	hotels

Hotels.com is a leading provider of hotel accommodation worldwide, offering booking services through its own network of localized websites and telephone call centers. Hotels.com gives travelers one of the widest selections of accommodation on the net, including both independent and major chain hotels as well as self-catering in over hundreds of thousands of properties worldwide.

Orbitz

Customer Support	no
Top Pros	can book directly through Orbitz, price guarantees, multi-city flight search, can toggle hotel part of flight-hotel combo search for only specific days, plus or minus three-day flexible search for flights, saves frequent flyer miles, additional traveler details, and past trips
Top Cons	can't select specific airports inside a geographic range, no buy/wait recommendations, insufficient fare alerts
Overall Rating	90%
Cancellation Fees	there are cancellation fees
Booking Options	flights, hotels car rentals, vacation, combos

Orbitz.com is a leading travel website where consumers can search for and book a broad range of hotels, flights, car rentals, cruises, vacation packages, and destination activities.Orbitz.com now offers the groundbreaking Orbitz Rewards loyalty program—the only program where customers can earn rewards immediately on flights, hotels, and packages, and redeem instantly on tens of thousands of hotels worldwide.

Expedia

Customer Support	24/7
Top Pros	easy to build flight into a vacation, provides previews seat maps, flight information, and airfare without leaving search results, TripAssist app for iPhone
Top Cons	low price guarantee, requires you do the legwork, no predictive texts, hides actual costs
Overall Rating	95%
Cancellation Fees	there are cancellation fees
Booking Options	flights, hotels, bundle and save, cars, cruises, things to Do, vacation, rentals

Expedia is a popular website for booking travel accommodations. It aims to provide the lowest prices for any booking, which is backed up with the “Best Price Guarantee.” You can search for hotels, cars, flights, or packages based on your travel requirements, and sort through accommodations that meet your needs.

Agoda

Customer Support	24/7
Top Pros	Agoda app is easy to use and has lots of rooms, they accept Paypal and all major credit cards, bookings are instant and allow fast check-in, fees are lower than Booking.com or Airbnb
Top Cons	customer service isn't the best, extra taxes are charged in certain cities, sometimes the app crashes and doesn't work, hard to get refunds if a problem arises
Overall Rating	95%
Cancellation Fees	your confirmation email will specify the exact cancellation due date which is the deadline you must cancel by in order to avoid any cancellation fee
Booking Options	accommodations, flights, cars

Agoda is one of the world’s fastest growing online travel booking platforms. From its beginnings as an e-commerce start-up based in Singapore in 2005, Agoda has grown to offer a global network of 2 million properties in more than 200 countries and territories worldwide. It provides travelers with easy access to a wide choice of luxury and budget hotels, apartments, homes, and villas to suit all budgets and travel occasions.