As the world's largest online travel company and former largest shareholder of eLong, Expedia now operates business segments across 32 countries including the United States, Canada, France, the United Kingdom, Belgium, Germany, Italy, and Spain. Expedia owns brands such as Expedia.com, Hotels.com, Hotwire.com, Expedia Affiliate Network, Classic Vacations, Expedia Local Expert, Egencia, Expedia CruiseShipCenters, eLong, and Venere. Its diversified brand portfolio covers hotels, flights, car rentals, luxury cruises, activities, destination travel services, business travel services, and travel media services. With a complex business structure, Expedia has a market capitalization of $10.475 billion and ranks third among global online travel agencies (OTAs).
When booking on Expedia.com, consumers can choose different payment methods: pay immediately or pay later. This ensures that consumers are not limited to certain payment options for some products while unable to choose for others. Expedia.com also offers a Best Price Guarantee: if users find a more favorable package or hotel price on another website, Expedia.com will refund the price difference and provide an additional 500 yuan travel cash voucher.
Payment methods: MasterCard, Visa, American Express, Diner's Club International, Maestro, Visa Electron, and PayPal are accepted.