Top travel websites that every good traveller should now

This is our selection of websites for travellers, grouped by categories:

Accommodation / Hotels

• Booking.com Leader in hotels
• Trivago.com Compares hotel prices from different websites
• Hotels.com Another option for hotels
• Airbnb.com Short-term residential properties (peer-to-peer)
• Hostelworld.com Hostels and cheap options
• Laterooms.com Late rooms deals
• Expedia.com Flights, hotels and holiday deals
• Lastminute.com Late travel deals

Flights / Airports

• Skyscanner.net Finds the cheapest flights
• E-Dreams Cheap flights and travel deals
• Kiwi.com Cutting-edge flight search
• Momondo.com Compares cheap flights and hotels
• Google.com/flights Find cheap flights in seconds and explore destinations on a map
• Kayak.com Flights, hotels and deals
• Flightstats.com Real-time flight status and airport tracking
• Holiday Extras: Airport hotels, transfers, parking and lounges
• LoungeBuddy: book airport lounges

Information

• Wikitravel.org Open source travel guide featuring up-to-date information
• Welove2Ski.com Snow report, to information on where to ski and how to ski
• LonelyPlanet.com Expert advice, travel tips, destination information and books
• Gogobot.com Find deals, reviews, recommendations. A  bit of everything. very interesting
• ifly.com Airport info, flight Status & tracking
• Eater.com Food news and dining guides
• Coolcamping.com Discover the best Campsites
• Songkick.com Find gigs and buy tickets
• ResidentAdvisor.net World’s largest independent electronic online music magazine
• Xe.com Currency exchange rates

Rent A Car

• Europcar.com Car and van hire
• Rentalcars.com Find the best prices from over 100 car rental companies
• Easycar.com Cheap car hire by Easyjet

Reviews

• Tripadvisor.com 435 million+ unbiased traveller reviews (you can now book tours and hotels as well!)

Tours

• Viator.com Find and book the best tours everywhere
• GetYourGuide: Book ticket for top attractions around the World
• Klook: Discover and book experiences in Asia
• Tiqets: Tickets to culture and entertainment from your smartphone. No printing, no waiting.
• UrbanAdventures.com Day and short tours
• TourRadar.com Search, compare and book tours
• Voyage-prive.com Good deals and packages on quality holidays and luxury trips

Trip Planner / Itinerary

• Triphobo.com Vacation planner/itinerary creator
• Inspirock.com Create a personalised day-by-day itinerary

Weather

• BBC weather Our favourite forecast site
• Accuweather.com More forecasts

Additionally, we recommend Quidco, which gives you cash-back when you buy from most of the travel vendors above. This referral link gives you £5 already.

For a selection of mobile applications, visit our Best Travel Apps post.

NOTE: Some of the links in this post are affiliate links.