Alternatives and competitors
Sites like Lonely Planet
The 20 closest travel guides alternatives to Lonely Planet, ranked by what they actually offer, and the 12 technologies behind it.
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01 · Entity
About Lonely Planet
Lonely Planet lonelyplanet.com
Wikidata: publisher of guidebooks and other media related to travel
Summary by Claude
Lonely Planet publishes travel guidebooks and runs a travel website with destination guides, travel articles, itineraries and tips, and sells its printed and digital guidebooks.
- Who it’s for
- Leisure travelers and backpackers
- Business model
- Book sales, advertising and affiliate bookings
02 · Embedding space
Competitor map
Each alternative by how close its vector is to Lonely Planet’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 Lonely Planet
Thumbs up if it’s a real alternative to Lonely Planet, thumbs down if it isn’t.
We can’t read lonelyplanet.com’s homepage (UND_ERR_CONNECT_TIMEOUT), so it’s compared on what Wikidata and Wikipedia say about it.
- 01
Simple Page
travel magazine based in New York City, New York
Very close cos 0.897 - 02 Very close cos 0.895
- 03
American online magazine and media company
Close cos 0.889 - 04
tripadvisor.com
American travel website company
Close cos 0.892 - 05
website and mobile apps for booking accommodation
Close cos 0.892 - 06
klook.com
website where tourists can book activities
Close cos 0.890 - 07
viator.com
online travel marketplace
Close cos 0.889 - 08
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
Close cos 0.889 - 09
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
Close cos 0.889 - 10
Airport guide and air travel information website.
Close cos 0.885 - 11
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.
Close cos 0.886 - 12
GetYourGuide – Error
website where tourists can book activities
Close cos 0.885 - 13
Vercel Security Checkpoint
Malaysian travel and location intelligence platform
Close cos 0.880 - 14
Penguin Random House
Committed to publishing great books, connecting readers and authors globally, and spreading the love of reading.
Close cos 0.877 - 15
Online travel platform for booking hotels, vacation rentals, and other accommodation worldwide
Close cos 0.881 - 16
Simple Page
American website
Close cos 0.881 - 17
Lifehacker | Do everything better
Lifehacker is the ultimate authority on optimizing every aspect of your life. Do everything better.
Close cos 0.881 - 18
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.
Close cos 0.882 - 19
book e-commerce website
Close cos 0.877 - 20
Mental Floss - History, Trivia, Interesting Facts, and More
Learn weird, interesting facts about history, entertainment, language, geography, and more topics. Test your knowledge with our quizzes and other trivia.
Close cos 0.879
Ranked by score: the cosine similarity of each site’s vector to lonelyplanet.com’s, less a small penalty for generic sites that are close to everything. Highlighted technologies are ones Lonely Planet uses too. Votes and comments come from visitors and don’t change the ranking.
04 · Fingerprints
Technology
What Lonely Planet is built with, and what its closest competitors use, from its homepage’s code and its DNS records.
Built with
- Live chat & support
- Zendesk TXT v=spf1 include:spf.protection.outlook.com include:mail.zendesk.com ip…
- Email hosting
- Google Workspace TXT v=spf1 include:spf.protection.outlook.com include:mail.zendesk.com ip…
- Microsoft 365 MX lonelyplanet-com.mail.protection.outlook.com
- Email delivery
- Amazon SES TXT v=spf1 include:spf.protection.outlook.com include:mail.zendesk.com ip…
- Mailchimp Transactional TXT v=spf1 include:spf.protection.outlook.com include:mail.zendesk.com ip…
- DNS hosting
- Amazon Route 53 NS ns-456.awsdns-57.com
- SaaS tools (verified in DNS)
- Adobe TXT adobe-idp-site-verification=b6e27597198dfc9921fbe2ad78e9a76012bb17d0d…
- Atlassian TXT atlassian-domain-verification=dXpMb6IBZlmK7X42/O28YWyiXYn0+90NDFEfrPs…
- Canva TXT canva-site-verification=gjIJ2RsUtW45uhOaqiCkdQ
- Google Search Console TXT google-site-verification=bVOkW39j_mYbNidRhmY_ehkHhvWp7r4jFt9xn35-SjI
- OpenAI TXT openai-domain-verification=dv-uBbgpvVXsR24MywMwiOGqYF1
- Zoom TXT ZOOM_verify_4jhufHkSRbu5UHscxvhuoQ
Stack changes
No changes yet. Each new crawl is compared with the last one, and what Lonely Planet adds or drops shows up here.
What competitors use
Across the 20 closest sites.
- Google Search Console 19/20
- Google Workspace 14/20
- Microsoft 365 13/20
- Atlassian 12/20
- Apple Business · not on lonelyplanet.com 11/20
- OpenAI 10/20
- Meta Business Suite · not on lonelyplanet.com 10/20
- Cloudflare · not on lonelyplanet.com 9/20
- Miro · not on lonelyplanet.com 9/20
- Amazon Route 53 9/20
- Adobe 7/20
- DocuSign · not on lonelyplanet.com 7/20
- GlobalSign · not on lonelyplanet.com 7/20
- OneTrust · not on lonelyplanet.com 6/20
- Zendesk 6/20
- Canva 5/20