Trip (携程) : One-stop online travel booking for flights, hotels, rail tickets and tours abroad.

Trip is the international booking arm of Ctrip, the online travel agency founded in Shanghai in 1999 — roughly China's answer to Expedia.

Travelers compare and book flights, hotels, rail tickets and packaged tours in one checkout, drawing on flights from more than 600 airlines and over a million hotels worldwide.

It serves both visitors heading into China and Chinese travelers going abroad, with a multilingual site and app. Overseas users can plan and pay for an entire itinerary in English without a local bank account.

What is the relationship between ctrip.com and Qunar/eLong/Tongcheng?

All are under the Trip.com Group: ctrip.com is the flagship OTA; Qunar is the travel metasearch engine; eLong focuses on hotels; Tongcheng targets budget and lower-tier cities. Together they cover every segment of China's OTA market.

Are the reviews on ctrip.com and Trip.com the same?

No. Reviews stay on their origin site and are not shared between the two platforms. ctrip.com has richer Chinese reviews with local insights; Trip.com reviews are more internationally oriented. Many vacation packages are exclusive to ctrip.com and unavailable on Trip.com.

Is it better to book on ctrip.com or Trip.com when traveling to China?

If you have WeChat/Alipay, book on ctrip.com for the widest hotel selection, local services, and Amap integration. For international flights from abroad, Trip.com offers easier foreign-currency payment and English support. Note: foreign credit cards may not work on ctrip.com without a Chinese verification code.

What is the difference between Trip.com and ctrip.com?

ctrip.com serves Chinese users with RMB pricing and WeChat/Alipay/UnionPay integration. Trip.com serves international users with foreign-currency support and English booking. Both share the same hotel/flight inventory, but ctrip.com has more properties and often better rates. Use ctrip.com if you have Chinese payment methods or need Chinese customer service.