Travelocity is one of the original online travel agencies, and for millions of travelers it remains a familiar and trusted place to search and book flights, hotels, and vacation packages. It is worth noting that Travelocity is now owned and operated by Expedia Group and shares the same underlying inventory and booking infrastructure as Expedia.
If you have used one, the experience on the other will feel very similar. That said, plenty of travelers stick with Travelocity out of habit, loyalty, or simply because it is the interface they know best, and there is nothing wrong with that. This article is for those travelers.
SlickTrip and Travelocity Complement Each Other
SlickTrip does something that Travelocity does not. Instead of selling flights and hotels, it watches prices for routes and properties you care about and sends you SMS/text and email alerts when it is a good moment to book. Used together, SlickTrip tells you when, and Travelocity is where you go to actually do it.
What Travelocity is great at
Travelocity has been helping people book travel since the mid-1990s and remains a full-service booking platform. It is a strong choice when you want to:
- Search flights across multiple airlines with flexible date options.
- Compare hotel rates and room types alongside flight results.
- Bundle flights, hotels, and car rentals into a single vacation package, often at a combined discount.
- Book and manage an entire itinerary from one account, with customer support available if plans change.
Because it runs on Expedia Group’s platform, Travelocity has access to the same broad inventory of airlines, hotel chains, and rental car providers. You are not giving anything up by using it instead of a newer platform.
What SlickTrip focuses on instead
SlickTrip is a dedicated price alert service, not a booking site. You use it to:
- Monitor specific flight routes and hotel destinations across date ranges you set.
- Receive SMS/text and email notifications when prices drop meaningfully, including short windows that are easy to miss if you are not watching.
- Set a target price so you hear from SlickTrip only when there is a real reason to act.
SlickTrip does not care which booking site you use. Its job is to reduce the manual checking that comes with planning a trip and to make sure a good deal does not expire while you are busy with other things.
A simple workflow: Travelocity before SlickTrip
1. Use Travelocity to understand your options
Start on Travelocity before you commit to anything:
- Search your route with a range of dates to get a feel for typical prices.
- Look at a few hotel options in your destination to understand what reasonable rates look like.
- Note which airlines, times, and properties seem like a good fit.
You are building a picture of what this trip should cost, not booking yet.
2. Set up SlickTrip alerts for the routes and properties you like
Once you have a clear picture, move over to SlickTrip:
- Enter the flight routes and date ranges you identified on Travelocity.
- Add the hotels or destinations you liked.
- Set a price target, or ask to be notified about any notable drop.
From this point, SlickTrip watches those prices in the background. You do not need to keep returning to Travelocity to search for the same trip over and over.
3. Step away from the research loop
Rather than checking Travelocity manually every day or two:
- Let SlickTrip send you a text and/or email when something changes.
- Ignore the small daily noise and pay attention only when SlickTrip tells you there is a real move worth acting on.
This is especially helpful when you are planning weeks or months in advance and prices are likely to shift several times before you are ready to commit.
4. Go back to Travelocity to book when the moment is right
When a SlickTrip alert arrives:
- Review the route or property details and the price it flagged.
- Go to Travelocity and search for the same dates and destination.
- Book the option that matches or improves on what SlickTrip surfaced, using Travelocity’s familiar checkout and account management.
You are using the same platform you have always trusted. SlickTrip simply helped you get there at a better price point and at the right time.
Why not just use Travelocity’s own alerts?
Travelocity and the broader Expedia Group platform offer their own price tracking and notification tools. Those are worth using. SlickTrip adds a few things on top:
- An external, platform-agnostic watchdog that monitors prices independently of any single booking site.
- SMS/text as a primary notification channel, which is useful when you are away from email and apps.
- A single dashboard where you can track both flight and hotel prices for the same trip without managing separate alerts across platforms.
Think of Travelocity’s built-in alerts as a helpful layer within the booking experience, and SlickTrip as a separate, always-on observer that works for you regardless of where you eventually click “book.”
When to use each
Use Travelocity when:
- You want a familiar, full-service interface to compare flights, hotels, and packages.
- You are ready to bundle travel components and manage everything from one account.
- You prefer a platform you have used before and trust for booking and customer support.
Use SlickTrip when:
- You know roughly where and when you want to go, but current prices feel too high.
- You want to set a target price and stop manually re-searching the same trip.
- You need an alert sent by text or email the moment a fare or rate drops into your target range.
Together, SlickTrip handles the watching and timing, while Travelocity handles the booking itself.