Skyscanner

Skyscanner Canada (skyscanner.ca) is the Canadian domain of Skyscanner Ltd., a metasearch engine founded in 2002 in Edinburgh, Scotland and operating globally under Trip.com Group. The platform compares flights, hotels, and car rentals, offering Canadian users pricing in CAD and a bilingual (EN/FR) interface.

Core Features

• Comprehensive comparisons across hundreds of travel sites for flights, accommodations, and car rentals.
• Mobile-first design: the app has over 70 million downloads and drives more than 60 % of traffic.
• Smart tools: flight price alerts, fare insights, flexible date search, and “Everywhere” discovery.
• Redirect model: bookings are completed on partner platforms—Skyscanner does not handle payments directly.

Strengths

• Fast, user-friendly comparison—ideal for trip planning in seconds.
• Global and Canadian coverage, including major cities and airports across Canada.
• Backed by Trip.com Group, leveraging its vast global network.
• No booking fees, price transparency.

Considerations

• Does not process transactions—any issues must be resolved with the travel provider.
• Ranking influenced by advertising bids (CPC), so visible deals may be promoted ones.
• Supplier-dependent results—availability and pricing reflect partner inventory.

For Canadian Users

Skyscanner.ca is a valuable tool for Canadians to streamline travel planning in CAD with bilingual navigation. It’s well-suited for researching flight and stay options, though final booking and support rest with airlines or providers.