Orbitz Review

Popularity
Orbitz is one of the internet's most popular travel sites. It's front page has a google pank rank of 9, which only a handful of websites have and an Alexia traffic ranking of 417. This means more or less that it is the 417th most visited website on the internet today. Considering the fact there are billions and billions of sites on the net, this is quite an accomplishment.

Features
Orbitz has all the main components of a major travel website such as flight scheduling, hotel reservations, car rentals, cruises and vacation packages but there are however a few extras not commonly seen. One of these extras is an activities booking section. This is an area of the site where you can book activities to do on your trip for certain cities such as arranging tickets to see a show or a ball game. I must point out that travelocity has a much bigger activities section with many more options available.

Prices
Some of the special vacation packages that they have are special deals to Las Vegas and Hawaii. In Las Vegas they have flight and hotel packages at around $208 - $444 depending on the amount of days you wish to stay. In Mexico they have resort and getaway deals ranging from $645 - $823 including airfare.

Overall Rating
For an overall rating I would have to give Orbitz a 7.5 because although it can certainly compete well with the other internet travel superstars when it comes to pricing, it does not however contain enough features and booking options in its repertoire. That is when compared to a travelocity or expedia type website. It is still of course well above the average travel booking site so that is why a 7.5 seems like the right score for Orbitz.