Hopper

Unlike classic travel portals, Hopper is a travel app built directly for mobile devices, centered around a price prediction engine. For users searching for flights and hotels, it does not just show current prices — it also forecasts how the price on the same route is likely to move over the coming weeks. This approach turns trip planning into more of a statistical decision than a guessing game.

Even with fixed travel dates, flight prices remain highly volatile. To know whether a price is good, a user would normally have to track several sites for days. Hopper removes that burden by analyzing billions of price points with artificial intelligence and handing the user a simple recommendation: buy now or wait. Additional products such as price freezing and flexibility packages are designed to cut down the uncertainty costs that come with travel.

The prediction engine forecasts route-based price increases or decreases, while the price lock lets users who want to delay their decision fix the current price for a fee. Flexibility packages add protection options to change or cancel a flight without penalty. Hotel and car rental bookings are planned in the same flow alongside flights, and a color-coded calendar quickly highlights the cheapest days to fly. The whole experience leans on notifications: a user simply follows a route, and the app tells them the right moment to buy.

The app is mainly favored by individual travelers who plan trips on mobile, flexible-date vacationers, frequent business travelers, and students. Hopper is especially useful for budget-conscious users who still have some room to adjust their plans.

The Hopper app is free to download; its revenue model relies on booking commissions and the sale of flexibility packages. It runs natively on iOS and Android, and core flows can also be completed through the website. Its operations are centered on North America, though the flights it covers are global.