How To Book A Flight Or Car Rental Through Agoda [Complete Guide]


How To Book A Flight Or Car Rental Through Agoda

Most travelers are unaware that they can book flights and car rentals on Agoda.com.

Over the past 15 years, Agoda earned its reputation as the place to find a range of discounted hotel rooms. But Agoda has incorporated features to help travelers in more ways, such as flight and car rental bookings.

In this guide, I’ll show you how to book a flight or car rental through Agoda.

I’ll explain and demonstrate how these two features work, then share my opinion on whether booking a flight or car rental through Agoda is actually worth it (compared to other options online).

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How Flight Booking And Car Rentals Work On Agoda

Agoda.com, Kayak and Rentalcars.com are all owned by the same parent company, Booking Holdings Inc. When booking a flight on Agoda, you’ll be directed to Kayak.com. When renting a car on Agoda, you’ll be directed to Rentalcars.com.

Agoda, Kayak and Rentalcars all make their money as affiliate companies. This means they don’t own any hotels, planes or cars. Rather, they earn money as a middleman, receiving a commission when a customer books a room, flight or car through their platforms.

Agoda’s prices on flights and car rentals are the same as what’s displayed on Kayak and Rentalcars.com. Agoda does not earn commission for referring a user to one of its sister sites, and there’s no price advantage when booking a flight or car rental through Agoda.

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How To Book A Flight Through Agoda

Kayak.com is Agoda’s flight booking partner. If you’re familiar with Kayak’s site layout, you’ll notice Agoda’s flight search results page basically mirrors it. To book a flight through Agoda, click “Flights” in the upper-left corner of the home page.

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You’ll be directed to flights.agoda.com, where you’ll enter the departure and arrival destinations and dates.

As you see in the screenshots below, Agoda and Kayak offer the same flights and prices. I checked multiple destinations and dates on both sites, and consistently found the search results to be the same on both.

Agoda’s Search Results

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Kayak’s Search Results

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Whether you’re using Agoda or Kayak, clicking “View Deal” will direct you to the final booking site where you can complete your purchase.

*To see today’s deals on hotels in any destination, click here.


How To Rent A Car Through Agoda

Rentalcars.com is Agoda’s car rental partner. It’s one of the world’s most reputable car booking sites. In the company’s own words, it “connects you to the biggest names in car hire”.

To book a car through Agoda, hover your mouse over the three dots in the central top of the home page. “Car rentals” and “Things to do” will appear in the drop-down menu. From here, click “Car rentals”.

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You’ll be directed to Rentalcars.com to continue the booking process. Enter your pick-up location, dates and check any necessary boxes.

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Click “Search” and you’ll be directed to the car rental search results page. Happy shopping!

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Should You Book Your Flight Or Car Rental Through Agoda? (My Opinion)

In my opinion, there’s no direct benefit to booking a flight or car rental through Agoda.com, other than the few seconds it may save you to open another tab.

As of 2023, Agoda does not offer accommodation + flight or accommodation + car rental packages. This type of package, or bundle, would make the idea of booking exclusively through Agoda more appealing, as it can potentially save customers time and money.

However, this feature is unlikely to be added, as all three sites (Agoda, Kayak and Rentalcars) are owned by Booking Holdings Inc. A package/bundle would actually cut into the parent company’s total profits.

*To see today’s deals on hotels in any destination, click here.


Conclusion

Hopefully you found this guide helpful.

We covered how flight and car rental bookings work on Agoda.com, how to book, and whether booking a flight or car via Agoda is worth your time. To learn more about Agoda, explore our other guides below.

Enjoy your travels!


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