We’ve gathered the best travel companies and resources on this page to help you better plan and book your trip.
AIRLINES
Airfare
Kayak – general search flights, hotels, cars
Rome2Rio – specializing in complicated itineraries with flights, trains, driving, and ferries
Vayama – general search flights especially for international flights outside the US, hotels, cars
Skyscanner – general search flights including many of the budget carriers that sites like Kayak miss
Momondo – meta-searches of cheap flights and hotels
FareCompare – airline ticket comparison
Track Flights
FlightStats – track by flight number, airport, route; best in class
FlightAware – live flight tracking
Find a Good Seat
SeatGuru – airline seat maps
SeatExpert – best airline seats
ACCOMODATION
Reviews
TripAdvisor – the most popular hotel review site on the web
Hotel Chatter – news, reviews, and deals worldwide
Oyster – hotel reviews in major U.S. cities
Hotels
Expedia – one of the largest web travel booking agency
Hotels.com – hotel reviews worldwide
Agoda – great for deals in Asia
Priceline – helps you haggle for the best bargains on hotel bookings
Booking – the web most popular hotel reservation service
LateRooms – one of the main outlets that hotels use to try to fill their empty rooms
Hotwire – offers low prices on hotel, airfare and vacation packages by selling off unsold travel inventory at discounted prices
Homes & Hostels
Airbnb – connects homeowners who rent out their homes to travelers
HomeAway – vacation rentals
BedandBreakfast – bed and breakfasts, inns and homestays lodges, cabins and guest ranches worldwide
Hostelz – compares all the hostel booking systems at once, including HostelBookers and Hostelworld
CAR
CarRentals – search for car rental deals
Uber – order private cars by text or app; in a handful of major cities
RAIL
RailEurope – rail passes in Europe
Seat61 – the ultimate guide to train travel anywhere in the world
TOURS
IntrepidTravel – small group tours that use local operators
G Adventures – adventure travel & tours
AffordableTours – one of the largest travel agencies in the U.S.
GoToday – last minute tours and hotels
VISAS & PASSPORTS
U.S. Passports
U.K. Passports
Canada Passports
Australia Passports
VisaHQ – passport and visa expeditors
