Momondo review

No. The fee line reads No booking fees, so a search and the booking that follows add no extra charge to the fare. Prices shown are what the airline or hotel partner sets, and Momondo sits between the search and the confirmation.

The range covers flights, hotels and car rental. That means a flight search can widen into hotels, car rental and packages, which is useful when the trip is set as a whole rather than leg by leg. Rail, coach and ferry search sit outside that list.

Terms follow Per airline or booking provider policy. In practice the refund window and any charges are set by the airline or booking provider rather than by the site, so the policy attached to each specific booking is the one that applies.

A mobile app is available for search and booking, so prices and options can be checked on the move. The web version carries the same product range for anyone who prefers a larger screen for comparing long hotel lists.

Support runs on help centre, a self service library rather than a staffed line. Questions are answered through articles on cancellations, changes and bookings. For anything time sensitive during a trip, the airline or hotel remains the party to contact.

The site is operated by Momondo A/S, based in Denmark, and has been trading since 2006. That matters mainly for accountability: the company is a named legal entity, so a complaint has a company to attach it to.

It is built for that. Because flights, hotels and car rental includes flights, hotels, car rental and packages, a family can weigh the cost of getting there against the stay and the vehicle in one place. Single-leg searches still work, they simply have more company on screen.

They answer different questions. Momondo is a comparison site covering flights, hotels and car rental, whereas FlixBus sells coach travel itself, its bus being the whole offer. Someone heading somewhere with no flight option would need the operator rather than the comparison site.