Alternatives and competitors

Sites like Hotels.com

The 20 closest online hotel booking alternatives to Hotels.com, ranked by what they actually offer, and the 11 technologies behind it.

Looking for an alternative to Hotels.com? The closest matches are expedia.com, booking.com and Vrbo. We match sites by what they actually offer, from their homepages, Wikidata and a summary by Claude, in any language. Vote on each alternative and leave a short note to help the next person choose.

Neighbours: k = 20
Sites searched: 4,032
Vector: 384-d
Query: 12 ms

01 · Entity

About Hotels.com

Hotels.com hotels.com

Wikidata: Online travel platform for booking hotels, vacation rentals, and other accommodation worldwide

Top 10K · #3,609 11 technologies Crawled Nov 6, 2026

Summary by Claude

Online booking service for hotel rooms, vacation rentals and other accommodation worldwide, owned by Expedia Group, with a loyalty rewards program.

Who it’s for: Leisure and business travelers
Business model: Commissions on bookings

02 · Embedding space

Competitor map

Each alternative by how close its vector is to Hotels.com’s (x) and how much traffic it gets, how much of the stack it shares, or where it sits in the embedding space itself (y). Lines split each axis at the median. Hover for the numbers, click to jump to it in the list.

similarity × popularity

03 · Nearest neighbours

Alternatives to Hotels.com

Thumbs up if it’s a real alternative to Hotels.com, thumbs down if it isn’t.

We can’t read hotels.com’s homepage (UND_ERR_HEADERS_TIMEOUT), so it’s compared on what Wikidata and Wikipedia say about it.

01
expedia.com Top 10K

Bot or Not?

travel website
Very close cos 0.950
02
booking.com Top 1K English

website and mobile apps for booking accommodation
Very close cos 0.949
03
Vrbo vrbo.com Top 10K

Bot or Not?

American vacation rental online marketplace
Very close cos 0.937
04
Airbnb airbnb.com Top 1K English

Airbnb: Vacation Rentals, Cabins, Beach Houses, Unique Homes & Experiences

Get an Airbnb for every kind of trip → 8 million vacation rentals → 2 million Guest Favorites → 220+ countries and regions worldwide
Very close cos 0.932
05
Rentalcars.com rentalcars.com Top 10K English

Cheap Car Rental, Price Match Guarantee - Rentalcars.com

Find the best rental prices on luxury, economy, and family rental cars with FREE amendments in over 60,000 locations worldwide, reserve online today!
Very close cos 0.931
06
Hilton Worldwide hilton.com Top 10K

Hilton Page Reference Code

American multinational hospitality company
Very close cos 0.930
07
priceline.com Top 10K English

Priceline.com - The Best Deals on Hotels, Flights and Rental Cars.

Deep Discounts on Hotels, Flights and Rental Cars. Get Exclusive Savings with Priceline.com.
Very close cos 0.931
08
Trip.com trip.com Top 10K English

Trip.com Official Site‎‎ | Travel Deals and Promotions

Choose from over 1.2 million hotels in more than 200 countries, 30 million real guest reviews. Book flights to over 5,000 destinations worldwide. 24/7 Customer Service.
Very close cos 0.931
09
MakeMyTrip makemytrip.com Top 10K

Indian online travel company
Very close cos 0.930
10
Hyatt Hotels Corporation hyatt.com Top 10K English

Hyatt Hotels and Resorts

Hyatt Hotels and Resorts
Very close cos 0.923
11
Agoda agoda.com Top 1K English

online travel agency
Very close cos 0.923
12
hostelworld.com English

Hostels Worldwide - Online Bookings, Ratings and Reviews

Online confirmed bookings for backpacker hostels around the world. City guides, sightseeing, entertainment and backpacking information for hostels and backpacker tours around the world.
Very close cos 0.923
13
Tripadvisor tripadvisor.com Top 1K English

tripadvisor.com

American travel website company
Very close cos 0.924
14
iranhotelonline iranhotelonline.com Persian

رزرو هتل و هتل آپارتمان آنلاین با بهترین قیمت تا 91% تخفیف

رزرو هتل و هتل آپارتمان داخل و خارج کشور تا 91% تخفیف ویژه و بهترین قیمت با پشتیبانی 24ساعته
Very close cos 0.921
15
almatar almatar.com English

المطار | حجز طيران وفنادق بأفضل الأسعار

إحجز أفضل الرحلات والفنادق بافضل الاسعار داخل السعودية وخارجها مع موقع وتطبيق المطار.
Very close cos 0.920
16
Klook klook.com Top 10K English

klook.com

website where tourists can book activities
Very close cos 0.920
17
OpenTable opentable.com Top 10K

American internet company owned by Booking Holdings
Very close cos 0.913
18
Traveloka traveloka.com Top 10K English

Traveloka | Flights, Hotels & Attractions

Book cheap flights, hotels, and activities with Traveloka. Discover global travel deals and plan your perfect trip • Trusted by millions worldwide • One place for all your needs • Flexible booking options • Secure & convenient payment
Very close cos 0.914
19
jalan.net Top 10K Japanese

宿・ホテル予約 - 旅行ならじゃらんnet

宿・ホテル予約ならじゃらんnet。当日予約や今だけのじゃらん限定プランも。航空券や新幹線と宿泊のセットでさらにお得に。リッチな温泉旅館から便利なビジネスホテルまで目的に合わせて簡単検索。豊富な観光情報と口コミであなたの旅行をサポートします。
Very close cos 0.911
20
Fly.pl fly.pl English

online travel agency
Very close cos 0.911

Ranked by score: the cosine similarity of each site’s vector to hotels.com’s, less a small penalty for generic sites that are close to everything. Highlighted technologies are ones Hotels.com uses too. Votes and comments come from visitors and don’t change the ranking.

04 · Fingerprints

Technology

What Hotels.com is built with, and what its closest competitors use, from its homepage’s code and its DNS records.

Built with

Email hosting: Microsoft 365 TXT MS=ms30020737
Email delivery: Amazon SES TXT v=spf1 include:_spf.expedia.com include:_spf.egencia.com include:amaz…
DNS hosting: NS1 NS dns2.p09.nsone.net
UltraDNS NS pdns1.ultradns.net
SaaS tools (verified in DNS): Adobe TXT adobe-idp-site-verification=8fbdca8c-33d7-482a-85ed-4e3f51e0be40
Apple Business TXT apple-domain-verification=WjQGs6FT1verKfqo
Atlassian TXT atlassian-domain-verification=BoDCBNyHJzHh97Myx/Z4n3grU8sMEGR10Mi8Cdp…
Dropbox TXT dropbox-domain-verification=cm27uqe4e92f
Google Search Console TXT google-site-verification=hR0AUIqpZmAjDXCxUo_ls0uRkYCkRCXvrO5C9P3oOow
Meta Business Suite TXT facebook-domain-verification=lrtesy9nnamunmab0ftl6wzlv1yv6u
Slack TXT slack-domain-verification=p4gvlab7Sq8thT6b8H6nTd61kja3rcVO2wdThhaB

Stack changes

No changes yet. Each new crawl is compared with the last one, and what Hotels.com adds or drops shows up here.

What competitors use

Across the 20 closest sites.