what's online travel agency is much better? cheapticket, orbitz or expedia?

Answer 1

I've used all of the above and have to give Orbitz a slight edge over Expedia. Orbitz had more flights available to choose from as well as more hotels to combine with the airfare. The couple of times I did choose Expedia was because they were slightly (a couple of bucks) cheaper than Orbitz. Cheap tickets, if I remember correctly, doesn't allow you to see what airline or hotel you are staying at until you book it. I saw that as a negative because sometimes the hotel might be in a shady area or the airline might not offer something a flyer might need.

Answer 2

Cheaptickets and Orbitz are pretty much the same website. You will notice that the prices, webpage layout and partnerships with other airlines, hotels and cars are the same. Both are good and have their positives but, you won't find much difference between those two.

Expedia and travelocity are my favorites. Travelocity provides some good prices for cars and Expedia is pretty good for everything else.

One website that provides you the best value is Priceline.com. It allows you to name your own price for airline tickets, cars and hotels. However, its a catch. You have to enter all your CC information before you know if your price has been approved. And once it has, you will be charged immediately. And it has its drawbacks as well. For example, if you rent a car for 12 dollars a day for 2 days (total 24 dollars + tax), if you decide to keep that car an extra day, you will not get it at 12 dollars a day. You will end up paying the highest price possible for the day. With plane tickets, it attempts to give you the best flight without layovers but, if it can't you will get stuck with a layover somewhere. And as I said before, you won't find out what airline or car agency you got until your request is approved and by then you will have already paid.. So you could end up getting an airplane flight with a layover and at a time, you may not like. Its the best website if you are very flexible and looking to build your trip around the most affordable rates. But if there are restrictions such as times you can't fly or airlines you won't fly, dont use the website.

Best thing to do is first is research all the websites and see what each is offering.

Answer 3

They are all about the same. I've researched flights on just about every site there is. Sometimes cheapticket is the best, sometimes travelocity is the better choice. Also, check kayak.com. They've really good. Of course, I've also found some of the cheapest tickets around were actually sold on the airlines' websites. It all depends on where you are, where you are going to, when you are traveling, and for how long you will be gone for. They all play a role in the prices.

There is one more site you can try...www.gotrump.com. It's another travel site, but this one is owned by Donald Trump. I've only used it to research flights, but if I need to actually book one, I'll use this site as well. Good luck!

Answer 4

There's one I saw on this blog that I read. Although the blog is about traveling to Dubai, it interfaces with a new travel website that actually searches 120+ websites simultaneously to find the best fare.

What I like about it is that it allows for searching for international travel, hotels, rental cars, and even vacation packages.

I've consistently found lower fares there than in any of the ones you mentioned, although my experience with the others has been fine. I'd just rather save money. Check the blog out.

Answer 5

I've used Expedia, and have always been more than satisfied. Their website is easy to use and, for special needs, I've always gotten good help by phoning them and using a real, live person (a call-center lady based in the Phillipines was particularly helpful to me recently). I have no experience with the others — I probably won't use them as long as I'm happy with Expedia, but they may be just as good, as one of the other people who answered suggested.

Answer 6

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Answer 7

Cheaptickets has the best prices, personally. However, I use orbitz as a search all to compare. Also, if your flying within the US, try ATA, SWA, etc. Sometimes those are the cheapest of them all.

Answer 8

personally i love expedia

one of my friends uses cheaptickets to save on flights extensively.

also research on a comparative engine like kayak to get you the best deal irrespective of which site you use

Answer 9

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Answer 10

I have used all of of them, and truthfully, they are all about the same. But price check them all for the best deal anyhow.