The Best Internet Travel Sites

I’ve been an avid traveler since I was a kid when I would hop planes with my father, who worked for the airlines. Founded in 2008, the site—currently the No. 1 travel company to watch on Momentum Index, which ranks current start-ups—offers 200,000 unique listings available in more than 25,000 cities and 192 countries; the company has raised $7.8 million from venture capital firms Sequoia Capital (Google, Yahoo, PayPal) and Greylock Partners (Facebook, Groupon).

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It has changed the way I travel in South America – in places like Buenos Aires or Rio, where you’re warned to be wary of flagging certain cabs, this provides extra security, and it also helps with language barriers, because you’ve already input your destination into the system.

In the USA, for instance, the American Automobile Association (AAA) website offers visitors a comprehensive travel service for road trips across the country; it recently became the first online travel planner to list local gas stations in America – and it is additions like these that prove how important information on travel sites can be to prospective holidaymakers.

You can design an all inclusive holiday package by choosing from cheap flights, activities, accommodation, airport car rental, transportation for traveling in and around your destination, sightseeing and travel insurance, and customise the package to your budget.