Travel & Transport

Airbnb 🇺🇸 non-EU

Short-term rentals, long-term housing debate.

• HomeToGo Berlin metasearch across holiday rental providers. 🇩🇪
• Holidu Munich holiday rental search with local property managers. 🇩🇪
• Belvilla Dutch holiday home rental across Europe. 🇳🇱
• Interhome Swiss holiday rentals (outside the default EU scope). 🇨🇭

Expedia / Kayak 🇺🇸 non-EU

US travel conglomerates wearing many brand names.

• eDreams ODIGEO Barcelona-listed flight booking across Opodo, GoVoyages and eDreams. 🇪🇸
• Kiwi.com Brno-built virtual interlining -- routes no airline would sell you. 🇨🇿
• Omio Berlin multi-modal search across trains, buses and flights. 🇩🇪
• Trainline London rail booking covering most European operators. 🇬🇧

Hertz, Avis & Enterprise 🇺🇸 non-EU

Three American desks at every European airport.

• Sixt Pullach, family-run since 1912, and the orange counter is usually the cheapest. 🇩🇪
• Europcar Paris, owned since 2022 by a Volkswagen-led consortium. 🇫🇷
• Goldcar Alicante. Budget end of the Europcar group, big in the Mediterranean. 🇪🇸
• Ubeeqo Round-trip car sharing rather than rental, also Europcar-owned. 🇫🇷

Marriott, Hilton & Hyatt 🇺🇸🇬🇧🇹🇭 non-EU

Loyalty points are the product. You are the inventory.

• Accor Paris, and the largest hotel group in Europe. Ibis, Novotel, Mercure, Sofitel. 🇫🇷
• Meliá Hotels Palma de Mallorca, family-controlled, strong across Spain and the Caribbean. 🇪🇸
• Scandic Hotels Stockholm. The Nordic default, and unusually good on accessibility. 🇸🇪
• Motel One Munich. Cheap, central, and better designed than the price suggests. 🇩🇪

Tripadvisor 🇺🇸 non-EU

Reviews, ranked by an algorithm with commercial interests.

• HolidayCheck German reviews where only verified bookers can post. 🇩🇪
• Zoover Dutch holiday reviews and weather data. 🇳🇱

Uber 🇺🇸 non-EU

Ride-hailing, and a long European court record.

• Bolt Tallinn-built ride-hailing, scooters and food across 45 countries. 🇪🇪
• Heetch French ride-hailing focused on the suburbs the others skip. 🇫🇷
• Liftago Czech taxi app with transparent driver pricing. 🇨🇿