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Skyscanner

Quickly compare prices, filter search results, and track price fluctuations for flights and hotels.

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What is Skyscanner?

Skyscanner is a flight and hotel search engine that lets you compare prices across multiple booking sites in one place. Rather than visiting each airline or hotel chain individually, you enter your travel dates and destination, then view results ranked by price, duration, or other criteria. The tool's price tracking feature alerts you when fares drop for routes you're monitoring, which is useful if you're flexible about when you book. It works on a freemium model: basic searches are free, and you can set up price alerts without paying. The main appeal is convenience and visibility into the full market rather than just what one booking site shows you.

Key features

Price comparison across multiple airlines and booking sites in a single search result

Flexible date search allowing you to see prices across a range of dates or entire months

Price alerts that notify you when fares for a specific route drop below your set threshold

Filter options to narrow results by departure time, stops, duration, airline, and other criteria

Hotel search with similar comparison functionality for accommodation booking

Map-based search to explore prices to nearby destinations from your chosen area

Pros & cons

Advantages

  • Saves time by aggregating results from many booking sites rather than visiting each separately
  • Price alert feature helps you spot good deals without manually checking prices repeatedly
  • Wide range of filter options lets you find flights matching your specific preferences
  • No cost to use the search and comparison features

Limitations

  • You still need to complete the booking on the third-party site, which may have different terms or pricing than shown in Skyscanner
  • Results depend on which booking partners Skyscanner has integrated with, so some smaller airlines or hotels may not appear
  • Mobile app functionality may be more limited than the website version

Use cases

Planning a holiday and wanting to compare flight prices across all available airlines before booking

Setting up price alerts for a business trip route you travel regularly to catch fare drops

Searching for last-minute deals by checking multiple date options across a calendar view

Finding the cheapest combination of flights and hotels for a multi-destination trip

Comparing ground transport and accommodation costs alongside flights for budget travel planning

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Pricing

Free

Free

Full access to flight and hotel search, price comparison across booking sites, basic price alerts, filter and sort options, map-based destination search

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  • Free plan available
  • No credit card