Can it be real? Is this true? We’re traveling again. The joy. The adventure. The PYMNTS Provider Ranking of Travel Apps to help us make sense of it all as we go from grounded to boundless over a single summer. This is going to be the most thrilling time in quite a while.
Not this ranking though. Dull as dishwater. Consumers have largely locked in travel app choices for the last cycle or two, with the Top 5 not flinching in the slightest, while some interesting switch ups are observed in below that line among apps making their way up the charts.
The aircraft doors are now closed. Do your tray table and seatback thing. We’ll do the rest.
The Top 5
From the top it’s Booking.com at No. 1 with able Airbnb next up at No. 2, now partnering with real estate software firm RealPage on new apartment homesharing solution, Migo.
Vrbo “Vrbo is short for Vacation Rental By Owner” as the company likes to remind us, and there it stays at No. 3. Apparently Vrbo isn’t interested in sharing its chart rank. We understand.
Quick like a bunny it’s the Hopper app that predicts and analyzes airfare and accommodations at No. 4, right where we left them last month. They raised $170 million in Q1, so it’s cool.
Who else but Hotels.com at No. 5 — no doubt delighted that hotel rooms are moving like mad.
The Top 10
Travel search site Skyscanner remains alert at No. 6. Also unchanged is the KAYAK app at No. 7, which earlier this year said it would shine a light on independent properties in 2021.
Here’s something different: it’s the AllTrails hiking app trudging up two chart positions to No. 8 (and probably lugging a heavy backpack).
Another change is intrepid Tripadvisor dropping one to rest at No. 9 this cycle. The company announced its new a new $99-per-year subscription service, Tripadvisor Plus, in June.
Landing at No. 10 this time out it’s the FlightAware real-time flight status and tracking app, lowering its altitude by one chart position yet staying in the Provider Ranking of Travel Apps Top 10. It’s not easy to launch a plane or an app, and we’re proud of everyone in the ranking.
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