The best-rated travel sites for booking overall vacation packages include hotwire.com, priceline.com, expedia.com, orbitz.com, and travelocity.com. These sites are widely used and according to Forbes, they jointly address the travel booking needs of 28 percent of all North Americans who book leisure travel. These sites are well known for their vacation packages: airfare, lodging, car rental, tours and other travel resources. These sites are popular because they are easy to navigate, they offer competitive pricing, and they often offer the best bargains to the consumer.
Certain travel sites are best-rated because they search multiple travel sites and offer the customer the best deal. Some of the best-rated travel search engines include kayak.com and sidestep.com. These sites isolate bargains and link you to the travel site where you can book the travel. They often include the best last-minute deals and are ideal for the more flexible traveler. They are likely to include listings from lesser known companies including budget air carriers such as JetBlue. Due to their ability to search multiple sites at once, these websites tend to have user-friendly memory features including remembering the customer's home airport and allowing the customer to search for more than one airport at a time. These sites include a movable grid that lets the customer eliminate any flights that do not match the customer's itinerary or time specifications.
Another set of rated travel sites include sites that offer the traveler specific advice on traveling and reviews the best travel-related services. These sites also include links to partner sites where customers can book their travel. Some of the best-rated travel advice sites include tripadvisor.com, flyertalk.com, hotelchatter.com, avoiddelays.com, webflyer.com, onebag.com, and travelguard.com. While tripadvisor.com is more comprehensive in that it offers hotel reviews in addition to information on airfares, restaurants, and other resources; the other rated sites are more specific. Flyertalk.com and webflyer.com discuss how to best use frequent flier miles, hotelchatter.com includes hotel reviews from all over the world, avoiddelays.com provides updates on flight delays, onebag.com offers packing tips, and travelguard.com offers travel insurance information.
