How Planet compares
The honest way to compare travel sites isn't the sticker price — it's your effective cost after rewards and fees. Planet returns eligible booking commissions to members as cashback and shows that number upfront. Here's how the model stacks up against the sites you already know.
Expedia is one of the largest online travel agencies, selling flights, hotels, cars, cruises, and packages from a single site. It's part of Expedia Group, which also owns Hotels.com, Vrbo, Travelocity, and Orbitz.
See the comparison →Booking.com is a global online travel agency best known for its enormous hotel and vacation-rental inventory, with flights and cars added more recently.
See the comparison →Priceline is an online travel agency known for discounted hotel, flight, and car bookings, including opaque “Express Deals” where some details are revealed only after you book.
See the comparison →Travelocity is a long-running online travel agency, now part of Expedia Group and running on the same inventory and platform as Expedia.
See the comparison →Hotels.com is a hotel-focused online travel agency and part of Expedia Group. It historically ran a “collect nights, get one free” rewards scheme.
See the comparison →Orbitz is an online travel agency owned by Expedia Group, selling flights, hotels, cars, and packages on the shared Expedia platform.
See the comparison →Kayak is a travel metasearch engine: it compares prices across airlines and other travel sites and then sends you elsewhere to book. It doesn't sell most bookings itself.
See the comparison →Costco Travel is a members-only travel agency for Costco members, focused on packages, cruises, rental cars, and vacation bundles rather than à la carte flights.
See the comparison →Comparisons describe each site's model, not live prices. Prices change constantly; always confirm the current price and your effective cost before booking.