travel booking websites

[darkoshi]

Expedia acquired Travelocity. - Jan 2015

Expedia and Orbitz are merging. - Sep 2015

(and I noticed that the above was true, because all 3 sites load JavaScript from Expedia.com.)

Apparently Priceline is still a separate entity. It sounds like Expedia and Priceline are the 2 major travel booking companies left.

This page claims there are 4 main companies (with Expedia, Orbitz, and Travelocity listed separately), so it must be outdated, even though the page says "copyright 2018". But it lists some of their other subsidiary names (Hotwire, TripAdvisor, Hotel.com, etc) too:
Are travel Web sites really different?

Looking up flight prices on the Delta.com website is better than on the above web sites, as you can select "flexible dates", and it will show you a grid of possible departure & return dates, with the prices for each combination of days. That lets you easily see which days are the cheapest to travel on, without having to do multiple searches.

(I'm not planning a trip myself; I was looking up prices for someone else.)

Comments

[lhexa]

Heya, I wanted to say that I frequently find your posts interesting and informative... but on such subjects that I don't have any comment to make. So here's some nonspecific appreciation, keep up the good work.

[darkoshi]

Aww, thank you!