About KAYAK

About KAYAK

KAYAK is a travel search engine. That means looking across the web to find your options on flights, hotels, and rental cars. It’s all about giving you (traveler) the information you need so you can choose the option that’s right for you.

About Kayak Founders

The founders of KAYAK are Steve Hafner and Paul English; it was founded on 14 January 2004. Currently, the CEO of the company is Steve Hafner.

About Kayak Headquarter

The headquarters of KAYAK is in Stamford, Connecticut, United States. The parent organization of KAYAK is Booking Holdings Inc.

About Kayak Subsidiaries

The subsidiaries of KAYAK are Cheapflights, HotelsCombined, wood GmbH, checkfelix, KAYAK Europe GmbH, Momondo Group Holdings Limited, Swoodoo Ag, Mundi, and wood.

According to the official site, 7 brands are owned by KAYAK, 60+ plus international sites with 48 language variants, and 26 offices around the globe. Let’s learn more about KAYAK.

About KAYAK Services

Today, Kayak process billions of queries across their platforms each year for travel information, helping millions of travelers around the globe make confident decisions. With every query, KAYAK searches hundreds of travel sites to show travelers the information they need to find the right flights, hotels, hire cars, and holiday packages.

About Kayak Network

In over a decade, they’ve grown from a small office of 14 employees into a company of over 1,000 travel-loving teammates working across 7 international brands; KAYAK, SWOODOO, checkfelix, momondo, Cheapflights, Mundi, and HotelsCombined. Together, they make it easier for everyone to experience the world.

KAYAK searches hundreds of travel sites at once to find exactly what you need for your trip, from cheap flights to great hotel deals, and car rentals.

About Kayak Features

Let’s learn more about KAYAK through its features –

BOOK FLEXIBLY

Easily search, filter, and sort your options to find the right travel offers for you – whether it’s flights you can change with no fees, hotels, rentals, and car rentals with free cancellation, the cheapest deal, or the most comfortable seat.

SAVE MONEY

Get mobile-only rates and Private Deals on the app. Set Price Alerts to find out when prices drop, and use Explore to discover new destinations within your budget.

EVERYTHING IN ONE PLACE

This is more than just a travel app. Their Trips tool keeps your plans in order. Get alerts for flight and gate changes, access boarding passes on and offline, and plan out and share your itinerary, all from one place. Use Guides to create, collect and share daily itineraries, tips and impressions along the way.

COMPARE FLIGHT DEALS FROM 900+ SITES

• Take the stress out of trip planning. Find flexible flight offers with no change fees.
• Search with flexible dates up to +/- 3 days to see when’s the best time to fly.
• Filter options based on stops, airlines, departure times, cancellation policies, amenities & more.
• Save your preferences to see your favorite airlines and hotels first (and skip ones you don’t like)

FIND A RENTAL CAR THAT FITS YOUR TRIP

• Search from over 70,000 locations to find the perfect car rental for your trip.
• Filter your rental car search by vehicle type including hybrids and electric vehicles, offers unlimited mileage, enhanced cleaning, and much more

HOTELS, VACATION RENTALS, AND UNIQUE STAYS FROM THOUSANDS OF SITES

• Compare all sorts of accommodation, from five-star resorts to holiday homes and boutique hotels.
• Stay flexible by easily filtering for hotel deals with free cancellation.
• Unlock Private Deals and exclusive mobile-only rates for even more savings.

EXPLORE: Discover new destinations in your Budget

• Whether you have $300 or $3,000 to spend, KAYAK lets you set a budget and shows you where in the world you can go.

MEASURE YOUR BAG

• An AR measuring tool lets you know if your carry-on bag complies with the policy of the airline you’re flying with.

PRICE ALERTS

• Let them do the searching for you. Create a Price Alert and they’ll notify you when the price drops.

How KAYAK Works 

A simple search on KAYAK scans for prices on hundreds of travel sites in seconds. Whether you’re looking for flights, hotels, car hire, or more, they gather deals from across the web and put them in one place.

Compare your options for the same flight, hotel, or car hire and choose where you book—whether it’s directly with the airline, hotel, or car agency—or even from another travel site.

Prices come straight from the travel sites to your screen, with no extra fee from KAYAK. When you’ve chosen your preferred deal, the provider of that deal simply pays them for either redirecting you to their site or helping you to book with them. This makes their service free for their users.

Another way they earn money is by displaying travel-related advertisements on their site. Some companies even pay them when you click on an advert that interests you.

Benefits of Using KAYAK

Let’s take a look at some of the benefits of using KAYAK –

Ditch the Paperwork

Keep all your booking receipts in one place, neatly organized in an itinerary.

Travel like an Expert

Be the first to know with real-time check-in, flight status, and gate change alerts. All for free.

Go off the Grid

Access your itinerary, even without an internet connection.

Plan your Adventure Together

Share your trips with loved ones and collaborate with fellow travelers.

Take them Anywhere

With the KAYAK app, you’ll have your travel plans with you, wherever you roam.

Get them Organized

KAYAK extracts your booking details and organizes them in a simple itinerary.

Import your Bookings

You can connect your inbox or forward your booking emails to Kayak official E-mail ID.

This was all about KAYAK; about KAYAK services and benefits that have made KAYAK one of the most popular travel search engines.

References 

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Disclaimer: Data given in the table at the beginning of the article are subject to change, please check the reference websites for latest value.