US Travel Travel Services - PPC Market Share Analysis October 2025

Leveraging Adthena’s Whole Market View, this analysis explores recent trends in Google Ads for the US Travel Services category from the last month. Our Data Analyst, Ask Arlo provides commentary on key findings.

Travel Services – US

Google AI Overview visibility for Travel Travel Services US

See how often AIOs appear and how search intent is distributed across buying signals.

AIO Frequency

How often a Google AI overview appears on search terms relevant to this category.

Frequency Percentage
Frequency 25.0741313037
74.9258686963
25%

Complex Query Frequency

A complex query is a longer, more detailed search that often contains multiple keywords, specific conditions, or multi-part questions.

Frequency Percentage
Frequency 30
70
30%

Search Intent Distribution

Breakdown of search queries by their underlying goal.

Intent Distribution
Investigational 16%
Transactional 34%
Navigational 2%
Seasonal 3%
Local 1%
Problem Solving 5%

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Market Exposure

Share of Clicks for top 10 US Travel Travel Services brands

Here are the Top 10 competitors in the industry by Share of Clicks for the last month.

Share of Clicks - Last month
Share of Clicks - Last month
Domain Share of clicks
expedia.com 13.57
priceline.com 12.31
cheapoair.com 11.42
royalcaribbean.com 3.95
booking.com 3.78
cheapflights.com 2.79
cruises.com 2.75
kayak.com 2.57
go.com 2.54
tripadvisor.com 2.46
others 41.86
  • expedia.com - 13.57%
  • priceline.com - 12.31%
  • cheapoair.com - 11.42%
  • royalcaribbean.com - 3.95%
  • booking.com - 3.78%
  • cheapflights.com - 2.79%
  • cruises.com - 2.75%
  • kayak.com - 2.57%
  • go.com - 2.54%
  • tripadvisor.com - 2.46%
  • others - 41.86%

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In the travel PPC landscape, Expedia leads with 13.57% click share, followed by Priceline at 12.31%. Cheapoair captures 11.42%, while ‘others’ dominate with 41.86%.

Market Exposure

Share of Spend for the top 10 US Travel Travel Services brands

Curious about your market position? Here you can see the Top 10 competitors in the industry by Share of Spend for the last month. 

Share of Spend - Last Month
Share of Spend - Last Month
Date expedia.com priceline.com cheapoair.com kayak.com cruiselines.com booking.com cruises.com royalcaribbean.com tripadvisor.com cheapflights.com
2025/10/01 18.85% 14.31% 12.55% 2.26% 1.3% 3.14% 1.76% 3.09% 2.35% 2.21%
2025/10/02 16.7% 14.21% 12.57% 2.03% 1.51% 3.72% 1.81% 3.24% 2.68% 3.4%
2025/10/03 16.58% 10.32% 10.95% 3.06% 1.51% 3.89% 1.73% 3.69% 2.64% 2.67%
2025/10/04 15.87% 12.49% 11.41% 2.65% 1.77% 3.99% 1.62% 3.97% 2.81% 2.94%
2025/10/05 16.51% 11.79% 9.62% 2.52% 2.02% 4.15% 2.64% 4.28% 2.34% 0.89%
2025/10/06 16.87% 11.02% 11.73% 3% 1.95% 3.82% 1.83% 4.63% 2.27% 2.56%
2025/10/07 15.54% 12.19% 9.41% 2.67% 2.36% 4.05% 2.44% 4.08% 2.74% 2.37%
2025/10/08 15.19% 11.86% 9.3% 3.33% 2.92% 4.21% 2.18% 4.77% 2.74% 1.95%
2025/10/09 14.82% 11.92% 12.17% 2.75% 2.18% 4.02% 1.91% 3.61% 2.1% 4.5%
2025/10/10 13.76% 12.54% 10.08% 2.62% 2.37% 3.79% 2.61% 4.4% 2.61% 2.98%
2025/10/11 13.16% 11.77% 11.07% 2.51% 2.44% 3.42% 3.38% 4.37% 2.51% 2.75%
2025/10/12 13.1% 11.56% 11.25% 2.45% 2.1% 3.05% 2.93% 3.83% 2.89% 3.45%
2025/10/13 16.21% 11.36% 10.03% 2.44% 2.88% 3.32% 3.12% 4.25% 2.62% 1.48%
2025/10/14 12.36% 13.39% 12.09% 4.45% 2.94% 3.22% 3.5% 3.79% 2.25% 1.88%
2025/10/15 12.29% 12.04% 11.09% 2.58% 2.74% 3.42% 2.78% 4.43% 2.51% 1.79%
2025/10/16 12.11% 12.34% 12.17% 2.77% 2.09% 3.56% 2.88% 3.96% 2.44% 1.6%
2025/10/17 14.2% 10.75% 10.52% 2.72% 2.63% 3.7% 2.84% 4.95% 2.6% 2.6%
2025/10/18 13.37% 10.95% 11.44% 2.42% 2.14% 3.71% 3.09% 4.26% 2.96% 2.33%
2025/10/19 12.45% 10.06% 10.49% 3.12% 2.68% 3.19% 4.57% 4.17% 2.53% 2.88%
2025/10/20 13.18% 10.37% 8.87% 3.57% 2.87% 4% 3.43% 4.94% 2.27% 3.22%
2025/10/21 14.5% 11.36% 12.54% 4.04% 2.52% 4.05% 3.43% 3.7% 2.74% 2.99%
2025/10/22 12.71% 11.08% 11.71% 3.6% 2.56% 3.78% 3.93% 2.36% 2.49% 3.18%
2025/10/23 13.01% 9.41% 9.15% 3.52% 2.79% 3.99% 3.5% 2.74% 2.7% 2.16%
2025/10/24 12.35% 9.47% 9.16% 3.47% 2.47% 4.13% 2.96% 3.66% 2.78% 1.31%
2025/10/25 10.43% 9.4% 11.18% 3.38% 2.63% 3.48% 3.15% 3.66% 2.95% 3.33%
2025/10/26 11.66% 9.25% 9.01% 3.01% 2.86% 3.55% 4.03% 4.06% 3.15% 1.56%
2025/10/27 13.79% 11.75% 10.64% 2.69% 3.34% 3.74% 3.86% 3.72% 2.57% 2.32%
2025/10/28 13.77% 12.32% 11.5% 3.41% 3.09% 3.45% 3.67% 3.19% 2.62% 2.57%
2025/10/29 15.38% 9.8% 10.94% 2.81% 2.89% 2.95% 4.01% 2.86% 2.13% 2.25%
2025/10/30 13.73% 12.2% 12.23% 3.85% 2.91% 2.04% 3.27% 3.53% 2.62% 3.04%
2025/10/31 13.96% 12.37% 11.56% 3.71% 3.58% 3.51% 3.32% 3.16% 2.78% 1.73%
  • expedia.com
  • priceline.com
  • cheapoair.com
  • kayak.com
  • cruiselines.com
  • booking.com
  • cruises.com
  • royalcaribbean.com
  • tripadvisor.com
  • cheapflights.com

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Expedia’s spend share started at 18.85% and ended at 13.96%, showing a decline. Priceline and Cheapoair also saw fluctuations, while Kayak and Royal Caribbean experienced slight increases. The month concluded with varied trends across advertisers.

Market Exposure

Competitor Count for US Travel Travel Services

Ever wondered how many competitors you’re up against in your industry? Well look no further, here we can see the number of advertisers bidding over the last month. 

Competitor Count - Last month
Competitor Count - Last month
Date Competitor Count
2025/10/01 809
2025/10/02 789
2025/10/03 774
2025/10/04 751
2025/10/05 789
2025/10/06 790
2025/10/07 779
2025/10/08 767
2025/10/09 762
2025/10/10 756
2025/10/11 768
2025/10/12 790
2025/10/13 804
2025/10/14 770
2025/10/15 767
2025/10/16 772
2025/10/17 783
2025/10/18 788
2025/10/19 771
2025/10/20 768
2025/10/21 698
2025/10/22 765
2025/10/23 771
2025/10/24 779
2025/10/25 753
2025/10/26 745
2025/10/27 775
2025/10/28 766
2025/10/29 773
2025/10/30 757
2025/10/31 765

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Advertisers fluctuated throughout October, peaking at 809 on the 1st, dipping to 698 on the 21st, and closing at 765.

Campaign Efficiency

Market Loss & Market Gains for US Travel Travel Services

Here we’re looking at the Top 10 biggest industry movers by market share gains and losses for the last 30 days.

Market Loss & Market Gains - Last month
Market Loss & Market Gains - Last month
Name Market Trend
cruises.com 0.85%
virginvoyages.com 0.58%
flight-fare.com 0.58%
google.com 0.55%
onetravel.com 0.49%
justfly.com -0.44%
booking.com -0.53%
royalcaribbean.com -0.75%
priceline.com -0.93%
expedia.com -2.06%

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Expedia.com saw the largest decline in click share at -2.06%, while cruises.com experienced the highest increase at 0.85%.

Campaign Efficiency

US Travel Travel Services Share of Impressions

Take a look at the Top 10 competitors in the industry by Share of Impressions over the last month.

Date priceline.com expedia.com cheapoair.com kayak.com onetravel.com booking.com royalcaribbean.com cruises.com tripadvisor.com cheapflights.com
2025/10/01 15.41% 16.88% 13.51% 2.63% 1% 2.99% 2.94% 1.99% 1.94% 2.22%
2025/10/02 14.93% 14.49% 13.54% 2.42% 2.54% 3.66% 3.22% 2.06% 2.39% 3.39%
2025/10/03 11.15% 14.12% 11.71% 3.33% 2.03% 3.92% 3.48% 1.94% 2.24% 2.68%
2025/10/04 13.13% 14.13% 11.98% 3.01% 2.13% 4.04% 3.81% 1.76% 2.81% 2.88%
2025/10/05 12.53% 14.9% 10.13% 2.7% 2.61% 4.06% 3.9% 2.75% 2.22% 0.96%
2025/10/06 11.94% 15.94% 12.34% 3.04% 1.7% 3.8% 4.06% 1.83% 2.11% 2.47%
2025/10/07 13.23% 14.57% 10.03% 2.83% 1.45% 3.99% 3.35% 2.53% 2.61% 2.6%
2025/10/08 13.16% 14.48% 10.06% 3.38% 1.89% 4.09% 3.91% 2.06% 2.71% 1.89%
2025/10/09 12.93% 14.42% 12.92% 2.67% 1.71% 3.95% 2.8% 1.6% 2.38% 4.6%
2025/10/10 13.85% 13.62% 10.57% 2.64% 1.67% 3.69% 3.44% 2.19% 2.65% 3.1%
2025/10/11 12.88% 13.16% 11.74% 2.53% 3.75% 3.23% 3.52% 3.17% 2.63% 2.89%
2025/10/12 12.69% 13.03% 11.86% 2.49% 3.46% 3.05% 3.12% 2.55% 2.98% 3.32%
2025/10/13 12.49% 16.3% 10.61% 2.55% 1.38% 3.1% 3.47% 2.64% 2.64% 1.56%
2025/10/14 14.57% 12.6% 12.91% 4.4% 2.46% 3.02% 3.26% 3.09% 2.11% 2.01%
2025/10/15 13.21% 12.76% 11.6% 2.74% 1.21% 3.21% 3.92% 2.54% 2.38% 1.88%
2025/10/16 13.98% 12.61% 13.24% 2.83% 1.97% 3.3% 3.39% 2.52% 2.27% 1.68%
2025/10/17 12.22% 14.78% 11.56% 2.68% 1.65% 3.5% 4.16% 2.54% 2.31% 2.98%
2025/10/18 12.49% 13.49% 12.5% 2.33% 2.78% 3.35% 3.67% 2.81% 2.66% 2.53%
2025/10/19 11.54% 12.36% 11.67% 2.85% 2.63% 2.88% 3.58% 3.85% 2.01% 3.5%
2025/10/20 12.27% 12.83% 9.81% 3.12% 1.26% 3.79% 4.4% 2.94% 1.95% 3.88%
2025/10/21 13.16% 14.32% 14.52% 3.64% 2.52% 3.46% 3% 2.84% 2.4% 3.74%
2025/10/22 13.09% 12.19% 13.44% 2.82% 1.82% 3.37% 1.86% 3.24% 2.04% 3.96%
2025/10/23 11.16% 11.87% 10.49% 2.86% 1.65% 3.71% 2.36% 2.82% 2.22% 2.7%
2025/10/24 11.45% 11.24% 11.09% 2.74% 3.09% 3.7% 3.35% 2.75% 2.22% 1.55%
2025/10/25 11.57% 9.82% 11.96% 2.93% 3.9% 3.09% 3.33% 2.44% 2.42% 4.34%
2025/10/26 10.92% 11.19% 10.19% 2.38% 3.36% 3.42% 3.69% 3.35% 2.84% 2.11%
2025/10/27 13.76% 13.46% 12.33% 2.17% 3.47% 3.3% 3.14% 2.87% 2.25% 3.13%
2025/10/28 14.71% 13.35% 13.58% 2.8% 2.1% 3.09% 2.73% 2.84% 2.2% 3.46%
2025/10/29 11.31% 14.92% 11.71% 2.82% 2.76% 2.3% 2.44% 3.4% 1.8% 2.87%
2025/10/30 13.74% 12.55% 13.28% 3.66% 2.54% 1.52% 3.09% 2.76% 2.17% 3.79%
2025/10/31 13.8% 13.06% 11.95% 3.65% 3.21% 3.19% 2.81% 2.72% 2.35% 1.8%
  • priceline.com
  • expedia.com
  • cheapoair.com
  • kayak.com
  • onetravel.com
  • booking.com
  • royalcaribbean.com
  • cruises.com
  • tripadvisor.com
  • cheapflights.com

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October saw dynamic shifts in PPC impressions. Priceline and Expedia fluctuated, with Priceline peaking early and Expedia mid-month. Cheapoair and Kayak showed consistent volatility. By month’s end, Expedia led, followed by Priceline and Cheapoair.

Campaign Efficiency

Google Text Ad Copy Insights & Creative Trends for US Travel Travel Services

Ever wondered how your rivals’ ads are doing? Here we can see the top-performing ads in the industry over the last month.

Google Text Ad Copy Insights & Creative Trends for US Travel Travel Services - Last month
  1. 1
    Cheap Flights | Cheap Flights on 500+ Airlines https://www.cheapoair.com/cheap/flights

    Looking for Cheap Flights? Search for Discounted Travel on CheapOair®! Search & Save Now.

  2. 2
    KAYAK.com https://www.kayak.com

    Flights, hotels & car rentals — Want to see the world without breaking the bank? Search our travel deals & pack your bags.

  3. 3
    Priceline Cheap Travel Deals | Best Prices from Priceline https://www.priceline.com

    Best Price Guarantee at Priceline®. No Hidden Fees. Priceline Cheap Travel Deals. Deep Discounts on Hotels, Flights and Rental Cars.

  4. 4
    Travelocity Official Site https://www.travelocity.com

    More Choices, Low Prices — Get Great Deals on Hotels, Flights, Packages & More. Search & Book with Travelocity today!

  5. 5
    Tripadvisor® Official Site https://www.tripadvisor.com

    World's Largest Travel Site — Get the latest reviews and lowest prices on accommodations, experiences & more. Browse detailed reviews and recent photos. Know what to expect before you book. Fun Things to Do.

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In the competitive travel services industry, top PPC performers like CheapOair, KAYAK, Priceline, Travelocity, and Tripadvisor captivate audiences with promises of affordability, comprehensive travel options, and user-friendly experiences. Their ads emphasize cost savings, extensive choices, and trusted reviews, enticing travelers to explore the world economically.

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