Travel + Leisure Magazine “Top 25 Travel Websites” (September 2007) Kayak.com was selected by Travel + Leisure as the best site for booking hotels. T&L gave Kayak.com the following review: “This two-year-old aggregator scours 159,000 hotels worldwide, and about 10 percent of the places that it turns up have been suggested by real people, so the picks are well-rounded. (Hotels.com only lists 70,000 properties.) New features allow you to sort the listings by location (using Google maps) and view photographs.”

TIME Magazine Online “25 Sites We Can’t Live Without” (July 2007) Kayak.com was recognized by the editors of Time Magazine as one of the most efficient and comprehensive search engines for their “25 Sites We Can’t Live Without” list. Kayak.com received the following rave review from TIME: “When planning your next trip, make this your first stop. The search engine works fast, scouring hundreds of travel sites to find the best airfares. You can compare rates on different travel dates, or check prices to several destinations at once. Create a profile so you don’t have to enter certain data every time you use it.”

Laptop Magazine Top Web 2.0 Sites (July 2007) Kayak.com was the only online travel site selected by Laptop Magazine for their “Top Web 2.0 Sites” list. Kayak.com received the following review: “Kayak helps you search for airfare, hotel, and car-rental deals, and then sends you directly to the sites themselves-including low-cost carriers like JetBlue. This way you get the lowest prices, and Kayak doesn’t take a chunk out for itself; the company is supported by travel companies.”

Consumersearch.com “Best Travel Search Engine” (July 2007) Kayak.com was voted by media experts as the best travel search engine, with this glowing review: “An overwhelming majority of reviews say your first step in researching the best air, hotel, cruise and car-rental prices should be a visit to Kayak.com. While sites such as Travelocity and Hotwire search only their own databases, Kayak searches over 100 airline websites, online travel agencies and other travel sites, including some international ones, to come up with its list of best fares. One interesting tool lets you see the best fares for similar routes found by other Kayak visitors. You can also get fare alerts and tailor searches for preferred airlines, airports or dates. There is no fee for most bookings.”

PC World Magazine “100 Best Products of 2007” (May 2007) Kayak.com was recognized by PC World magazine in their annual 100 Best Products issue. Kayak.com was the only online travel site to make the list by securing the 22nd spot with the following review: “This travel search engine consistently digs up the best deals on airfare, hotels, and rentals by searching though a vast range of sites and databases.”

2007 Webby Award “Travel Category - Honorable Mention” (May 2007) Kayak received honorable mention in the travel category at the 2007 Webby Awards. The Webby is the leading international award honoring Internet excellence. The Webbys are presented by The International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences, a 550-member body of leading Web experts, business figures, luminaries, visionaries and creative celebrities.

New York Post “Best Aggregator” (January 2007) Kayak.com was chosen by the New York Post as the “Best Aggregator” for the second year in a row. Kayak.com received the following review: “Less than two years old, this not-a-booking engine quickly became a favorite for finding hotels, rental cars and plane tickets. It moves fast, too, which is great when the boss calls and says, “I want to go to Honduras. What’s it cost?” We can get them the answer in 30 seconds or less, and pretend we had that information right at our finger tips. Day saved.”

Kiplinger’s Personal Finance Magazine 25 Best Value Travel Sites (October 2006) Kiplinger’s Personal Finance Magazine named Kayak.com one of the 25 Best Value Travel Sites. Kiplinger recommends Kayak for the “time pressed traveler” with the following review, “Kayak.com fetches fares (plus hotel rates and other travel products, if you ask) from more than 120 sources. Click on the best deal, and Kayak.com will send you to a site where you can buy the ticket. If your itinerary is flexible, you can boost your chances of finding a deal by searching for dates up to three days before and after your ideal travel dates.”

BusinessWeek Best of the Web, (September 2006) Kayak.com was selected as the top travel site in BusinessWeek’s annual “Best of the Web” list of “must-bookmark sites.” The list identifies the most useful and engaging sites on the Web, and winners are selected by a combination of editorial review and reader votes. Kayak.com has claimed top honors in its travel category for the past two years.

TIME Magazine 50 Coolest Websites, (August 2006) Kayak.com was recognized in TIME magazine’s annual “50 Coolest Websites” list of “must-click Websites”. Kayak received the following rave review from TIME: “A slew of new features makes this a compelling meta-search site useful for planning your next trip… Fare Watch lets you track any number of trip itineraries and receive email alerts when a fare meets or beats your specified price. Kayak Buzz lists the best fares to 25 popular destinations from a specific airport, and now you can also view the “best fare history” - the 100 best prices found by other users searching the same route during the last 36 hours. The new Flexible Search lets you compare fares on alternative travel dates.”

Entrepreneur Magazine Hot 100, (June 2006) Kayak.com was recognized by Entrepreneur magazine in their 12th Annual Hot 100 listing of the fastest-growing new companies in the United States. Kayak was the only online travel site to make the list by securing the 83rd spot with the following review: “It takes guts to jump into the swirling currents of the online travel industry. Your chances of staying afloat are a bit better, however, if you have a great concept and a top-notch team that includes co-founders of Expedia, Orbitz and Travelocity. The two entrepreneurs who founded Kayak.com in early 2004 were equipped with both–and their own determination and drive are ensuring that the Norwalk, Connecticut, company doesn’t just stay afloat: It thrives.”

Associated Press Best Travel Search Engine, (May 2006) Kayak.com was selected by the Associated Press as the “Best Travel Search Engine” with the following review: “Among the search sites, Kayak had the most flexibility and options. Only Kayak let me search for multi-city (as in New York to Chicago to Boston to New York) and so-called open-jaw trips (flying from New York, but returning to Boston). Kayak also has e-mail fare alerts similar to the agency sites. Kayak was also easiest to use. For instance, of the four sites permitting multi-city searches, only Kayak automatically filled in the next box.”

Travel + Leisure Top Travel Web Sites, (April 2006) Kayak.com was recognized by Travel + Leisure in their “Top Travel Web Sites ” list as the best “Search Aid ” with the following review: “Our favorite one-stop destination for competitive hotel and car-rental prices is Kayak, which launched last year. The site quickly searches more than 100 Web sites, including discount agents and hotels’ own sites.” “…There are multiple ways to sort through listings, and clicking on each one gets you more details and booking info.”

Entrepreneur Magazine Best Site for Airfare Shopping, (April 2006) Kayak.com was selected by Entrepreneur magazine as the 2006 “Best Site for Airfare Shopping ” in its 13th annual Business Travel Awards. Entrepreneur applauded Kayak.com for the benefits it provides to small business travelers in stating, “By booking directly with the travel provider, small-business travelers can avoid paying service fees, which are usually charged by travel agency sites. In addition, by booking directly, you’ll benefit from supplier-direct incentives such as upgrades and bonus miles.”

Forbes.com Best of the Web, (February 2006) Kayak.com was recognized by Forbes.com as one of the most useful and innovative travel Web sites with the following review: “Clean and simple travel search site. Comb through fares from more than 100 sources, and then filter your results by airline, departure and arrival time, and local airport. Then book directly through airline sites like AA.com or JetBlue.com. Get a Fare Watch alert by e-mail when prices change.”

Flavorpill.com F-List of Up and Comers (December 2005) Kayak Buzz was recognized by Flavorpill, a publisher of email magazines about culture and lifestyle in major urban areas. Flavorpill awarded Kayak Buzz a spot on its coveted list of “Up-and-Comers” for its unique and industry leading destination map features by stating, “There are loads of services that track down cheap airfares, but this is the only one we’ve seen so far that mashes it up with Google maps. Drop in your departure city, the region you’re traveling to, and even a theme (skiing, golf, or gambling of course) then map it all out.”

New York Post “Best New Web Site”, (December 27, 2005) Kayak.com was selected as the “Best New Web Site” in the New York Post’s annual Web Guide with the following review:”First there were Expedia and Travelocity. Then there was Orbitz. Now, a team that had its fingers in all three is giving the world of discount travel a sound thrashing with the development of this 11-month old meta-search engine… It doesn’t book your travel - it just leads to the sites where you can. It’s also possible to look for air, hotel and car rental deals. Each search utilizes more than 100 sites… Viva la revolucion!”

US News & World Report Best of the Web (December 5, 2005) Kayak.com was preferred by editors of US News & World Report in the December 5, Best of the Web issue. Kayak.com outperformed other search engine in a series of tests. “In the end, we preferred Kayak. Its results page allows travelers to find exactly the flight they want. And best of all, the prices on Kayak were typically $5 or $6 cheaper than the prices on SideStep because it doesn’t pass booking fees on to you”

BusinessWeek Online Best of the Web, Editors Pick (September 25, 2005) Editors of BusinessWeek Online named Kayak.com among the top three travel sites on the Web.

Laptop Magazine, Editors Choice Award (August 2005) Kayak.com was selected by the editors of Laptop Magazine as the best site for booking travel online in the publication’s August 2005 issue. Chosen from a field of online travel search engines, Kayak.com received the only perfect 5-star score and was recognized for its “real-time searches,” “easy-to-read screens,” and “prices that include all taxes and fees.”

Mastercard Usability Excellence Awards (August 2005) The Usability Services Team at MasterCard evaluated leading Web sites on seven important principals of Web usability: navigation, information architecture, accessibility, error prevention and recovery, writing for the Web, support and interface design. Kayak.com, the only travel site acknowledged by MasterCard, was recognized for its “very clean, straightforward design and the fact that advertising never diverts the user from the primary task of searching for travel rates.”