Hopper review

Hopper is built for people who book on their phones and worry about timing. Its Price Prediction tool, available in the app, uses an archive of trillions of data points and analyzes more than 30 billion price points a day to suggest whether to buy now or wait. Hopper is an accredited travel agency, so you book flights, hotels, homes and rental cars with it directly. Its other products target flexibility: Cancel for Any Reason, Change for Any Reason, Leave for Any Reason and Premium Disruption Assistance, which give options beyond a standard nonrefundable fare. Hopper reports a 4.8-star rating from more than 650,000 reviews and plants two trees for each booking. The catch is cost and access. The flexibility products are add-ons on top of the fare, their prices are not listed on the website, and most tools are exclusive to the app. That makes Hopper a good fit when timing advice or easy cancellation matters, and a weaker one for pure lowest-price shopping.

Who it is for

Mobile-first travelers who want advice on when to book and optional flexibility products.

Price

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Key features

• Price Prediction that advises whether to book now or wait
• Cancel for Any Reason, Change for Any Reason and Leave for Any Reason options
• Premium Disruption Assistance for flight problems
• Flights, hotels, homes and rental cars
• Analyzes over 30 billion price points every day

Strengths and weaknesses

• Strength: Clear book-or-wait guidance for each trip
• Strength: Flexibility products give more control over cancellations
• Strength: Plants 2 trees for every booking
• Weakness: Main tools are only in the iOS and Android app
• Weakness: Flexibility products add to the trip cost
• Weakness: Prices for its add-ons are not published on its website

Key facts

• Platform: iOS and Android app, plus web
• Type: Accredited travel agency
• App rating: 4.8 stars from 650k+ reviews
• Price data: 30 billion+ price points a day

Where it ranks

Hopper is No. 9 in our Best Travel Booking Sites verdict.