Here are the top 15 Most Popular Travel Sites as derived from our eBizMBA Rank which is a continually updated average of each website’s Alexa Global Traffic Rank, and U.S. Traffic Rank from both Compete and Quantcast.

1 | Booking
112 – eBizMBA Rank | 40,000,000 – Estimated Unique Monthly Visitors | 100 – Compete Rank | 111 – Quantcast Rank | 125 – Alexa Rank | Last Updated: July 1, 2017.

Headquarters: Amsterdam, Netherlands
Founders: Steve Kaufer
Founded: Enschede, Netherlands in 1996; 21 years ago
Website: http://www.booking.com
Since 2005, it has been owned and operated by United States-based The Priceline Group.
In July 2005, the company was acquired by The Priceline Group for USD133 million, and later it cooperated with ActiveHotels.com, a European online hotel reservation company, purchased by The Priceline Group for USD161 million.

2 | TripAdvisor
134 – eBizMBA Rank | 38,000,000 – Estimated Unique Monthly Visitors | 68 – Compete Rank | 126 – Quantcast Rank | 209 – Alexa Rank | Last Updated: July 1, 2017.

Headquarters: Needham, Massachusetts
Founders: Steve Kaufer
Founded: November 10, 1997; 19 years ago
Website: http://www.tripadvisor.com
TripAdvisor also offers a personalization tool that allows its users to save hotel, restaurant, and attraction reviews to personalize their My Trips folders. Travelers are able to customize and expand their plans by adding maps, photos, their own notes, and travel plan details. Through the website’s Check Rates feature, users are able to check hotel pricings and availabilities across multiple vendor commerce sites.

3 | Yahoo! Travel
171 – eBizMBA Rank | 36,000,000 – Estimated Unique Monthly Visitors | *165* – Compete Rank | *176* – Quantcast Rank | N/A – Alexa Rank | Last Updated: July 1, 2017. Owner: Yahoo!

Founded: November 10, 1997; 19 years ago
Website: travel.yahoo.com
Yahoo! Travel offers travel guides, daily articles, booking and reservation services.

4 | Expedia
271 – eBizMBA Rank | 25,000,000 – Estimated Unique Monthly Visitors | 77 – Compete Rank | 222 – Quantcast Rank | 515 – Alexa Rank | Last Updated: July 1, 2017.

Founded: 1996
Headquarters: Bellevue, Washington
Founder(s): Rich Barton, Richard Bangs
Website: www.expedia.com
Expedia, Inc. is an American travel company that owns and operates several international global online travel brands, primarily travel fare aggregator websites and travel metasearch engines including Expedia.com, Hotels.com, Hotwire.com, trivago, Venere.com, Travelocity, Orbitz, and HomeAway.
According to Rich Barton, the first CEO, the word “Expedia” is derived from a combination of “exploration and speed” and contains the high-point Scrabble letter “X.”

5 | Priceline
410 – eBizMBA Rank | 20,000,000 – Estimated Unique Monthly Visitors | 130 – Compete Rank | 429 – Quantcast Rank | 670 – Alexa Rank | Last Updated: July 1, 2017.

Founded: 1998
Headquarters: Norwalk, Connecticut
Founder(s): Jay Walker
Website: http://www.priceline.com
Priceline first became known for its Name Your Own Price system, where travelers would name their price for airline tickets, hotel rooms, car rentals and vacation packages. While the purchaser can select a general location, service level and price; the hotel, rental car company and/or airline (as well as the exact location of the hotel and the exact flight itinerary) is disclosed only after the purchase has gone through, with no rights to cancel.