What Is TravelArrow? The Free Browser Extension for Cheaper Travel

The short version

TravelArrow is a free Chrome browser extension that helps you find cheaper flights and hotels. It was recently rebranded to TripChipper — same company (Travel Arrow LLC), same tool, new name. You install it once, and from then on it quietly works in the background while you shop for travel: comparing flight prices across booking sites, revealing the hidden names behind "mystery" hotel deals, finding promo codes at checkout, and comparing hotel and rental car prices.

Think of it as a virtual travel agent living in your browser toolbar. It doesn't book anything for you — you still book on the airline or hotel site like normal. It just makes sure you're not overpaying.

How it actually works day to day

Here's a typical scenario. You're on Expedia looking at a flight from New York to London. The TravelArrow icon in your toolbar lights up. You click it, and it takes your exact search — same dates, same airports, same passengers — and runs it on Kayak and Skyscanner automatically. If one of them has the same flight cheaper, you see it right there. No retyping anything, no juggling fifteen tabs.

The same idea applies to hotels. Searching for a hotel? The extension checks the price across 25 or more booking sites and tells you whether you've actually found a good deal — or whether the same room is cheaper somewhere else. It can even surface exclusive rates available to its users and let you know when its rate beats the big travel sites.

The feature everyone talks about: hotel deal reveal

Priceline's Express Deals and Hotwire's Hot Rates sell hotel rooms cheap on one condition: they don't tell you the hotel's name until after you've paid. The discount is the trade-off for the mystery. TravelArrow's most famous trick is revealing that hidden hotel name before you book — which is exactly why it blew up on TikTok, with users posting videos of the reveal working exactly as shown. We've written a full explainer on the hotel deal reveal if you want the details.

What else it does

• Real-time promo codes. When you're at checkout on an airline, hotel, or travel site, it searches the web for active promo codes and tries them for you — the same idea as Honey, but focused on travel. More in our promo codes and deal alerts guide.
• Google Flights upgrades. It adds useful columns to your Google Flights results, like the aircraft model and legroom, so you can pick a more comfortable flight without digging.
• Miles Back rewards. Shop at regular online stores through the extension and earn miles redeemable for airline and hotel gift cards.
• 24/7 travel help. The company offers a travel agent hotline for help with planning trips, booking hotels and activities, and dealing with delays or cancellations.

How much does it cost?

Nothing. It's free, with no premium tier. The company makes money through affiliate commissions — when you book through one of its links, the travel site pays it a cut. That's disclosed in the company's own terms, and it's the standard model for this kind of tool. It does mean the extension has some incentive to route you through partners, so it's worth knowing — but the core deal-finding features work regardless.

Should you install it?

If you book your own flights and hotels online and ever wonder whether you're getting the best price, it's one of the more genuinely useful free extensions out there — 4.1 stars on the Chrome Web Store with around 200,000 users. If you never compare prices and always book direct with one airline, it'll sit idle. For the full honest picture, including the criticisms, see is TravelArrow safe and legit? When you're ready, here's how to install it on Chrome in under a minute.