Kayak is one of the most popular travel search engines on the Internet. Unlike most travel services, Kayak does not book flights, hotels or car rentals. Instead, they search all the popular travel sites like, Expedia, Travelocity, Orbitz and more for you. Additionally, they will search individual airline’s databases including, Jet Blue.

A travel search engine is similar to many other search engines. You place your required criteria for flights, hotels or car than Kayak will search all available fares for you in one convenient place. This means you don’t have to go from travel site to travel site looking for the best price.

Unlike most travel search engines Kayak produced the most up–to–date results and takes you directly to the travel site’s checkout screen, with the same price originally displayed. These types of websites are a great place to start when you begin to plan a vacation. Kayak is not a travel agent website; therefore, no money is ever exchanged on the site. All payments are done through the corresponding travel websites or airlines.

Kayak is trying to incorporate a few additional features like member forums, blogs and mobile access on it’s website. However, they are all in the early stages of development. The “Buzz” section is a good place to start if you are looking for trip ideas.

Unfortunately, Kayak doesn’t offer any additional resources. We would have liked to see news and travel updates, weather reports and travel guides associated with the site. However, Kayak is a great travel resource and an excellent place to start when planning a vacation.