Which sites does Expedia own?
And do they show the same price?

Measured, September 25 to October 1, 2026

What our price data shows

Across our 14 price snapshots of September 25 to October 1, 2026, we recorded every seller Google Hotels listed at 5,830 hotels in 348 cities. Expedia.com was listed at 3,996 of them. This is how often each other Expedia Group site was listed, and how its lowest price compared with Expedia.com's at the hotels that listed both.

Orbitz, Travelocity and CheapTickets showed Expedia's price. Orbitz matched Expedia.com to the dollar at all 3,317 hotels listing both and Travelocity at all 3,372; neither was ever listed without Expedia.com. CheapTickets was within $2 of it at all 3,514 and the same price at 3,510. Where all four were listed (3,294 hotels), the four prices were the same every time. So checking them all for one hotel gave one price, not four.

Hotels.com priced on its own more often. It was within $2 of Expedia at 84% of the 3,542 hotels listing both; when one was more than 2% cheaper, it was Hotels.com at 523 hotels and Expedia at 58. Details: Expedia vs Hotels.com.

trivago DEALS set its own prices. On the same tax footing it was within $2 of Expedia at only 25% of 628 hotels, and its price on Google Hotels was often before tax. Details: trivago vs Expedia. Wotif was listed at 15 hotels and Vrbo at 2, too few to compare. Hotwire and ebookers did not appear at any of the 5,830 hotels.

The lowest price was rarely on an Expedia Group site. Across all 15 snapshots, at the 4,512 hotel prices where some site was 5% or more below the going rate, an Expedia Group site had the lowest price at 329 (7%): trivago DEALS at 210, Hotels.com at 97, Expedia's own storefronts at 21, CheapTickets at 1, Orbitz and Travelocity at none. Super.com alone had it at 1,239.

How we measured: in each snapshot we recorded every booking site's price that Google Hotels showed a US searcher, in US dollars, for a two-night stay checking in between October 30 and November 5, 2026, at 5,830 hotels in 348 cities. For each hotel we took each site's lowest price, all-in with taxes and fees where the site reported them, otherwise its listed rate. Within $2 means the two differed by $2 a night or less; more than 2% cheaper means one was below 98% of the other. A price we saw is one moment, not a completed booking. Method and the CSVs: our hotel price study.

Getting a real second price

1. Count Expedia, Orbitz, Travelocity and CheapTickets as one quote. In our data they showed the same price.
2. Check Hotels.com. Same group, but more than $2 apart from Expedia at 16% of hotels in our data.
3. Check a site outside the group, and the smaller sites that often had the lowest price; here is which sites Google Hotels showed.
4. Add the hotel's own site. Points and perks with the hotel usually only earn when you book direct.

For each site on its own: is Expedia legit?, is Hotels.com legit?, is Orbitz legit? and is Travelocity legit?