In anticipation of the upcoming busy holiday travel season, Kayak.com, the world�s largest travel search engine, is making it easy for travelers to find the cheapest prices of the season by highlighting some of the site�s unique search features.

"Experts predict that this upcoming holiday season will mirror the overcrowded planes of summer with about 55 million people traveling by air in November and December," said Steve Hafner, Kayak.com CEO and co-founder. "Kayak.com has the largest collection of online tools to help travelers avoid overpaying for their flight, which is critical during the holidays when deals are hard to find."

Consumers booking their holiday travel will benefit from the following useful Kayak.com site features:

Flexible Search Tool

• Travelers who need to be home on Thanksgiving Day, but have flexibility on their departure and return dates, can use Kayak.com's Flexible Search to find the cheapest prices available over a range of dates.
• With the Flexible Search Tool, Kayak.com remains the only meta-search site to offer users the ability to search up to three days before and/or after their preferred travel dates for the best fare and itinerary combination.
• To save time, Flexible Search allows users to further specify number of travelers (up to six), cabin class (first, businesses and coach), itinerary type (roundtrip, one-way or multi-city) or number of stops.
• To use, click on the "My dates are flexible" link on the Kayak.com homepage.

Kayak Buzz and Buzz Alerts

• Travelers can use Kayak Buzz to see where other users are going for the holidays and what they're paying because it displays the cheapest fares to the 25 most popular destinations from a specific airport or city.
• Travelers undecided on a specific destination can use Kayak Buzz to search for real-time fares and availability by region such as South America or Caribbean.
• Consumers can also receive free customized Kayak Buzz Alerts by email that will notify them when fares meet their travel specifications. Users can access Buzz by clicking on the "Fare Buzz" tab.

Best Fare Trend Graph

• Kayak.com's Best Fare Trend Graph charts pricing for city/date pairs found by Kayak.com users over the past 90 days. The chart is available for searches that have been queried five or more times, covering the most heavily traveled markets.
• Consumers can use the date drop down menu to change the departure date and instantly review a new Trend graph.

Fare Alerts

• Travelers who have specific travel destinations and dates set for their holiday vacations, but aren�t ready to book, can use Kayak.com�s Fare Alerts to stay on top of pricing.
• With Fare Alerts, travelers can track an unlimited number of trip itineraries and receive email notifications when the fare meets or beats a traveler's specified price.
• Users can specify departure airport/city, destination airport/city, travel month, maximum price and frequency (daily or weekly).
• Consumers can register for Kayak's Fare Alert by choosing "Best fares by email: specific city" on the Kayak homepage, or by clicking on "watch this fare" at the top of the flight results page.

In addition to these money-saving features ideal for holiday travel, Kayak has recently introduced new tools to help users make more informed travel decisions:

• Pinning - Kayak.com has just added "Pinning" to its much-imitated search tool. "Pins" let consumers easily customize their search results to select and save their preferred flight, hotel or rental car. By "pinning" a specific result, users can keep that selection at the top of the search results as they evaluate other flights and hotels. Likewise, the original result appears atop of Kayak's search listings on future searches.
• Member Forums - Holiday travelers can also look to Kayak.com's Member Forums, an online travel community, for advice on where and how to spend a holiday vacation from fellow travelers. On Member Forums, travelers share and discuss travel tips, destinations, stories and additional information with other users. Kayak Member Forums, which have grown quickly since launching in August, are searchable by region, topics or key words.

About Kayak.com
Kayak.com, the world's largest travel search engine, scours more than 100 travel sites providing prices and itineraries for hundreds of airlines, more than 145,000 hotels and all leading rental car companies. Kayak.com has been named "Best of the Web" by BusinessWeek, "Best of the Web" by Forbes.com, "50 Coolest Websites" by TIME Magazine, "Best Travel Search Engine" by the Associated Press, "Best Search Aid" by Travel + Leisure Magazine and "Best of the Web" by US News & World Report. Launched in 2005 by co-founders of Orbitz, Travelocity and Expedia, Kayak.com's investors include General Catalyst Partners, Sequoia Capital, America Online, Inc. and Accel Partners. For more information, please visit www.kayak.com.