Updated October 18, 2026 · NomadCue Editorial Team
Top things to do compared
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| 121 |  Druk AsiaPartner Citi cardmembers: S$100 off selected Bhutan tours: SGD 100 off | 9.4/10 |
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| 122 |  ExpediaPartner | 9.4/10 |
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| 123 |  House of TravelPartner House of Travel The Great Travel Sale | 9.4/10 |
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| 124 |  IcelandairPartner Reserve any Icelandair Holidays vacation for $99: $99 deposit | 9.4/10 |
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| 125 |  Royal CaribbeanPartner Up to $850 off Caribbean and West Coast cruises: up to $850 off + up to $100 off; 3rd and 4th guests sail free | 9.4/10 |
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| 126 | Best at TravelPartner | 9.4/10 |
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| 127 | CVCPartner | 9.4/10 |
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| 128 | G AdventuresPartner | 9.4/10 |
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| 129 | GO Airlink NYCPartner | 9.4/10 |
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| 130 | HurtigrutenPartner | 9.4/10 |
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About Top things to do compared
Things to do is the part of a trip decided after the seats are booked, and this ranking weighs the 122 travel brands that sell it. In the list are apps that bundle excursions with rail, bus and hotel bookings, holiday operators that put a package, a transfer and a guide into one basket, and destination bodies running their own activity programmes. Tours carry the heaviest weight in this category, with hotels, packages and transfers close behind, so a brand earns its place by selling what a traveller books before and during a trip rather than a seat alone. The main trade-off is range against cost, and it explains most of the order. The longest product lists here carry booking fees, card surcharges or staged deposits attached, while the brands that keep the checkout simple tend to cover fewer bases. Setup counts as well, because a mobile app and a phone line decide how quickly a problem is sorted when a guide does not turn up. Read the fee and cancellation lines before the catalogue.
How we picked
Score comes from three weighted signals: 40%, 40% and 20%. Cost reads booking fees, card surcharges, deposits and refund deadlines as each brand publishes them. Offer reads how many product lines a brand sells and how far its support reach extends. Trust reads the clarity of the terms, the length of the refund window and whether a brand names the legal entity behind it. Facts come from each brand's own terms and conditions pages, about, contact and privacy pages, its app listing and company sources. Only what a brand publishes about itself is used, and anything a brand does not publish is left out rather than treated as a shortfall. Partners are listed first, ahead of every other entry, and the remaining members follow on score alone. Partners that serve your country are listed first in this ranking, then the rest by score. Where a brand quotes a fee or a deadline, the wording is kept as published, so the gap between a free auto-cancel and a staged deposit table stays visible. No figure is rounded or restated in a brand's place.
How we rankWhat to look for
- Tours lead the weighting
- Tours carry the heaviest weight in this category at 100%, so a brand selling excursions outranks one selling only beds or seats. For a things-to-do list, that is the difference between a booking platform and a place to sleep.
- Hotels, packages and transfers
- The next tier sits at 65%, 57.5% and 47.5%. Bundling the room, the transfer and the activity in one basket scores higher than selling them from separate sites, which is why package-led operators sit well.
- Getting there and getting around
- Flights and car hire pull 45% and 34.2%, and cruise adds 20%. That matters when the activity starts from a city rather than a resort, since car hire is what gets a traveller to the trailhead.
- Reaching a person
- Phone is the strongest support signal in this list at 84.5%, with email close behind at 89.7%. A help centre still counts at 69%, since refund questions rarely arrive at midday with a spare guide in hand.
- Booking on a phone
- A mobile app is worth more here than a printed programme, 75.9%, because walks, transfers and last-minute changes get booked while standing up. It helps most when the same app also holds the ticket, the address and the contact number.
- Fees and refunds
- Cost carries 40% of the score, so booking fees, card surcharges and deposits decide the order as much as the catalogue does. Refund terms are the tie-breaker, and a staged deposit table is worth reading before checkout rather than after it.
Frequently asked questions
Which brand here is cheapest to book with?+
WayAway is the cleanest on paper, and its terms read: Free, no sign-up or ongoing fees. The others add something at checkout. 12Go publishes Service, convenience or cross-border fees may apply, while Almosafer sets Service fee, % of booking total, per passenger and Altezza Travel adds 3.5% credit card surcharge at the point of payment. Airbnb takes 14.1% to 16.5% of booking subtotal (guest), and Air Canada Vacations states No booking fee; change fee from CAD $25 per person. MoMo leads on flexibility rather than price.
Which brand makes cancelling a booking easiest?+
MoMo comes first here, and its terms read: Free auto-cancel, no reason needed. Airbnb's position is different, because Free cancellation window set by each host leaves the window to each host, so the listing decides. 12Go publishes a deadline rather than a window: Change or refund requests at least 24h before departure. Air Canada Vacations and Altezza Travel both work on staged deposits, as Deposit 45+ days out; 50% 44-21 days; 100% 20 days or less and USD 100 non-refundable deposit; 10-80% by date set out. Almosafer passes the airline's charge through under Airline charges + SAR 30 per passenger, max SAR 120.
Does having a mobile app matter for things to do?+
It carries real weight in this category, 75.9%, because activity bookings tend to happen in a queue or on a street corner. An app is confirmed for MoMo, 12Go, Air Canada Vacations, Airbnb and Almosafer, among others. It is not a deciding factor on its own, though. 12Go's catalogue, flights, rail and bus, does more work for a traveller than its app does, and AirAsia MOVE holds its place on what it bundles.
Can I reach a person when a booking goes wrong?+
Phone matters more than usual in this category, 84.5%, because a missing guide is not sorted by a help centre article. A phone channel appears on email, chat and phone, email, phone and help centre, help centre, community and phone and email, chat and phone. Where it is missing, email, chat and help centre and email, chat and help centre stop at email, chat and a help centre, so a same-day problem means waiting on a written reply.
Which brand covers the widest range of bookings?+
WayAway lists the most product types in this ranking: flights, rail and bus, which is why it sits near the top. Almosafer and Air Canada Vacations follow with car hire and transfers folded in, as flights, hotels and packages and flights, hotels and cruise show. The thinnest line-up belongs to hotels and tours, while Antigua and Barbuda Tourism Authority Rewards is a destination operation rather than a global aggregator.
Are there destination-specific options in the ranking?+
There are, at the foot of the list. Antigua and Barbuda Tourism Authority Rewards sells hotels, tours and packages for a single destination, and the body behind it is named: Antigua and Barbuda Tourism Authority. Questions go to email, chat and phone. It suits a traveller planning an island trip who wants the local activity list rather than a worldwide catalogue, and its support reach is wider than several brands above it.
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The data behind this ranking
| Metric | Value | Sample |
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| Products: flights | 45 % | 120 |
| Products: rail | 12.5 % | 120 |
| Products: bus | 10.8 % | 120 |
| Products: ferry | 6.7 % | 120 |
| Products: cruise | 20 % | 120 |
| Products: car-rental | 34.2 % | 120 |
| Products: transfers | 47.5 % | 120 |
| Products: parking | 1.7 % | 120 |
| Products: hotels | 65 % | 120 |
| Products: ota | 13.3 % | 120 |
| Products: packages | 57.5 % | 120 |
| Products: tours | 100 % | 120 |
| Products: rail-pass | 4.2 % | 120 |
| Products: hostels | 7.5 % | 120 |