hotwire.com
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One of the first images collected of this website on 8 Feb 1998
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Business details
- Founded
- 2000
- Owned by
- Expedia Group
- Sells
- Services
- Sells to
- The public
- Kind of seller
- Agent or reseller
- Licensed trade
- No licence normally needed
- Domain age
- 32 years
- Address
- Traveler Support Hotwire PO Box 26285 San Francisco, CA 94126
- Email address
- Not found
- Phone number
- +1 866-468-9473
- Contact page
- Not found
- Website
- hotwire.com
- Social media
Customer reviews
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Is hotwire.com legit and trustworthy? Truth score 89 out of 100, high truth signals: 8 of 10 public checks clear, 1 to be cautious about, 1 for information. Legitimacy confidence: high. Customer satisfaction: mostly dissatisfied.
We read 2 of its pages: terms and privacy. Its website address was registered 32 years ago, and is locked against transfer to someone else. It has a review page on Trustpilot. No malware or phishing warnings found for its website. Be cautious: its 770 reviews on SmartCustomer average only 2.2 stars out of 5. We could not find an email address.
Important context: Truth Signal weighs public evidence about this business. A high score means strong evidence that the business is established and legitimate, not a promise that it is safe to buy from or that every purchase will go well. A low score means the evidence is thin or raises concerns, not that the business is unsafe or a scam.
Positives
- We read 2 of its pages · terms and privacy.
- Its website address was registered 32 years ago.
- It has a review page on Trustpilot.
- No malware or phishing warnings found for its website.
Be cautious
- A substantial number of independent reviews (770 on SmartCustomer), but it falls short with only 2.2 stars out of 5.
Not found
- Email address information was not found from our checks.
What they offer
Find the best deals on the cheapest hotels, cars & flights with Hotwire. Save big on hotels and cars with Hotwire Hot Rates.
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How to check if hotwire.com is legit
To check if hotwire.com is legit yourself, look at the same public records we did: the company register, who owns the web address and since when, customer reviews, visitor numbers, how long the site has existed, social profiles, malware lists, data breaches and email security. Each row below shows what that record says about hotwire.com; open a row to see the facts and the source to check them yourself. Step by step: how to know if a shopping site is legit.
Who they are
Company detailsPart of Expedia Group; founded in 2000 (Wikipedia)
- Where the company is based
- Not stated with its address
- Parent company
- Expedia Group
- Founded
- 2000
Domain registrationIts website address was registered 32 years ago
- Its website address is locked against being transferred to someone else
- Domain age
- 32 years
- Domain transfer lock enabled
- Yes
Website detailsWe read 2 of its pages: terms and privacy
- Company contact phone number is available
- HTTPS enabled
- Yes
- Contact phone number found
- +1 866-468-9473
- Contact page linked
- Yes
Quoted word for word from hotwire.com.
- Who you're buying from
- ““ we ", “ us ” or “ our ” refer to Expedia, Inc., a Washington corporation, having its registered office at 1111 Expedia Group Way W, Seattle, WA 98119, USA, which provides our Service” Terms page
Reputation and track record
Customer reviewsRated 2.2 stars out of 5 from 770 reviews on SmartCustomer
| Platform | Rating | Reviews |
|---|---|---|
| Trustpilot | Unknown | Unknown |
| SmartCustomer | 2.2 out of 5 | 770 |
| G2 | Not found | |
| Capterra | Not found | |
| Reviews.io | Not found | |
| Feefo | Not found | |
| Trustindex | Not found | |
| Not checked |
Visitor trafficReal people visited its website in 24 of the last 24 months
- Real people have visited its website since February 2021 or earlier
- It is among the 20,000 most-visited sites on the internet (Cloudflare Radar)
- Popularity among Chrome users
- top 100,000 sites
- First known user traffic
- Feb 2021 or earlier
- Months with real traffic, of the last 24
- 24
- Traffic pattern
- sustained
- Rank jump in the last 12 months
- none
- Rank drop in the last 12 months
- none
- Popularity across the internet
- top 20,000 sites
Web history and authorityFound: wikipedia page
- Wikipedia page
- yes
Social presenceIt is on 4 social media platforms (Facebook, Instagram, X and YouTube); the largest audience is 221,259 followers on Facebook
- Its YouTube channel has 1,740 subscribers and 64 videos, the latest uploaded on 26 Aug 2025
| Platform | Profile | Audience |
|---|---|---|
| Profile | 221,259 followers | |
| Profile | 27,000 followers | |
| X | Profile | Unknown |
| Not found | ||
| YouTube | Profile | 1,740 subscribers |
| TikTok | Not found |
- Social platforms with discovered profiles
- facebook, instagram, x, youtube
- Social follower counts
- 249,999 followers in total
- YouTube channel
- 64 videos, 1,740 subscribers, last upload 26 Aug 2025
What data this site collects about you
What its privacy policy saysWe found this business stores and uses your data
- Shares your data with other companies.
- “We share personal data with third parties to assist with the delivery of services to you and the operation of our business.”
- May make automated decisions or build a profile about you.
- “Automated decisions may be made by putting your personal data into a system and the decision is calculated using automatic processes.”
Tracking tools on its homepageGoogle Tag Manager
Named in its homepage's code when we read it. Others may load later, so this list may not be complete.
- Google Tag Manager
- Loads other tracking tools, which may not be listed here.
Uses OneTrust to ask which cookies you allow.
Safety
Malware and phishingNo malware or phishing warnings found for its websiteThis check is not perfect: it can miss a harmful site, and it can wrongly warn about a safe one.
- Malware or phishing threat status
- None
Data breach historyNo known data breach involving the company
- Known data breaches found
- 0
Domain and email securityIts email is protected: mail forged in its name is blocked
- MX records
- Yes
- SPF record
- Yes
- DMARC record
- Yes
- DMARC policy
- reject
- Security certificate browsers warn about
- No
- Certificate issuer
- Let's Encrypt
- Certificate type
- DV
- Certificate expires
- 30 Dec 2026
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