Expedia (EXPE) 10-Q 2 May 14 2014 Q1 Quarterly report Financial data

Document_and_Entity_Informatio

Document and Entity Information	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2014	Apr. 18, 2014	Apr. 18, 2014
		Common Stock	Class B Common Stock
Document Information [Line Items]	'	'	'
Document Type	'10-Q	'	'
Amendment Flag	'false	'	'
Document Period End Date	31-Mar-14	'	'
Document Fiscal Year Focus	'2014	'	'
Document Fiscal Period Focus	'Q1	'	'
Trading Symbol	'EXPE	'	'
Entity Registrant Name	'EXPEDIA, INC.	'	'
Entity Central Index Key	'0001324424	'	'
Current Fiscal Year End Date	'--12-31	'	'
Entity Filer Category	'Large Accelerated Filer	'	'
Entity Common Stock, Shares Outstanding	'	117,030,324	12,799,999

CONSOLIDATED_STATEMENTS_OF_OPE

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS (USD $)	3 Months Ended
In Thousands, except Per Share data, unless otherwise specified	Mar. 31, 2014		Mar. 31, 2013
Revenue	$1,200,371		$1,012,367
Costs and expenses:	'		'
Cost of revenue	294,619	[1]	250,581	[1]
Selling and marketing	624,699	[1]	496,155	[1]
Technology and content	162,975	[1]	138,283	[1]
General and administrative	99,045	[1]	92,376	[1]
Amortization of intangible assets	18,492		12,570
Acquisition-related and other	'		66,472	[1]
Legal reserves, occupancy tax and other	3,539		61,558
Operating income (loss)	-2,998		-105,628
Other income (expense):	'		'
Interest income	5,798		5,917
Interest expense	-21,804		-21,748
Other, net	-481		2,188
Total other expense, net	-16,487		-13,643
Loss before income taxes	-19,485		-119,271
Provision for income taxes	-319		11,903
Net loss	-19,804		-107,368
Net loss attributable to noncontrolling interests	5,500		3,142
Net loss attributable to Expedia, Inc.	($14,304)		($104,226)
Earnings (loss) per share attributable to Expedia, Inc. available to common stockholders:	'		'
Basic	($0.11)		($0.77)
Diluted	($0.11)		($0.77)
Shares used in computing earnings (loss) per share:	'		'
Basic	130,559		135,641
Diluted	130,559		135,641
Dividends declared per common share	$0.15		$0.13
[1]	Includes stock-based compensation as follows: Cost of revenue $ 1,202 $ 1,061 Selling and marketing 5,335 4,265 Technology and content 5,558 5,395 General and administrative 12,726 7,714 Acquisition-related and other - 56,643

CONSOLIDATED_STATEMENTS_OF_OPE1

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS (Parenthetical) (USD $)	3 Months Ended
In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	Mar. 31, 2014	Mar. 31, 2013
Cost of revenue	'	'
Stock-based compensation	$1,202	$1,061
Selling and marketing	'	'
Stock-based compensation	5,335	4,265
Technology and content	'	'
Stock-based compensation	5,558	5,395
General and administrative	'	'
Stock-based compensation	12,726	7,714
Acquisition-related and other	'	'
Stock-based compensation	'	$56,643

CONSOLIDATED_STATEMENTS_OF_COM

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME (LOSS) (USD $)	3 Months Ended
In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	Mar. 31, 2014		Mar. 31, 2013
Net loss	($19,804)		($107,368)
Other comprehensive income (loss), net of tax	'		'
Currency translation adjustments	25,213		-18,001
Unrealized gains (losses) on available for sale securities, net of taxes	168	[1]	-291	[1]
Other comprehensive income (loss), net of tax	25,381		-18,292
Comprehensive income (loss)	5,577		-125,660
Less: Comprehensive (income) loss attributable to noncontrolling interests	-9,786		2,630
Comprehensive income (loss) attributable to Expedia, Inc.	($4,209)		($123,030)
[1]	Net gains (losses) recognized and reclassified during the three months ended March 31, 2014 and 2013 were immaterial.

CONSOLIDATED_BALANCE_SHEETS

CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS (USD $)	Mar. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013
In Thousands, unless otherwise specified
Current assets:	'	'
Cash and cash equivalents	$1,484,066	$1,021,033
Restricted cash and cash equivalents	28,715	26,042
Short-term investments	687,399	325,510
Accounts receivable, net of allowance of $11,064 and $11,555	818,818	614,735
Deferred income taxes	64,442	66,130
Income taxes receivable	110,010	64,296
Prepaid expenses and other current assets	121,504	101,541
Total current assets	3,314,954	2,219,287
Property and equipment, net	490,580	480,702
Long-term investments and other assets	252,882	250,626
Deferred income taxes	16,241	14,151
Intangible assets, net	1,109,264	1,111,041
Goodwill	3,704,456	3,663,674
TOTAL ASSETS	8,888,377	7,739,481
Current liabilities:	'	'
Accounts payable, merchant	1,055,645	1,044,259
Accounts payable, other	366,054	261,288
Deferred merchant bookings	2,414,895	1,350,319
Deferred revenue	56,847	39,746
Income taxes payable	45,571	61,874
Accrued expenses and other current liabilities	510,243	536,895
Total current liabilities	4,449,255	3,294,381
Long-term debt	1,249,430	1,249,412
Deferred income taxes	440,215	433,532
Other long-term liabilities	152,389	138,300
Commitments and contingencies	'	'
Redeemable noncontrolling interests	491,154	364,871
Stockholders' equity:	'	'
Additional paid-in capital	5,777,911	5,802,140
Treasury stock - Common stock, at cost	-3,587,540	-3,465,675
Retained earnings (deficit)	-223,522	-209,218
Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss)	28,292	18,197
Total Expedia, Inc. stockholders' equity	1,995,161	2,145,464
Noncontrolling interest	110,773	113,521
Total stockholders' equity	2,105,934	2,258,985
TOTAL LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY	8,888,377	7,739,481
Common Stock	'	'
Stockholders' equity:	'	'
Common stock	19	19
Class B Common Stock	'	'
Stockholders' equity:	'	'
Common stock	$1	$1

CONSOLIDATED_BALANCE_SHEETS_Pa

CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS (Parenthetical) (USD $)	Mar. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013
In Thousands, except Per Share data, unless otherwise specified
Accounts receivable, allowance	$11,064	$11,555
Treasury stock - Common stock, Shares	77,366	75,676
Common Stock	'	'
Common stock, par value	$0.00	$0.00
Common stock, Authorized	1,600,000	1,600,000
Common stock, Shares issued	194,340	192,562
Common stock, Shares outstanding	116,974	116,886
Class B Common Stock	'	'
Common stock, par value	$0.00	$0.00
Common stock, Authorized	400,000	400,000
Common stock, Shares issued	12,800	12,800
Common stock, Shares outstanding	12,800	12,800

CONSOLIDATED_STATEMENTS_OF_CAS

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS (USD $)	3 Months Ended
In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	Mar. 31, 2014	Mar. 31, 2013
Operating activities:	'	'
Net loss	($19,804)	($107,368)
Adjustments to reconcile net income (loss) to net cash provided by operating activities:	'	'
Depreciation of property and equipment, including internal-use software and website development	62,134	48,866
Amortization of stock-based compensation	24,821	75,078
Amortization of intangible assets	18,492	12,570
Deferred income taxes	5,793	4,741
Foreign exchange (gain) loss on cash, cash equivalents and short-term investments, net	-4,354	41,845
Realized gain on foreign currency forwards	-1,358	-5,808
Other	-5,927	2,669
Changes in operating assets and liabilities, net of effects from acquisitions:	'	'
Accounts receivable	-196,870	-150,834
Prepaid expenses and other current assets	-23,709	-28,227
Accounts payable, merchant	31,681	173,020
Accounts payable, other, accrued expenses and other current liabilities	74,718	68,303
Taxes payable/receivable, net	-57,095	-41,260
Deferred merchant bookings	1,045,677	778,409
Deferred revenue	17,239	9,085
Net cash provided by operating activities	971,438	881,089
Investing activities:	'	'
Capital expenditures, including internal-use software and website development	-74,749	-87,156
Purchases of investments	-495,377	-598,127
Sales and maturities of investments	135,669	245,244
Acquisitions, net of cash acquired	'	-540,489
Net settlement of foreign currency forwards	1,358	5,808
Other, net	-504	'
Net cash used in investing activities	-433,603	-974,720
Financing activities:	'	'
Purchases of treasury stock	-121,865	-117,672
Proceeds from issuance of treasury stock	'	25,273
Payment of dividends to stockholders	-19,602	-17,983
Proceeds from exercise of equity awards and employee stock purchase plan	37,694	20,410
Excess tax benefit on equity awards	21,783	19,379
Other, net	3,786	-7,758
Net cash used in financing activities	-78,204	-78,351
Effect of exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents	3,402	-38,381
Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents	463,033	-210,363
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period	1,021,033	1,293,161
Cash and cash equivalents at end of period	1,484,066	1,082,798
Supplemental cash flow information	'	'
Cash paid for interest	41,809	41,468
Income tax payments, net	$29,682	$2,552

Basis_of_Presentation

Basis of Presentation	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2014
Basis of Presentation	'
	Note 1 – Basis of Presentation
	Description of Business
	Expedia, Inc. and its subsidiaries provide travel products and services to leisure and corporate travelers in the United States and abroad as well as various media and advertising offerings to travel and non-travel advertisers. These travel products and services are offered through a diversified portfolio of brands including: Expedia.com®, Hotels.com®, Hotwire.com™, Expedia® Affiliate Network, Classic Vacations, Expedia Local Expert, Egencia™, Expedia® CruiseShipCenters®, eLong™, Inc. (“eLong”), Venere Net SpA (“Venere”) and trivago GmbH (“trivago”). In addition, many of these brands have related international points of sale. We refer to Expedia, Inc. and its subsidiaries collectively as “Expedia,” the “Company,” “us,” “we” and “our” in these consolidated financial statements.
	Basis of Presentation
	These accompanying financial statements present our results of operations, financial position and cash flows on a consolidated basis. The unaudited consolidated financial statements include Expedia, Inc., our wholly-owned subsidiaries, and entities we control, or in which we have a variable interest and are the primary beneficiary of expected cash profits or losses. We have eliminated significant intercompany transactions and accounts.
	Expedia has a variable interest in Travelocity resulting from an exclusive, long-term strategic marketing agreement entered into in the third quarter of 2013, and our exposure to loss under this arrangement is primarily commercial in nature, the maximum of which cannot be quantified.
	We have prepared the accompanying unaudited consolidated financial statements in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States (“GAAP”) for interim financial reporting. We have included all adjustments necessary for a fair presentation of the results of the interim period. These adjustments consist of normal recurring items. Our interim unaudited consolidated financial statements are not necessarily indicative of results that may be expected for any other interim period or for the full year. These interim unaudited consolidated financial statements should be read in conjunction with the audited consolidated financial statements and related notes included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2013, previously filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
	Accounting Estimates
	We use estimates and assumptions in the preparation of our interim unaudited consolidated financial statements in accordance with GAAP. Our estimates and assumptions affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities as of the date of our interim unaudited consolidated financial statements. These estimates and assumptions also affect the reported amount of net income or loss during any period. Our actual financial results could differ significantly from these estimates. The significant estimates underlying our interim unaudited consolidated financial statements include revenue recognition; recoverability of current and long-lived assets, intangible assets and goodwill; income and transactional taxes, such as potential settlements related to occupancy and excise taxes; loss contingencies; loyalty program liabilities; redeemable noncontrolling interests; stock-based compensation and accounting for derivative instruments.
	Reclassifications
	We have reclassified certain amounts related to our prior period results to conform to our current period presentation.
	Seasonality
	We generally experience seasonal fluctuations in the demand for our travel products and services. For example, traditional leisure travel bookings are generally the highest in the first three quarters as travelers plan and book their spring, summer and holiday travel. The number of bookings typically decreases in the fourth quarter. Because revenue for most of our travel products, including merchant and agency hotel, is recognized when the travel takes place rather than when it is booked, revenue typically lags bookings by several weeks or longer. The seasonal revenue impact is exacerbated with respect to income by the nature of our variable cost of revenue and direct sales and marketing costs, which we typically realize in closer alignment to booking volumes, and the more stable nature of our fixed costs. Furthermore, operating profits for our primary advertising business, trivago, are experienced in the second half of the year as selling and marketing costs offset revenue in the first half of the year as we aggressively market during the busy booking period for summer travel. As a result, revenue and income are typically the lowest in the first quarter and highest in the third quarter.

Acquisitions

Acquisitions	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2014
Acquisitions	'
	Note 2 – Acquisitions
	Business Acquisitions. During March 2013, we completed the purchase of a 63% equity position (61.6% on a fully diluted basis) in trivago GmbH, a leading hotel metasearch company based in Germany. In conjunction with the acquisition, we paid €434 million in cash, or approximately $564 million based on March 8, 2013 exchange rates, of which $554 million was paid to the shareholders of trivago and $10 million was used to settle a portion of an employee compensation plan. In addition, we agreed to issue 875,200 shares of Expedia, Inc. common stock to certain employee stockholders in five equal increments on or about each of the first through fifth anniversaries of the acquisition.
	As a result of the acquisition, we expensed $66 million to acquisition-related and other on the consolidated statements of operations during quarter ended March 31, 2013, which included approximately $57 million in stock-based compensation related to the issuance of the 875,200 shares of common stock as the issuance was determined separate from the business combination and was not contingent upon any future service or other certain event except the passage of time as well as approximately $10 million for the amount paid to settle a portion of the employee compensation plan of trivago, which was considered separate from the business combination. During the quarter ended March 31, 2014, we issued the first increment of 175,040 shares of Expedia, Inc. common stock.
	The purchase agreement contains certain put/call rights whereby we may acquire and the minority shareholders of trivago may sell to us up to 50% and 100% of the minority shares of the company at fair value during the first quarter of 2016 and 2018, respectively. As the noncontrolling interest is redeemable at the option of the minority holders, we classified the balance as redeemable noncontrolling interest with future changes in the fair value above the initial basis recorded as charges or credits to retained earnings (or additional paid-in capital in absence of retained earnings). The put/call arrangement includes certain rollover provisions that, if triggered, would cause the minority shares to be treated as though they become mandatorily redeemable, and to be reclassified as a liability at the time such trigger becomes certain to occur. For further information on redeemable noncontrolling interest, see Note 5 — Redeemable Noncontrolling Interests.

Fair_Value_Measurements

Fair Value Measurements	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2014
Fair Value Measurements	'
	Note 3 – Fair Value Measurements
	Financial assets measured at fair value on a recurring basis as of March 31, 2014 are classified using the fair value hierarchy in the table below:
		Total		Level 1		Level 2
		(In thousands)
	Assets
	Cash equivalents:
	Money market funds	$	457,377	$	457,377	$	—
	Time deposits		171,088		—		171,088
	Restricted cash:
	Time deposits		16,651		—		16,651
	Investments:
	Time deposits		647,442		—		647,442
	Corporate debt securities		160,314		—		160,314
	Total assets	$	1,452,872	$	457,377	$	995,495
	Liabilities
	Derivatives:
	Foreign currency forward contracts	$	8,099	$	—	$	8,099
	Financial assets and liabilities measured at fair value on a recurring basis as of December 31, 2013 are classified using the fair value hierarchy in the table below:
		Total		Level 1		Level 2
		(In thousands)
	Assets
	Cash equivalents:
	Money market funds	$	229,425	$	229,425	$	—
	Time deposits		138,956		—		138,956
	Restricted cash:
	Time deposits		17,085		—		17,085
	Derivatives:
	Foreign currency forward contracts		2,225		—		2,225
	Investments:
	Time deposits		258,308		—		258,308
	Corporate debt securities		200,386		—		200,386
	Total assets	$	846,385	$	229,425	$	616,960
	We classify our cash equivalents and investments within Level 1 and Level 2 as we value our cash equivalents and investments using quoted market prices or alternative pricing sources and models utilizing market observable inputs. Valuation of the foreign currency forward contracts is based on foreign currency exchange rates in active markets, a Level 2 input.
	As of March 31, 2014 and December 31, 2013, our cash and cash equivalents consisted primarily of prime institutional money market funds with maturities of 90 days or less, time deposits as well as bank account balances.
	We invest in investment grade corporate debt securities, all of which are classified as available for sale. As of March 31, 2014, we had $40 million of short-term and $120 million of long-term available for sale investments and the amortized cost basis of the investments approximated their fair value with gross unrealized gains and gross unrealized losses both of less than $1 million. As of December 31, 2013, we had $67 million of short-term and $133 million of long-term available for sale investments and the amortized cost basis of these investments approximated their fair value with gross unrealized gains and gross unrealized losses both of $1 million.
	We also hold time deposit investments with financial institutions. Time deposits with original maturities of less than 90 days are classified as cash equivalents and those with remaining maturities of less than one year are classified as short-term investments. Additionally, we have time deposits classified as restricted cash to fulfill the requirement of an aviation authority of a certain foreign country to protect against the potential non-delivery of travel services in that country. Of the total time deposit investments, $276 million and $283 million as of March 31, 2014 and December 31, 2013 related to balances held by our majority-owned subsidiaries.
	Derivative instruments are carried at fair value on our consolidated balance sheets. We use foreign currency forward contracts to economically hedge certain merchant revenue exposures and in lieu of holding certain foreign currency cash for the purpose of economically hedging our foreign currency-denominated operating liabilities. Our goal in managing our foreign exchange risk is to reduce, to the extent practicable, our potential exposure to the changes that exchange rates might have on our earnings, cash flows and financial position. Our foreign currency forward contracts are typically short-term and, as they do not qualify for hedge accounting treatment, we classify the changes in their fair value in other, net. As of March 31, 2014, we were party to outstanding forward contracts hedging our liability and revenue exposures with a total net notional value of $794 million. We had a net forward liability of $8 million as of March 31, 2014 recorded in accrued expenses and other current liabilities and a net forward asset of $2 million as of December 31, 2013 recorded in prepaid expenses and other current assets. We recorded $8 million in net losses and $13 million in net gains from foreign currency forward contracts during the three months ended March 31, 2014 and 2013.

Debt

Debt	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2014
Debt	'
	Note 4 – Debt
	The following table sets forth our outstanding debt:
		March 31,		December 31,
		2014		2013
		(In thousands)
	7.456% senior notes due 2018	$	500,000	$	500,000
	5.95% senior notes due 2020, net of discount		749,430		749,412
	Long-term debt	$	1,249,430	$	1,249,412
	Long-term Debt
	Our $500 million in registered senior unsecured notes outstanding at March 31, 2014 are due in August 2018 and bear interest at 7.456% (the “7.456% Notes”). Interest is payable semi-annually in February and August of each year. At any time Expedia may redeem the 7.456% Notes at a redemption price of 100% of the principal plus accrued interest, plus a “make-whole” premium, in whole or in part.
	Our $750 million in registered senior unsecured notes outstanding at March 31, 2014 are due in August 2020 and bear interest at 5.95% (the “5.95% Notes”). The 5.95% Notes were issued at 99.893% of par resulting in a discount, which is being amortized over their life. Interest is payable semi-annually in February and August of each year. We may redeem the 5.95% Notes at a redemption price of 100% of the principal plus accrued interest, plus a “make-whole” premium, in whole or in part.
	The 7.456% and 5.95% Notes (collectively the “Notes”) are senior unsecured obligations guaranteed by certain domestic Expedia subsidiaries and rank equally in right of payment with all of our existing and future unsecured and unsubordinated obligations. For further information, see Note 11 — Guarantor and Non-Guarantor Supplemental Financial Information. In addition, the Notes include covenants that limit our ability to (i) create certain liens, (ii) enter into sale/leaseback transactions and (iii) merge or consolidate with or into another entity. Accrued interest related to the Notes was $10 million and $31 million as of March 31, 2014 and December 31, 2013.
	The approximate fair value of 7.456% Notes was $591 million and $587 million as of March 31, 2014 and December 31, 2013, and the approximate fair value of 5.95% Notes was $835 million and $816 million as of March 31, 2014 and December 31, 2013. These fair values were based on quoted market prices in less active markets (Level 2 inputs).
	Credit Facility
	Expedia, Inc. maintains a $1 billion unsecured revolving credit facility with a group of lenders, which is unconditionally guaranteed by certain domestic Expedia subsidiaries that are the same as under the Notes, that expires in November 2017. As of March 31, 2014 and December 31, 2013, we had no revolving credit facility borrowings outstanding. The facility bears interest based on the Company’s credit ratings, with drawn amounts bearing interest at LIBOR plus 150 basis points and the commitment fee on undrawn amounts at 20 basis points as of March 31, 2014. The facility contains covenants including maximum leverage and minimum interest coverage ratios.
	The amount of stand-by letters of credit (“LOC”) issued under the facility reduces the credit amount available. As of both March 31, 2014 and December 31, 2013, there was $19 million of outstanding stand-by LOCs issued under the facility.

Redeemable_Noncontrolling_Inte

Redeemable Noncontrolling Interests	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2014
Redeemable Noncontrolling Interests	'
	Note 5 – Redeemable Noncontrolling Interests
	We have noncontrolling interests in a majority owned entity, which is carried at fair market value as the noncontrolling interests contain certain rights, whereby we may acquire and the minority shareholders may sell to us the additional shares of the company. A reconciliation of redeemable noncontrolling interest is as follows:
		Three months ended
		March 31,
		2014
		(in thousands)
	Balance, beginning of the period	$	364,871
	Net loss attributable to noncontrolling interests		(3,284	)
	Fair value adjustments		91,065
	Currency translation adjustments and other		38,502
	Balance, end of period	$	491,154
	The fair value of the redeemable noncontrolling interest was determined based on a blended analysis of the present value of future discounted cash flows and market value approach (“Level 3” on the fair value hierarchy). Our significant estimates in the discounted cash flow model include our weighted average cost of capital as well as long-term growth and profitability of the business. Our significant estimates in the market value approach include identifying similar companies with comparable business factors and assessing comparable revenue and operating multiples in estimating the fair value of the business.

Stockholders_Equity

Stockholders' Equity	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2014
Stockholders' Equity	'
	Note 6 – Stockholders’ Equity
	Dividends on our Common Stock
	The Executive Committee, acting on behalf of the Board of Directors, declared the following dividends during the periods presented:
	Declaration Date	Dividend			Record Date		Total Amount		Payment Date
		Per Share					(in  thousands)
	5-Feb-14	$	0.15			March 10, 2014	$	19,602		March 27, 2014
	5-Feb-13	$	0.13			11-Mar-13	$	17,983		28-Mar-13
	In addition, on April 30, 2014, the Executive Committee, acting on behalf of the Board of Directors, declared a quarterly cash dividend of $0.15 per share of outstanding common stock payable on June 19, 2014 to stockholders of record as of the close of business on May 30, 2014. Future declarations of dividends are subject to final determination by our Board of Directors.
	Share Repurchases
	In April 2012, the Executive Committee, acting on behalf of the Board of Directors, authorized a repurchase of up to 20 million outstanding shares of our common stock. There is no fixed termination date for the repurchases. During the three months ended March 31, 2014, we repurchased, through open market transactions, 1.7 million shares under this authorization for a total cost of $122 million, excluding transaction costs, representing an average repurchase price of $72.11 per share. As of March 31, 2014, 7.1 million shares remain authorized for repurchase under the 2012 authorization.
	Stock-based Awards
	Stock-based compensation expense relates primarily to expense for stock options and restricted stock units (“RSUs”). As of March 31, 2014, we had stock-based awards outstanding representing approximately 18 million shares of our common stock consisting of options to purchase approximately 18 million shares of our common stock with a weighted average exercise price of $46.35 and weighted average remaining life of 4.7 years and less than 1 million RSUs.
	Annual employee stock-based award grants typically occur during the first quarter of each year. During the three months ended March 31, 2014, we granted approximately 4 million stock options. The fair value of the stock options granted during the three months ended March 31, 2014 was estimated at the date of grant using the Black-Scholes option-pricing model with the following weighted average assumptions:
	Risk-free interest rate		1.12	%
	Expected volatility		43.02	%
	Expected life (in years)		4.08
	Dividend yield		0.76	%
	Weighted-average estimated fair value of options granted	$	25.91
	Currency Translation
	Current period currency translation adjustments include accumulated translation adjustments related to intangible assets of certain foreign entities, which arose in prior periods but were recorded in the current period. We have evaluated the impacts of the amounts on our financial results and determined them to be immaterial for all periods presented.

Earnings_Per_Share

Earnings Per Share	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2014
Earnings Per Share	'
	Note 7 – Earnings Per Share
	Basic earnings per share is calculated using our weighted-average outstanding common shares. The earnings per share amounts are the same for common stock and Class B common stock because the holders of each class are legally entitled to equal per share distributions whether through dividends or in liquidation.
	Diluted earnings per share is calculated using our weighted-average outstanding common shares including the dilutive effect of stock awards as determined under the treasury stock method. In periods when we recognize a net loss, we exclude the impact of outstanding stock awards from the diluted loss per share calculation as their inclusion would have an antidilutive effect. For the three months ended March 31, 2014 and 2013, approximately 18 million and 19 million of outstanding stock awards have been excluded from the calculations of diluted earnings (loss) per share attributable to common stockholders because their effect would have been antidilutive.

Income_Taxes

Income Taxes	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2014
Income Taxes	'
	Note 8 – Income Taxes
	We determine our provision for income taxes for interim periods using an estimate of our annual effective tax rate. We record any changes affecting the estimated annual tax rate in the interim period in which the change occurs, including discrete tax items. Our effective tax rate of (1.6%) measured against our year-to-date tax loss for the three months ended March 31, 2014 was lower than the 35% federal statutory rate primarily due to income earned in foreign jurisdictions where the statutory income tax rate is lower, offset by certain foreign losses for which Expedia does not recognize a benefit as well as revaluation of deferred tax balances due to recently enacted New York corporate tax reform.
	The Company is routinely under audit by federal, state, local and foreign income tax authorities. These audits include questioning the timing and the amount of income and deductions and the allocation of income and deductions among various tax jurisdictions. The Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) has substantially completed its audit of IAC/InterActiveCorp’s (“IAC”) U.S. consolidated federal income tax returns for the years ended December 31, 2001 through 2005 when Expedia filed as part of the IAC consolidated group. The statute of limitations for the years 2001 through 2005 has been extended to June 30, 2014. The IRS is currently examining Expedia’s U.S. federal income tax returns for the periods ended December 31, 2009 through December 31, 2010. The Company believes it is reasonably possible its liabilities related to uncertain tax positions could decrease by approximately $23 million within twelve months of the current reporting date due to settlements, expirations of statutes of limitations, and the reversal of deductible temporary differences.

Commitments_and_Contingencies

Commitments and Contingencies	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2014
Commitments and Contingencies	'
	Note 9 – Commitments and Contingencies
	Exit Rights
	In conjunction with our marketing agreement with Travelocity entered into in 2013, we have agreed to certain put/call rights whereby we may acquire or Sabre may sell to us certain assets relating to the Travelocity business. The put right held by Sabre may be exercised during the first 24 months of the arrangement only upon the occurrence of certain triggering events primarily related to the implementation of the solution, which are outside the control of Sabre. The occurrence of such events is not considered probable. After the 24 month period, the put right is only exercisable for a limited period of time in 2016 at a discount to fair market value. The call right held by Expedia is exercisable at any time during the term of the arrangement, the value of which, if exercised, is not expected to exceed fair value.
	Legal Proceedings
	In the ordinary course of business, we are a party to various lawsuits. Management does not expect these lawsuits to have a material impact on the liquidity, results of operations, or financial condition of Expedia. We also evaluate other potential contingent matters, including value-added tax, federal excise tax, transient occupancy or accommodation tax and similar matters. We do not believe that the aggregate amount of liability that could be reasonably possible with respect to these matters would have a material adverse effect on our financial results; however, litigation is inherently uncertain and the actual losses incurred in the event that our legal proceedings were to result in unfavorable outcomes could have a material adverse effect on our business and financial performance.
	Litigation Relating to Hotel Occupancy Taxes. Eighty-six lawsuits have been filed by cities, counties and states involving hotel occupancy taxes. Thirty-four lawsuits are currently active. These lawsuits are in various stages and we continue to defend against the claims made in them vigorously. With respect to the principal claims in these matters, we believe that the ordinances at issue do not apply to the services we provide, namely the facilitation of hotel reservations, and, therefore, that we do not owe the taxes that are claimed to be owed. We believe that the ordinances at issue generally impose occupancy and other taxes on entities that own, operate or control hotels (or similar businesses) or furnish or provide hotel rooms or similar accommodations. To date, thirty-six of these lawsuits have been dismissed. Some of these dismissals have been without prejudice and, generally, allow the governmental entity or entities to seek administrative remedies prior to pursuing further litigation. Twenty-two dismissals were based on a finding that we and the other defendants were not subject to the local hotel occupancy tax ordinance or that the local government lacked standing to pursue their claims. As a result of this litigation and other attempts by certain jurisdictions to levy such taxes, we have established a reserve for the potential settlement of issues related to hotel occupancy taxes, consistent with applicable accounting principles and in light of all current facts and circumstances, in the amount of $50 million as of March 31, 2014 and $46 million as of December 31, 2013. This reserve is based on our best estimate of probable losses and the ultimate resolution of these contingencies may be greater or less than the liabilities recorded. An estimate for a reasonably possible loss or range of loss in excess of the amount reserved cannot be made. Changes to these settlement reserves are included within legal reserves, occupancy tax and other in the consolidated statements of operations.
	Litigation Relating to Other Taxes. On January 31, 2011, the online travel companies received final notices of assessment from the Hawaii Department of Taxation for general excise taxes for the tax years 2000 to 2011 on their services relating to non-commissioned hotel room reservations. The online travel companies appealed these assessments to the Hawaii tax court. On January 11, 2013, the Hawaii tax court ruled that the online travel companies are obligated to remit past Hawaii general excise taxes with interest both on the amount paid to the online travel companies for their services and the amount paid to the hotel for the room; thus subjecting the hotel’s charge for the room to double taxation because tax amounts on the hotel room had already been paid for all of the years at issue. On March 15, 2013, the Hawaii tax court issued penalties against the online travel companies for their failure to file returns and pay general excise taxes. On August 12, 2013, the court further held that interest is due on such penalties. During the pendency of the tax court proceeding, the online travel companies petitioned the Hawaii Supreme Court for immediate review of the tax court’s ruling holding the companies liable for general excise tax. The Hawaii Supreme Court denied the online travel companies’ petition on April 22, 2013. The tax court proceeding subsequently concluded and on September 11, 2013, the online travel companies filed their notice of appeal. On December 24, 2013, the Hawaii Supreme Court agreed to accept transfer and review of the case. The case will now proceed to the Hawaii Supreme Court for review and will not be considered by the Hawaii Court of Appeals. We strongly believe that the tax court ruling regarding the general excise tax is contrary to the plain language of the ordinances at issue as well as prior Hawaiian Supreme Court decisions, previous positions taken by the Hawaii Director of Taxation, and an opinion by the Attorney General of the State of Hawaii. We intend to vigorously pursue our rights on appeal. During the course of the tax court proceeding, the Department of Taxation dropped its common law claims for the recovery of general excise taxes that were asserted, thus only the claims under the state general excise tax statute remain.
	On May 20, 2013, the Department of Taxation issued final assessments for general excise taxes against the Expedia companies for non-commissioned hotel reservations totaling $20.5 million for the tax year 2012. On June 17, 2013, the online travel companies appealed these assessments to the Hawaii tax court. On December 13, 2013, the tax court held proceedings in abeyance pending review and decision by the Hawaii Supreme Court on the prior assessments.
	On December 9, 2013, the Department of Taxation issued final assessments for general excise taxes against the online travel companies for non-commissioned travel agency services relating to rental cars totaling $29.2 million for the tax years 2000 through 2012. These assessments include a duplicative assessment for Expedia and Hotels.com totaling $9.3 million and thus are overstated. The online travel companies appealed the assessments to the Hawaii tax court. On March 12, 2014, the online travel companies requested that the tax court stay consideration of these assessments pending the decision by the Hawaii Supreme Court relating to the Department of Taxation’s claimed right to taxes for non-commissioned travel agency services relating to hotel room reservations. On April 28, 2014, the tax court granted the online travel companies’ request that the court stay consideration of the Department of Taxation’s car rental assessments pending a decision by the Hawaii Supreme Court.
	Pay-to-Play. Certain jurisdictions may assert that we are required to pay any assessed taxes prior to being allowed to contest or litigate the applicability of the ordinances. This prepayment of contested taxes is referred to as “pay-to-play.” Payment of these amounts is not an admission that we believe we are subject to such taxes and, even when such payments are made, we continue to defend our position vigorously. If we prevail in the litigation, for which a pay-to-play payment was made, the jurisdiction collecting the payment will be required to repay such amounts, plus interest.
	During 2009, we expensed $48 million related to monies paid in advance of litigation in occupancy tax proceedings with the city of San Francisco. The city of San Francisco issued additional assessments of tax, penalties and interest for the time period from the fourth quarter of 2007 through the fourth quarter of 2011 against the online travel companies, including $24 million against Expedia, Hotels.com and Hotwire. The additional assessments, including the prepayment of such assessments, have been contested by the Expedia companies on the basis that the court has already ruled that taxes are not due from the online travel companies and binding precedent by the California Court of Appeals precludes the city’s claim for taxes. Although the city previously agreed, subject to documentation, that the additional assessments need not be paid and could be placed under a bond, it now has stated that it will proceed with an administrative process outside of the pending litigation and seek to collect the additional $24 million assessment against the Expedia companies. A hearing is currently set for May 14, 2014 to determine if the Expedia companies must prepay these assessments.
	As a pre-condition to appealing the tax court rulings in the Hawaii excise tax proceedings, the Expedia companies were required pay an amount equal to taxes, penalties and interest. During 2012, we expensed $110 million, and during 2013, we expensed an additional $64 million for amounts required or expected to be paid prior to appealing the tax court’s ruling. The total amount that the Expedia companies paid in 2013 was $171 million, which is comprised of $78 million in taxes, $41 million in penalties and $52 million in interest.
	It is reasonably possible that we will incur amounts in excess of the amounts expensed in 2012 and 2013, which we estimate could be up to $38 million after consideration of the outstanding assessments. The ultimate resolution of these contingencies may be greater or less than the liabilities recorded and our estimates of additional assessments.
	The city of Portland, Oregon and Multnomah County, Oregon are seeking to require online travel companies to pre-pay hotel occupancy taxes claimed to be due from the fourth quarter 2013 to the present due to the change in law by the Oregon legislature. Hotels.com is currently under audit by the State of Texas, which imposes a pay-to-play requirement to challenge an adverse audit result in court.
	Matters Relating to Hotel Booking Practices. On July 31, 2012, the United Kingdom Office of Fair Trading (“OFT”) issued a Statement of Objections alleging that Expedia, Booking.com B.V. and InterContinental Hotels Group PLC (“IHG”) have infringed European Union and United Kingdom competition law in relation to the online supply of hotel room accommodations. The parties voluntarily proposed to address the OFT’s investigation by offering formal commitments. On January 31, 2014, the OFT announced that it had formally accepted the commitments offered by the parties, with no finding of fault or liability. On April 2, 2014, Skyscanner Limited filed an appeal challenging the OFT’s January 31, 2014 decision.
	In addition, a number of competition authorities in other European countries have initiated investigations into competitive practices within the travel industry and, in particular, in relation to “Most Favored Nations” clauses and other contractual arrangements between hotels and online travel companies, including Expedia. These investigations differ from the OFT investigation, in relation to the parties involved and the precise nature of the concerns. We are unable at this time to predict the outcome of these investigations and their impact, if any, on our business and results of operations.
	Since August 20, 2012, more than thirty putative class action lawsuits, which refer to the OFT’s Statement of Objections, have been initiated in the United States by consumer plaintiffs alleging claims against the online travel companies, including Expedia, and several major hotel chains for alleged resale price maintenance for online hotel room reservations, including but not limited to violation of the Sherman Act, state antitrust laws, state consumer protection statutes and common law tort claims, such as unjust enrichment. The cases have been consolidated and transferred to Judge Boyle in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas. On February 18, 2014, the court granted defendants’ motion to dismiss, but allowed the plaintiffs the opportunity to move for leave to amend their complaint. On March 20, 2014, plaintiffs filed their motion for leave to amend.

Segment_Information

Segment Information	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2014
Segment Information	'
	Note 10 – Segment Information
	We have two reportable segments: Leisure and Egencia. Our Leisure segment, which consists of the aggregation of operating segments, provides a full range of travel and advertising services to our worldwide customers through a variety of brands including: Expedia.com and Hotels.com in the United States and localized Expedia and Hotels.com websites throughout the world, Expedia Affiliate Network, Hotwire.com, Venere, eLong, trivago and Classic Vacations. Our Egencia segment provides managed travel services to corporate customers in North America, Europe, and the Asia Pacific region.
	We determined our operating segments based on how our chief operating decision makers manage our business, make operating decisions and evaluate operating performance. Our primary operating metric is adjusted EBITDA. Adjusted EBITDA for our Leisure and Egencia segments includes allocations of certain expenses, primarily cost of revenue and facilities, and our Leisure segment includes the total costs of our global supply organizations as well as the realized foreign currency gains or losses related to the forward contracts hedging a component of our net merchant hotel revenue. We base the allocations primarily on transaction volumes and other usage metrics. We do not allocate certain shared expenses such as accounting, human resources, information technology and legal to our reportable segments. We include these expenses in Corporate. Our allocation methodology is periodically evaluated and may change.
	Corporate also includes unallocated corporate functions and expenses. In addition, we record amortization of intangible assets and any related impairment, as well as stock-based compensation expense, restructuring charges, legal reserves, occupancy tax and other, and other items excluded from segment operating performance in Corporate. Such amounts are detailed in our segment reconciliation below.
	The following tables present our segment information for the three months ended March 31, 2014 and 2013. As a significant portion of our property and equipment is not allocated to our operating segments and depreciation is not included in our segment measure, we do not report the assets by segment as it would not be meaningful. We do not regularly provide such information to our chief operating decision makers.
		Three months ended March 31, 2014
		Leisure			Egencia			Corporate			Total
		(In thousands)
	Revenue	$	1,100,133		$	100,238		$	—		$	1,200,371
	Adjusted EBITDA	$	181,486		$	16,321		$	(91,036	)	$	106,771
	Depreciation		(30,513	)		(4,655	)		(26,966	)		(62,134	)
	Amortization of intangible assets		—			—			(18,492	)		(18,492	)
	Stock-based compensation		—			—			(24,821	)		(24,821	)
	Legal reserves, occupancy tax and other		—			—			(3,539	)		(3,539	)
	Realized gain on revenue hedges		(783	)		—			—			(783	)
	Operating income (loss)	$	150,190		$	11,666		$	(164,854	)		(2,998	)
	Other expense, net											(16,487	)
	Loss before income taxes											(19,485	)
	Provision for income taxes											(319	)
	Net loss											(19,804	)
	Net loss attributable to noncontrolling interests											5,500
	Net loss attributable to Expedia, Inc.										$	(14,304	)
		Three months ended March 31, 2013
		Leisure			Egencia			Corporate			Total
		(In thousands)
	Revenue	$	923,848		$	88,519		$	—		$	1,012,367
	Adjusted EBITDA	$	178,098		$	12,128		$	(85,098	)	$	105,128
	Depreciation		(23,061	)		(3,697	)		(22,108	)		(48,866	)
	Amortization of intangible assets		—			—			(12,570	)		(12,570	)
	Stock-based compensation		—			—			(75,078	)		(75,078	)
	Acquisition-related and other		—			—			(9,829	)		(9,829	)
	Legal reserves, occupancy tax and other		—			—			(61,558	)		(61,558	)
	Realized gain on revenue hedges		(2,855	)		—			—			(2,855	)
	Operating income (loss)	$	152,182		$	8,431		$	(266,241	)		(105,628	)
	Other expense, net											(13,643	)
	Loss before income taxes											(119,271	)
	Provision for income taxes											11,903
	Net loss											(107,368	)
	Net loss attributable to noncontrolling interests											3,142
	Net loss attributable to Expedia, Inc.										$	(104,226	)

Guarantor_and_NonGuarantor_Sup

Guarantor and Non-Guarantor Supplemental Financial Information	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2014
Guarantor and Non-Guarantor Supplemental Financial Information	'
	Note 11 – Guarantor and Non-Guarantor Supplemental Financial Information
	Condensed consolidating financial information of Expedia, Inc. (the “Parent”), our subsidiaries that are guarantors of our debt facility and instruments (the “Guarantor Subsidiaries”), and our subsidiaries that are not guarantors of our debt facility and instruments (the “Non-Guarantor Subsidiaries”) is shown below. The debt facility and instruments are guaranteed by certain of our wholly-owned domestic subsidiaries and rank equally in right of payment with all of our existing and future unsecured and unsubordinated obligations. The guarantees are full, unconditional, joint and several with the exception of certain customary automatic subsidiary release provisions. In this financial information, the Parent and Guarantor Subsidiaries account for investments in their wholly-owned subsidiaries using the equity method.
	We revised the prior year condensed consolidating statement of cash flows to reclassify certain transfers from related parties more appropriately classified as financing activities from operating activities between the Guarantor and Non-Guarantor Subsidiaries. There was no impact to the consolidated statement of cash flows, or to total cash flows of the Guarantors and Non-Guarantor subsidiaries, as a result of these changes.
	CONDENSED CONSOLIDATING STATEMENT OF OPERATION
	Three months ended March 31, 2014
		Parent			Guarantor			Non-Guarantor			Eliminations			Consolidated
					Subsidiaries			Subsidiaries
		(In thousands)
	Revenue	$	—		$	949,684		$	276,477		$	(25,790	)	$	1,200,371
	Costs and expenses:
	Cost of revenue		—			231,981			61,314			1,324			294,619
	Selling and marketing		—			424,135			227,772			(27,208	)		624,699
	Technology and content		—			114,925			47,821			229			162,975
	General and administrative		—			33,477			65,703			(135	)		99,045
	Amortization of intangible assets		—			482			18,010			—			18,492
	Legal reserves, occupancy tax and other		—			3,539			—			—			3,539
	Intercompany (income) expense, net		—			188,223			(188,223	)		—			—
	Operating income (loss)		—			(47,078	)		44,080			—			(2,998	)
	Other income (expense):
	Equity in pre-tax earnings (losses) of consolidated subsidiaries		(1,266	)		39,786			—			(38,520	)		—
	Other, net		(20,679	)		(36,259	)		40,451			—			(16,487	)
	Total other income (expense), net		(21,945	)		3,527			40,451			(38,520	)		(16,487	)
	Income (loss) before income taxes		(21,945	)		(43,551	)		84,531			(38,520	)		(19,485	)
	Provision for income taxes		7,641			44,727			(52,687	)		—			(319	)
	Net income (loss)		(14,304	)		1,176			31,844			(38,520	)		(19,804	)
	Net loss attributable to noncontrolling interests		—			—			5,500			—			5,500
	Net income (loss) attributable to Expedia, Inc.	$	(14,304	)	$	1,176		$	37,344		$	(38,520	)	$	(14,304	)
	Comprehensive income (loss) attributable to Expedia, Inc.	$	(14,304	)	$	1,416		$	47,199		$	(38,520	)	$	(4,209	)
	CONDENSED CONSOLIDATING STATEMENT OF OPERATION
	Three months ended March 31, 2013
		Parent			Guarantor			Non-Guarantor			Eliminations			Consolidated
					Subsidiaries			Subsidiaries
		(In thousands)
	Revenue	$	—		$	850,099		$	167,135		$	(4,867	)	$	1,012,367
	Costs and expenses:
	Cost of revenue		—			195,480			54,422			679			250,581
	Selling and marketing		—			355,966			145,783			(5,594	)		496,155
	Technology and content		—			98,963			39,317			3			138,283
	General and administrative		—			57,629			34,702			45			92,376
	Amortization of intangible assets		—			1,313			11,257			—			12,570
	Acquistion-related and other		—			—			66,472			—			66,472
	Legal reserves, occupancy tax and other		—			61,558			—			—			61,558
	Intercompany (income) expense, net		—			162,444			(162,444	)		—			—
	Operating loss		—			(83,254	)		(22,374	)		—			(105,628	)
	Other income (expense):
	Equity in pre-tax losses of consolidated subsidiaries		(93,275	)		(38,328	)		—			131,603			—
	Other, net		(20,883	)		2,967			4,273			—			(13,643	)
	Total other income (expense), net		(114,158	)		(35,361	)		4,273			131,603			(13,643	)
	Loss before income taxes		(114,158	)		(118,615	)		(18,101	)		131,603			(119,271	)
	Provision for income taxes		9,932			26,705			(24,734	)		—			11,903
	Net loss		(104,226	)		(91,910	)		(42,835	)		131,603			(107,368	)
	Net loss attributable to noncontrolling interests		—			—			3,142			—			3,142
	Net loss attributable to Expedia, Inc.	$	(104,226	)	$	(91,910	)	$	(39,693	)	$	131,603		$	(104,226	)
	Comprehensive loss attributable to Expedia, Inc.	$	(104,226	)	$	(92,125	)	$	(58,282	)	$	131,603		$	(123,030	)
	CONDENSED CONSOLIDATING BALANCE SHEET
	31-Mar-14
		Parent			Guarantor			Non-Guarantor			Eliminations			Consolidated
					Subsidiaries			Subsidiaries
		(In thousands)
	ASSETS
	Total current assets	$	163,009		$	4,037,161		$	1,065,961		$	(1,951,177	)	$	3,314,954
	Investment in subsidiaries		4,544,570			1,411,586			—			(5,956,156	)		—
	Intangible assets, net		—			639,352			469,912			—			1,109,264
Goodwill		—			2,436,533			1,267,923			—			3,704,456
Other assets, net		3,888			521,468			234,347			—			759,703
TOTAL ASSETS	$	4,711,467		$	9,046,100		$	3,038,143		$	(7,907,333	)	$	8,888,377
LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY
Total current liabilities	$	1,356,103		$	4,060,520		$	983,809		$	(1,951,177	)	$	4,449,255
Long-term debt		1,249,430			—			—			—			1,249,430
Other liabilities		—			425,865			657,893			—			1,083,758
Stockholders’ equity		2,105,934			4,559,715			1,396,441			(5,956,156	)		2,105,934
TOTAL LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY	$	4,711,467		$	9,046,100		$	3,038,143		$	(7,907,333	)	$	8,888,377
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATING BALANCE SHEET
31-Dec-13
	Parent			Guarantor			Non-Guarantor			Eliminations			Consolidated
				Subsidiaries			Subsidiaries
	(In thousands)
ASSETS
Total current assets	$	155,368		$	2,970,417		$	986,293		$	(1,892,791	)	$	2,219,287
Investment in subsidiaries		4,622,473			1,454,747			—			(6,077,220	)		—
Intangible assets, net		—			639,834			471,207			—			1,111,041
Goodwill		—			2,436,533			1,227,141			—			3,663,674
Other assets, net		4,069			538,572			202,838			—			745,479
TOTAL ASSETS	$	4,781,910		$	8,040,103		$	2,887,479		$	(7,970,011	)	$	7,739,481
LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY
Total current liabilities	$	1,273,513		$	2,970,916		$	942,743		$	(1,892,791	)	$	3,294,381
Long-term debt		1,249,412			—			—			—			1,249,412
Other liabilities		—			432,877			503,826			—			936,703
Stockholders’ equity		2,258,985			4,636,310			1,440,910			(6,077,220	)		2,258,985
TOTAL LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY	$	4,781,910		$	8,040,103		$	2,887,479		$	(7,970,011	)	$	7,739,481
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATING STATEMENT OF CASH FLOWS
Three months ended March 31, 2014
	Parent			Guarantor			Non-Guarantor			Consolidated
				Subsidiaries			Subsidiaries
	(In thousands)
Operating activities:
Net cash provided by operating activities	$	—		$	907,990		$	63,448		$	971,438
Investing activities:
Capital expenditures, including internal-use software and website development		—			(62,763	)		(11,986	)		(74,749	)
Purchases of investments		—			(399,521	)		(95,856	)		(495,377	)
Sales and maturities of investments		—			56,398			79,271			135,669
Other, net		—			1,358			(504	)		854
Net cash used in investing activities		—			(404,528	)		(29,075	)		(433,603	)
Financing activities:
Purchases of treasury stock		(121,865	)		—			—			(121,865	)
Transfers (to) from related parties		82,239			(82,239	)		—			—
Other, net		39,626			3,794			241			43,661
Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities		—			(78,445	)		241			(78,204	)
Effect of exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents		—			2,433			969			3,402
Net increase in cash and cash equivalents		—			427,450			35,583			463,033
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period		—			606,683			414,350			1,021,033
Cash and cash equivalents at end of period	$	—		$	1,034,133		$	449,933		$	1,484,066
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATING STATEMENT OF CASH FLOWS
Three months ended March 31, 2013
	Parent			Guarantor			Non-Guarantor			Consolidated
				Subsidiaries			Subsidiaries
	(In thousands)
Operating activities:
Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities	$	—		$	905,757		$	(24,668	)	$	881,089
Investing activities:
Capital expenditures, including internal-use software and website development		—			(57,350	)		(29,806	)		(87,156	)
Purchases of investments		—			(532,019	)		(66,108	)		(598,127	)
Sales and maturities of investments		—			166,023			79,221			245,244
Acquisitions, net of cash acquired		—			—			(540,489	)		(540,489	)
Other, net		—			5,808			—			5,808
Net cash used in investing activities		—			(417,538	)		(557,182	)		(974,720	)
Financing activities:
Purchases of treasury stock		(117,672	)		—			—			(117,672	)
Proceeds from issuance of treasury stock		25,273			—			—			25,273
Transfers (to) from related parties		70,918			(690,735	)		619,817			—
Other, net		21,481			(7,750	)		317			14,048
Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities		—			(698,485	)		620,134			(78,351	)
Effect of exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents		—			(37,808	)		(573	)		(38,381	)
Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents		—			(248,074	)		37,711			(210,363	)
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period		—			1,007,156			286,005			1,293,161
Cash and cash equivalents at end of period	$	—		$	759,082		$	323,716		$	1,082,798

Basis_of_Presentation_Policies

Basis of Presentation (Policies)	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2014
Basis of Presentation	'
	Basis of Presentation
	These accompanying financial statements present our results of operations, financial position and cash flows on a consolidated basis. The unaudited consolidated financial statements include Expedia, Inc., our wholly-owned subsidiaries, and entities we control, or in which we have a variable interest and are the primary beneficiary of expected cash profits or losses. We have eliminated significant intercompany transactions and accounts.
	Expedia has a variable interest in Travelocity resulting from an exclusive, long-term strategic marketing agreement entered into in the third quarter of 2013, and our exposure to loss under this arrangement is primarily commercial in nature, the maximum of which cannot be quantified.
	We have prepared the accompanying unaudited consolidated financial statements in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States (“GAAP”) for interim financial reporting. We have included all adjustments necessary for a fair presentation of the results of the interim period. These adjustments consist of normal recurring items. Our interim unaudited consolidated financial statements are not necessarily indicative of results that may be expected for any other interim period or for the full year. These interim unaudited consolidated financial statements should be read in conjunction with the audited consolidated financial statements and related notes included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2013, previously filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
Accounting Estimates	'
	Accounting Estimates
	We use estimates and assumptions in the preparation of our interim unaudited consolidated financial statements in accordance with GAAP. Our estimates and assumptions affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities as of the date of our interim unaudited consolidated financial statements. These estimates and assumptions also affect the reported amount of net income or loss during any period. Our actual financial results could differ significantly from these estimates. The significant estimates underlying our interim unaudited consolidated financial statements include revenue recognition; recoverability of current and long-lived assets, intangible assets and goodwill; income and transactional taxes, such as potential settlements related to occupancy and excise taxes; loss contingencies; loyalty program liabilities; redeemable noncontrolling interests; stock-based compensation and accounting for derivative instruments.
Reclassifications	'
	Reclassifications
	We have reclassified certain amounts related to our prior period results to conform to our current period presentation.

Fair_Value_Measurements_Tables

Fair Value Measurements (Tables)	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2014
Financial Assets and Liabilities Measured at Fair Value on Recurring Basis	'
	Financial assets measured at fair value on a recurring basis as of March 31, 2014 are classified using the fair value hierarchy in the table below:
		Total		Level 1		Level 2
		(In thousands)
	Assets
	Cash equivalents:
	Money market funds	$	457,377	$	457,377	$	—
	Time deposits		171,088		—		171,088
	Restricted cash:
	Time deposits		16,651		—		16,651
	Investments:
	Time deposits		647,442		—		647,442
	Corporate debt securities		160,314		—		160,314
	Total assets	$	1,452,872	$	457,377	$	995,495
	Liabilities
	Derivatives:
	Foreign currency forward contracts	$	8,099	$	—	$	8,099
	Financial assets and liabilities measured at fair value on a recurring basis as of December 31, 2013 are classified using the fair value hierarchy in the table below:
		Total		Level 1		Level 2
		(In thousands)
	Assets
	Cash equivalents:
	Money market funds	$	229,425	$	229,425	$	—
	Time deposits		138,956		—		138,956
	Restricted cash:
	Time deposits		17,085		—		17,085
	Derivatives:
	Foreign currency forward contracts		2,225		—		2,225
	Investments:
	Time deposits		258,308		—		258,308
	Corporate debt securities		200,386		—		200,386
	Total assets	$	846,385	$	229,425	$	616,960

Debt_Tables

Debt (Tables)	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2014
Long Term Debt Outstanding	'
	The following table sets forth our outstanding debt:
		March 31,		December 31,
		2014		2013
		(In thousands)
	7.456% senior notes due 2018	$	500,000	$	500,000
	5.95% senior notes due 2020, net of discount		749,430		749,412
	Long-term debt	$	1,249,430	$	1,249,412

Redeemable_Noncontrolling_Inte1

Redeemable Noncontrolling Interests (Tables)	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2014
Reconciliation of Redeemable Noncontrolling Interest	'
	additional shares of the company. A reconciliation of redeemable noncontrolling interest is as follows:
		Three months ended
		March 31,
		2014
		(in thousands)
	Balance, beginning of the period	$	364,871
	Net loss attributable to noncontrolling interests		(3,284	)
	Fair value adjustments		91,065
	Currency translation adjustments and other		38,502
	Balance, end of period	$	491,154

Stockholders_Equity_Tables

Stockholders' Equity (Tables)	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2014
Summary of Dividends Declared	'
	The Executive Committee, acting on behalf of the Board of Directors, declared the following dividends during the periods presented:
	Declaration Date	Dividend			Record Date		Total Amount		Payment Date
		Per Share					(in  thousands)
	5-Feb-14	$	0.15			March 10, 2014	$	19,602		March 27, 2014
	5-Feb-13	$	0.13			11-Mar-13	$	17,983		28-Mar-13
Weighted Average Assumptions of Black-Scholes Option-Pricing Model	'
	The fair value of the stock options granted during the three months ended March 31, 2014 was estimated at the date of grant using the Black-Scholes option-pricing model with the following weighted average assumptions:
	Risk-free interest rate		1.12	%
	Expected volatility		43.02	%
	Expected life (in years)		4.08
	Dividend yield		0.76	%
	Weighted-average estimated fair value of options granted	$	25.91

Segment_Information_Tables

Segment Information (Tables)	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2014
Operating Segment Information	'
	The following tables present our segment information for the three months ended March 31, 2014 and 2013. As a significant portion of our property and equipment is not allocated to our operating segments and depreciation is not included in our segment measure, we do not report the assets by segment as it would not be meaningful. We do not regularly provide such information to our chief operating decision makers.
		Three months ended March 31, 2014
		Leisure			Egencia			Corporate			Total
		(In thousands)
	Revenue	$	1,100,133		$	100,238		$	—		$	1,200,371
	Adjusted EBITDA	$	181,486		$	16,321		$	(91,036	)	$	106,771
	Depreciation		(30,513	)		(4,655	)		(26,966	)		(62,134	)
	Amortization of intangible assets		—			—			(18,492	)		(18,492	)
	Stock-based compensation		—			—			(24,821	)		(24,821	)
	Legal reserves, occupancy tax and other		—			—			(3,539	)		(3,539	)
	Realized gain on revenue hedges		(783	)		—			—			(783	)
	Operating income (loss)	$	150,190		$	11,666		$	(164,854	)		(2,998	)
	Other expense, net											(16,487	)
	Loss before income taxes											(19,485	)
	Provision for income taxes											(319	)
	Net loss											(19,804	)
	Net loss attributable to noncontrolling interests											5,500
	Net loss attributable to Expedia, Inc.										$	(14,304	)
		Three months ended March 31, 2013
		Leisure			Egencia			Corporate			Total
		(In thousands)
	Revenue	$	923,848		$	88,519		$	—		$	1,012,367
	Adjusted EBITDA	$	178,098		$	12,128		$	(85,098	)	$	105,128
	Depreciation		(23,061	)		(3,697	)		(22,108	)		(48,866	)
	Amortization of intangible assets		—			—			(12,570	)		(12,570	)
	Stock-based compensation		—			—			(75,078	)		(75,078	)
	Acquisition-related and other		—			—			(9,829	)		(9,829	)
	Legal reserves, occupancy tax and other		—			—			(61,558	)		(61,558	)
	Realized gain on revenue hedges		(2,855	)		—			—			(2,855	)
	Operating income (loss)	$	152,182		$	8,431		$	(266,241	)		(105,628	)
	Other expense, net											(13,643	)
	Loss before income taxes											(119,271	)
	Provision for income taxes											11,903
	Net loss											(107,368	)
	Net loss attributable to noncontrolling interests											3,142
	Net loss attributable to Expedia, Inc.										$	(104,226	)

Guarantor_and_NonGuarantor_Sup1

Guarantor and Non-Guarantor Supplemental Financial Information (Tables)	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2014
Schedule of Statement of Operations Information	'
	CONDENSED CONSOLIDATING STATEMENT OF OPERATION
	Three months ended March 31, 2014
		Parent			Guarantor			Non-Guarantor			Eliminations			Consolidated
					Subsidiaries			Subsidiaries
		(In thousands)
	Revenue	$	—		$	949,684		$	276,477		$	(25,790	)	$	1,200,371
	Costs and expenses:
	Cost of revenue		—			231,981			61,314			1,324			294,619
	Selling and marketing		—			424,135			227,772			(27,208	)		624,699
	Technology and content		—			114,925			47,821			229			162,975
	General and administrative		—			33,477			65,703			(135	)		99,045
	Amortization of intangible assets		—			482			18,010			—			18,492
	Legal reserves, occupancy tax and other		—			3,539			—			—			3,539
	Intercompany (income) expense, net		—			188,223			(188,223	)		—			—
	Operating income (loss)		—			(47,078	)		44,080			—			(2,998	)
	Other income (expense):
	Equity in pre-tax earnings (losses) of consolidated subsidiaries		(1,266	)		39,786			—			(38,520	)		—
	Other, net		(20,679	)		(36,259	)		40,451			—			(16,487	)
	Total other income (expense), net		(21,945	)		3,527			40,451			(38,520	)		(16,487	)
	Income (loss) before income taxes		(21,945	)		(43,551	)		84,531			(38,520	)		(19,485	)
	Provision for income taxes		7,641			44,727			(52,687	)		—			(319	)
	Net income (loss)		(14,304	)		1,176			31,844			(38,520	)		(19,804	)
	Net loss attributable to noncontrolling interests		—			—			5,500			—			5,500
	Net income (loss) attributable to Expedia, Inc.	$	(14,304	)	$	1,176		$	37,344		$	(38,520	)	$	(14,304	)
	Comprehensive income (loss) attributable to Expedia, Inc.	$	(14,304	)	$	1,416		$	47,199		$	(38,520	)	$	(4,209	)
	CONDENSED CONSOLIDATING STATEMENT OF OPERATION
	Three months ended March 31, 2013
		Parent			Guarantor			Non-Guarantor			Eliminations			Consolidated
					Subsidiaries			Subsidiaries
		(In thousands)
	Revenue	$	—		$	850,099		$	167,135		$	(4,867	)	$	1,012,367
	Costs and expenses:
	Cost of revenue		—			195,480			54,422			679			250,581
	Selling and marketing		—			355,966			145,783			(5,594	)		496,155
	Technology and content		—			98,963			39,317			3			138,283
	General and administrative		—			57,629			34,702			45			92,376
	Amortization of intangible assets		—			1,313			11,257			—			12,570
	Acquistion-related and other		—			—			66,472			—			66,472
	Legal reserves, occupancy tax and other		—			61,558			—			—			61,558
	Intercompany (income) expense, net		—			162,444			(162,444	)		—			—
	Operating loss		—			(83,254	)		(22,374	)		—			(105,628	)
	Other income (expense):
	Equity in pre-tax losses of consolidated subsidiaries		(93,275	)		(38,328	)		—			131,603			—
	Other, net		(20,883	)		2,967			4,273			—			(13,643	)
	Total other income (expense), net		(114,158	)		(35,361	)		4,273			131,603			(13,643	)
	Loss before income taxes		(114,158	)		(118,615	)		(18,101	)		131,603			(119,271	)
	Provision for income taxes		9,932			26,705			(24,734	)		—			11,903
	Net loss		(104,226	)		(91,910	)		(42,835	)		131,603			(107,368	)
	Net loss attributable to noncontrolling interests		—			—			3,142			—			3,142
	Net loss attributable to Expedia, Inc.	$	(104,226	)	$	(91,910	)	$	(39,693	)	$	131,603		$	(104,226	)
	Comprehensive loss attributable to Expedia, Inc.	$	(104,226	)	$	(92,125	)	$	(58,282	)	$	131,603		$	(123,030	)
Schedule of Balance Sheet Information	'
	CONDENSED CONSOLIDATING BALANCE SHEET
	31-Mar-14
		Parent			Guarantor			Non-Guarantor			Eliminations			Consolidated
					Subsidiaries			Subsidiaries
		(In thousands)
	ASSETS
	Total current assets	$	163,009		$	4,037,161		$	1,065,961		$	(1,951,177	)	$	3,314,954
	Investment in subsidiaries		4,544,570			1,411,586			—			(5,956,156	)		—
	Intangible assets, net		—			639,352			469,912			—			1,109,264
	Goodwill		—			2,436,533			1,267,923			—			3,704,456
	Other assets, net		3,888			521,468			234,347			—			759,703
	TOTAL ASSETS	$	4,711,467		$	9,046,100		$	3,038,143		$	(7,907,333	)	$	8,888,377
	LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY
	Total current liabilities	$	1,356,103		$	4,060,520		$	983,809		$	(1,951,177	)	$	4,449,255
	Long-term debt		1,249,430			—			—			—			1,249,430
	Other liabilities		—			425,865			657,893			—			1,083,758
	Stockholders’ equity		2,105,934			4,559,715			1,396,441			(5,956,156	)		2,105,934
	TOTAL LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY	$	4,711,467		$	9,046,100		$	3,038,143		$	(7,907,333	)	$	8,888,377
	CONDENSED CONSOLIDATING BALANCE SHEET
	31-Dec-13
		Parent			Guarantor			Non-Guarantor			Eliminations			Consolidated
					Subsidiaries			Subsidiaries
		(In thousands)
	ASSETS
	Total current assets	$	155,368		$	2,970,417		$	986,293		$	(1,892,791	)	$	2,219,287
	Investment in subsidiaries		4,622,473			1,454,747			—			(6,077,220	)		—
	Intangible assets, net		—			639,834			471,207			—			1,111,041
	Goodwill		—			2,436,533			1,227,141			—			3,663,674
	Other assets, net		4,069			538,572			202,838			—			745,479
	TOTAL ASSETS	$	4,781,910		$	8,040,103		$	2,887,479		$	(7,970,011	)	$	7,739,481
	LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY
	Total current liabilities	$	1,273,513		$	2,970,916		$	942,743		$	(1,892,791	)	$	3,294,381
	Long-term debt		1,249,412			—			—			—			1,249,412
	Other liabilities		—			432,877			503,826			—			936,703
	Stockholders’ equity		2,258,985			4,636,310			1,440,910			(6,077,220	)		2,258,985
	TOTAL LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY	$	4,781,910		$	8,040,103		$	2,887,479		$	(7,970,011	)	$	7,739,481
Schedule of Cash Flow Statement Information	'
	CONDENSED CONSOLIDATING STATEMENT OF CASH FLOWS
	Three months ended March 31, 2014
		Parent			Guarantor			Non-Guarantor			Consolidated
					Subsidiaries			Subsidiaries
		(In thousands)
	Operating activities:
	Net cash provided by operating activities	$	—		$	907,990		$	63,448		$	971,438
	Investing activities:
	Capital expenditures, including internal-use software and website development		—			(62,763	)		(11,986	)		(74,749	)
	Purchases of investments		—			(399,521	)		(95,856	)		(495,377	)
	Sales and maturities of investments		—			56,398			79,271			135,669
	Other, net		—			1,358			(504	)		854
	Net cash used in investing activities		—			(404,528	)		(29,075	)		(433,603	)
	Financing activities:
	Purchases of treasury stock		(121,865	)		—			—			(121,865	)
	Transfers (to) from related parties		82,239			(82,239	)		—			—
	Other, net		39,626			3,794			241			43,661
	Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities		—			(78,445	)		241			(78,204	)
	Effect of exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents		—			2,433			969			3,402
	Net increase in cash and cash equivalents		—			427,450			35,583			463,033
	Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period		—			606,683			414,350			1,021,033
	Cash and cash equivalents at end of period	$	—		$	1,034,133		$	449,933		$	1,484,066
	CONDENSED CONSOLIDATING STATEMENT OF CASH FLOWS
	Three months ended March 31, 2013
		Parent			Guarantor			Non-Guarantor			Consolidated
					Subsidiaries			Subsidiaries
		(In thousands)
	Operating activities:
	Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities	$	—		$	905,757		$	(24,668	)	$	881,089
	Investing activities:
	Capital expenditures, including internal-use software and website development		—			(57,350	)		(29,806	)		(87,156	)
	Purchases of investments		—			(532,019	)		(66,108	)		(598,127	)
	Sales and maturities of investments		—			166,023			79,221			245,244
	Acquisitions, net of cash acquired		—			—			(540,489	)		(540,489	)
	Other, net		—			5,808			—			5,808
	Net cash used in investing activities		—			(417,538	)		(557,182	)		(974,720	)
	Financing activities:
	Purchases of treasury stock		(117,672	)		—			—			(117,672	)
	Proceeds from issuance of treasury stock		25,273			—			—			25,273
	Transfers (to) from related parties		70,918			(690,735	)		619,817			—
	Other, net		21,481			(7,750	)		317			14,048
	Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities		—			(698,485	)		620,134			(78,351	)
	Effect of exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents		—			(37,808	)		(573	)		(38,381	)
	Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents		—			(248,074	)		37,711			(210,363	)
	Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period		—			1,007,156			286,005			1,293,161
	Cash and cash equivalents at end of period	$	—		$	759,082		$	323,716		$	1,082,798

Acquisitions_Additional_Inform

Acquisitions - Additional Information (Detail)	3 Months Ended		0 Months Ended	3 Months Ended			3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2013		Mar. 08, 2013	Mar. 31, 2014	Mar. 31, 2013	Mar. 08, 2013	Mar. 31, 2018	Mar. 31, 2016
	USD ($)		Trivago	Trivago	Trivago	Trivago	Trivago	Trivago
			USD ($)		USD ($)	EUR (€)	Scenario, Forecast	Scenario, Forecast
							Maximum	Maximum
Business Acquisition [Line Items]	'		'	'	'	'	'	'
Percentage of equity position acquired	'		'	'	63.00%	'	'	'
Percentage of fully diluted basis acquired	'		'	'	61.60%	'	'	'
Business acquisition, total cash paid	'		$564,000,000	'	'	€ 434,000,000	'	'
Business acquisition, cash consideration paid to shareholders	'		554,000,000	'	'	'	'	'
Business acquisition, cash paid to settle portion of employee compensation plan	9,829,000		9,829,000	'	'	'	'	'
Business acquisition, common stock consideration, shares	'		875,200	'	'	'	'	'
Business acquisition, amount expensed at acquisition	66,472,000	[1]	'	'	66,472,000	'	'	'
Stock-based compensation	'		'	'	$56,643,000	'	'	'
Business acquisition, increment of shares issued during the period	'		'	175,040	'	'	'	'
Minority shareholders right to sell on remaining shares of trivago	'		'	'	'	'	100.00%	50.00%
[1]	Includes stock-based compensation as follows: Cost of revenue $ 1,202 $ 1,061 Selling and marketing 5,335 4,265 Technology and content 5,558 5,395 General and administrative 12,726 7,714 Acquisition-related and other - 56,643

Financial_Assets_and_Liabiliti

Financial Assets and Liabilities Measured at Fair Value on Recurring Basis (Detail) (Recurring Basis, USD $)	Mar. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013
In Thousands, unless otherwise specified
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]	'	'
Total assets	$1,452,872	$846,385
Foreign Exchange Forward Contracts	'	'
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]	'	'
Foreign currency forward contracts, Liabilities	8,099	'
Foreign currency forward contracts, Assets	'	2,225
Money Market Funds	'	'
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]	'	'
Cash equivalents	457,377	229,425
Time Deposits	'	'
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]	'	'
Cash equivalents	171,088	138,956
Restricted cash	16,651	17,085
Investments	647,442	258,308
Corporate Debt Securities	'	'
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]	'	'
Investments	160,314	200,386
Fair Value, Inputs, Level 1	'	'
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]	'	'
Total assets	457,377	229,425
Fair Value, Inputs, Level 1 | Money Market Funds	'	'
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]	'	'
Cash equivalents	457,377	229,425
Fair Value, Inputs, Level 2	'	'
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]	'	'
Total assets	995,495	616,960
Fair Value, Inputs, Level 2 | Foreign Exchange Forward Contracts	'	'
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]	'	'
Foreign currency forward contracts, Liabilities	8,099	'
Foreign currency forward contracts, Assets	'	2,225
Fair Value, Inputs, Level 2 | Time Deposits	'	'
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]	'	'
Cash equivalents	171,088	138,956
Restricted cash	16,651	17,085
Investments	647,442	258,308
Fair Value, Inputs, Level 2 | Corporate Debt Securities	'	'
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]	'	'
Investments	$160,314	$200,386

Fair_Value_Measurements_Additi

Fair Value Measurements - Additional Information (Detail) (USD $)	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2014	Mar. 31, 2013	Dec. 31, 2013
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]	'	'	'
Available for sale investments, short-term	$40,000,000	'	$67,000,000
Available for sale investments, long-term	120,000,000	'	133,000,000
Gross unrealized gains	1,000,000	'	1,000,000
Gross unrealized losses	1,000,000	'	1,000,000
Net gains (losses) from foreign currency forward contracts	-8,000,000	13,000,000	'
Foreign Exchange Forward Contracts	'	'	'
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]	'	'	'
Notional amount of foreign currency derivatives	794,000,000	'	'
Recurring Basis | Foreign Exchange Forward Contracts	'	'	'
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]	'	'	'
Foreign currency forward contracts, Assets	'	'	2,225,000
Foreign currency forward contracts, Liability	8,099,000	'	'
Balance held by majority-owned subsidiaries	'	'	'
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]	'	'	'
Time deposits held by company's majority-owned subsidiaries	$276,000,000	'	$283,000,000

Long_Term_Debt_Outstanding_Det

Long Term Debt Outstanding (Detail) (USD $)	Mar. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013
In Thousands, unless otherwise specified
Debt Instrument [Line Items]	'	'
Long-term debt	$1,249,430	$1,249,412
7.456% Senior Notes Due 2018	'	'
Debt Instrument [Line Items]	'	'
Long-term debt	500,000	500,000
5.95% Senior Notes Due 2020	'	'
Debt Instrument [Line Items]	'	'
Long-term debt	$749,430	$749,412

Debt_Additional_Information_De

Debt - Additional Information (Detail) (USD $)	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013
Debt Instrument [Line Items]	'	'
Accrued interest related to senior notes	$10,000,000	$31,000,000
Credit Facility	'	'
Debt Instrument [Line Items]	'	'
Unsecured revolving credit facility	1,000,000,000	'
Line of credit facility, expiration date	'2017-11	'
Credit facility borrowings outstanding	0	0
Interest, on drawn amount	'LIBOR plus 150 basis points	'
Commitment fee on undrawn amounts	0.20%	'
Letters of credit issued under the credit facility	19,000,000	19,000,000
Credit Facility | London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR)	'	'
Debt Instrument [Line Items]	'	'
Basis points added to LIBOR rate	1.50%	'
5.95% Senior Notes Due 2020	'	'
Debt Instrument [Line Items]	'	'
Senior unsecured notes principal amount	750,000,000	'
Senior notes, maturity date	'2020-08	'
Senior notes, interest rate	5.95%	'
Senior notes redemption price percentage at the option of company	100.00%	'
Redemption at option of Company	'We may redeem the 5.95% Notes at a redemption price of 100% of the principal plus accrued interest, plus a "make-whole" premium, in whole or in part.	'
Senior notes issued price percentage	99.89%	'
Fair value of senior notes	835,000,000	816,000,000
7.456% Senior Notes Due 2018	'	'
Debt Instrument [Line Items]	'	'
Senior unsecured notes principal amount	500,000,000	'
Senior notes, maturity date	'2018-08	'
Senior notes, interest rate	7.46%	'
Senior notes redemption price percentage at the option of company	100.00%	'
Redemption at option of Company	'At any time Expedia may redeem the 7.456% Notes at a redemption price of 100% of the principal plus accrued interest, plus a "make-whole" premium, in whole or in part.	'
Fair value of senior notes	$591,000,000	$587,000,000

Reconciliation_of_Redeemable_N

Reconciliation of Redeemable Noncontrolling Interest (Detail) (USD $)	3 Months Ended
In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	Mar. 31, 2014
Redeemable Noncontrolling Interest [Line Items]	'
Balance, beginning of the period	$364,871
Net loss attributable to noncontrolling interests	-3,284
Fair value adjustments	91,065
Currency translation adjustments and other	38,502
Balance, end of period	$491,154

Summary_of_Dividends_Declared_

Summary of Dividends Declared (Detail) (USD $)	3 Months Ended
In Thousands, except Per Share data, unless otherwise specified	Mar. 31, 2014	Mar. 31, 2013
Dividends Payable [Line Items]	'	'
Payment of dividends to stockholders	$19,602	$17,983
5-Feb-14	'	'
Dividends Payable [Line Items]	'	'
Declaration Date	5-Feb-14	'
Dividend Per Share	$0.15	'
Record Date	10-Mar-14	'
Payment of dividends to stockholders	19,602	'
Payment Date	27-Mar-14	'
5-Feb-13	'	'
Dividends Payable [Line Items]	'	'
Declaration Date	'	5-Feb-13
Dividend Per Share	'	$0.13
Record Date	'	11-Mar-13
Payment of dividends to stockholders	'	$17,983
Payment Date	'	28-Mar-13

Stockholders_Equity_Additional

Stockholders Equity - Additional Information (Detail) (USD $)	3 Months Ended		3 Months Ended		0 Months Ended
In Millions, except Per Share data, unless otherwise specified	Mar. 31, 2014	Apr. 30, 2012	Mar. 31, 2014	Mar. 31, 2014	Apr. 30, 2014
			Stock Options	RSUs	Subsequent Event
				Maximum	Dividend Declared
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]	'	'	'	'	'
Dividends declaration date	'	'	'	'	30-Apr-14
Dividends per share	'	'	'	'	$0.15
Dividend payment date	'	'	'	'	19-Jun-14
Dividend record date	'	'	'	'	30-May-14
Authorized share repurchase	'	20	'	'	'
Stock repurchased, shares	1.7	'	'	'	'
Stock repurchased, value	$122	'	'	'	'
Average repurchase price per share	$72.11	'	'	'	'
Shares authorized and remaining under the repurchase program	7.1	'	'	'	'
Stock-based awards outstanding	18	'	'	'	'
Stock-based awards outstanding, options	'	'	18	'	'
Stock-based awards outstanding, options, weighted average exercise price	'	'	$46.35	'	'
Stock-based awards outstanding, options, weighted average remaining life	'	'	'4 years 8 months 12 days	'	'
Stock-based awards outstanding, RSUs	'	'	'	1	'
Stock options granted during the period	'	'	4	'	'

Weighted_Average_Assumptions_o

Weighted Average Assumptions of Black-Scholes Option-Pricing Model (Detail) (USD $)	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2014
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]	'
Risk-free interest rate	1.12%
Expected volatility	43.02%
Expected life (in years)	'4 years 29 days
Dividend yield	0.76%
Weighted-average estimated fair value of options granted	$25.91

Earnings_Per_Share_Additional_

Earnings Per Share - Additional Information (Detail)	3 Months Ended
In Millions, unless otherwise specified	Mar. 31, 2014	Mar. 31, 2013
Antidilutive Securities Excluded from Computation of Earnings Per Share [Line Items]	'	'
Outstanding stock awards excluded from calculation of diluted earnings (loss) per share	18	19

Income_Taxes_Additional_Inform

Income Taxes - Additional Information (Detail) (USD $)	3 Months Ended
In Millions, unless otherwise specified	Mar. 31, 2014
Income Taxes [Line Items]	'
Effective interest rate of federal statutory income tax rate	35.00%
Effective tax rate	-1.60%
Income tax examination statute of limitations expiration date	30-Jun-14
Reasonably possible decrease in liability related to uncertain tax positions within twelve months of the current reporting date	$23

Commitments_and_Contingencies_

Commitments and Contingencies - Additional Information (Detail) (USD $)

12 Months Ended

12 Months Ended

0 Months Ended

3 Months Ended

12 Months Ended

3 Months Ended

In Millions, unless otherwise specified

Dec. 31, 2013

Dec. 31, 2012

Mar. 31, 2014

Dec. 31, 2013

Dec. 31, 2013

Dec. 31, 2013

20-May-13

Dec. 09, 2013

Dec. 09, 2013

Mar. 31, 2014

Mar. 31, 2014

Dec. 31, 2009

Mar. 31, 2014

Mar. 31, 2014

Dec. 31, 2013

HAWAII

HAWAII

HAWAII

HAWAII

HAWAII

HAWAII

HAWAII

HAWAII

HAWAII

Travelocity

City of San Francisco

City of San Francisco

Matters relating to hotel booking practices

Litigation relating to occupancy tax

Litigation relating to occupancy tax

Litigation Related to Other Taxes

Litigation Related to Other Taxes

Litigation Related to Other Taxes

Litigation Related to Other Taxes

Litigation Related to Other Taxes

Litigation Related to Other Taxes

2012 Tax Assessment

2000 through 2012

2000 through 2012

Minimum

LegalMatter

Excise Tax Related Liabilities

Penalties

Accrued Interest

Litigation Related to Other Taxes

Litigation Related to Other Taxes

Litigation Related to Other Taxes

LegalMatter

Duplicative Assessment

Loss Contingencies [Line Items]

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'

'

'

'

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'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

Put right held by Sabre, exercisable period

'

'

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'

'

'

'

'24 months

'

'

'

'

'

Put right exercise window

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'2016

'

'

'

'

'

Number of lawsuits filed by cities, counties and states involving hotel occupancy taxes

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

86

'

Number of lawsuits currently active

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

34

'

Number of lawsuits dismissed to date

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

36

'

Number of dismissals based on finding that defendant was not subject to local hotel occupancy tax or the local government lacked standing to pursue claims

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

22

'

Reserve for legal contingencies

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

$50

$46

Tax assessments

'

'

'

'

'

'

20.5

29.2

9.3

'

24

'

'

'

'

Pay-to-play occupancy and other tax payments

171

'

'

78

41

52

'

'

'

'

'

48

'

'

'

Litigation relating to general excise tax, expense

64

110

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

Estimate of possible amounts in excess of accrual

'

'

$38

'

'

'

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'

'

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'

'

'

'

Number of Putative class action law suits

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

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'

30

'

'

Segment_Information_Additional

Segment Information - Additional Information (Detail)	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2014
	Segment
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]	'
Number of reportable segments	2

Segment_Information_Detail

Segment Information (Detail) (USD $)	3 Months Ended
In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	Mar. 31, 2014	Mar. 31, 2013
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]	'	'
Revenue	$1,200,371	$1,012,367
Adjusted EBITDA	106,771	105,128
Depreciation	-62,134	-48,866
Amortization of intangible assets	-18,492	-12,570
Stock-based compensation	-24,821	-75,078
Acquisition-related and other	'	-9,829
Legal reserves, occupancy tax and other	-3,539	-61,558
Realized (gain) loss on revenue hedges	-783	-2,855
Operating income (loss)	-2,998	-105,628
Other expense, net	-16,487	-13,643
Loss before income taxes	-19,485	-119,271
Provision for income taxes	-319	11,903
Net loss	-19,804	-107,368
Net loss attributable to noncontrolling interests	5,500	3,142
Net loss attributable to Expedia, Inc.	-14,304	-104,226
Operating Segments | Leisure	'	'
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]	'	'
Revenue	1,100,133	923,848
Adjusted EBITDA	181,486	178,098
Depreciation	-30,513	-23,061
Realized (gain) loss on revenue hedges	-783	-2,855
Operating income (loss)	150,190	152,182
Operating Segments | Egencia	'	'
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]	'	'
Revenue	100,238	88,519
Adjusted EBITDA	16,321	12,128
Depreciation	-4,655	-3,697
Operating income (loss)	11,666	8,431
Corporate, Non-Segment	'	'
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]	'	'
Adjusted EBITDA	-91,036	-85,098
Depreciation	-26,966	-22,108
Amortization of intangible assets	-18,492	-12,570
Stock-based compensation	-24,821	-75,078
Acquisition-related and other	'	-9,829
Legal reserves, occupancy tax and other	-3,539	-61,558
Operating income (loss)	($164,854)	($266,241)

Schedule_of_Statement_of_Opera

Schedule of Statement of Operations Information (Detail) (USD $)	3 Months Ended
In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	Mar. 31, 2014		Mar. 31, 2013
Condensed Financial Statements, Captions [Line Items]	'		'
Revenue	$1,200,371		$1,012,367
Costs and expenses:	'		'
Cost of revenue	294,619	[1]	250,581	[1]
Selling and marketing	624,699	[1]	496,155	[1]
Technology and content	162,975	[1]	138,283	[1]
General and administrative	99,045	[1]	92,376	[1]
Amortization of intangible assets	18,492		12,570
Acquistion-related and other	'		66,472	[1]
Legal reserves, occupancy tax and other	3,539		61,558
Operating income (loss)	-2,998		-105,628
Other income (expense):	'		'
Other, net	-16,487		-13,643
Total other expense, net	-16,487		-13,643
Income (loss) before income taxes	-19,485		-119,271
Provision for income taxes	-319		11,903
Net income (loss)	-19,804		-107,368
Net (income) loss attributable to noncontrolling interests	5,500		3,142
Net income (loss) attributable to Expedia, Inc.	-14,304		-104,226
Comprehensive income (loss) attributable to Expedia, Inc.	-4,209		-123,030
Parent	'		'
Other income (expense):	'		'
Equity in pre-tax earnings (losses) of consolidated subsidiaries	-1,266		-93,275
Other, net	-20,679		-20,883
Total other expense, net	-21,945		-114,158
Income (loss) before income taxes	-21,945		-114,158
Provision for income taxes	7,641		9,932
Net income (loss)	-14,304		-104,226
Net income (loss) attributable to Expedia, Inc.	-14,304		-104,226
Comprehensive income (loss) attributable to Expedia, Inc.	-14,304		-104,226
Guarantor Subsidiaries	'		'
Condensed Financial Statements, Captions [Line Items]	'		'
Revenue	949,684		850,099
Costs and expenses:	'		'
Cost of revenue	231,981		195,480
Selling and marketing	424,135		355,966
Technology and content	114,925		98,963
General and administrative	33,477		57,629
Amortization of intangible assets	482		1,313
Legal reserves, occupancy tax and other	3,539		61,558
Intercompany (income) expense, net	188,223		162,444
Operating income (loss)	-47,078		-83,254
Other income (expense):	'		'
Equity in pre-tax earnings (losses) of consolidated subsidiaries	39,786		-38,328
Other, net	-36,259		2,967
Total other expense, net	3,527		-35,361
Income (loss) before income taxes	-43,551		-118,615
Provision for income taxes	44,727		26,705
Net income (loss)	1,176		-91,910
Net income (loss) attributable to Expedia, Inc.	1,176		-91,910
Comprehensive income (loss) attributable to Expedia, Inc.	1,416		-92,125
Non-Guarantor Subsidiaries	'		'
Condensed Financial Statements, Captions [Line Items]	'		'
Revenue	276,477		167,135
Costs and expenses:	'		'
Cost of revenue	61,314		54,422
Selling and marketing	227,772		145,783
Technology and content	47,821		39,317
General and administrative	65,703		34,702
Amortization of intangible assets	18,010		11,257
Acquistion-related and other	'		66,472
Intercompany (income) expense, net	-188,223		-162,444
Operating income (loss)	44,080		-22,374
Other income (expense):	'		'
Other, net	40,451		4,273
Total other expense, net	40,451		4,273
Income (loss) before income taxes	84,531		-18,101
Provision for income taxes	-52,687		-24,734
Net income (loss)	31,844		-42,835
Net (income) loss attributable to noncontrolling interests	5,500		3,142
Net income (loss) attributable to Expedia, Inc.	37,344		-39,693
Comprehensive income (loss) attributable to Expedia, Inc.	47,199		-58,282
Eliminations	'		'
Condensed Financial Statements, Captions [Line Items]	'		'
Revenue	-25,790		-4,867
Costs and expenses:	'		'
Cost of revenue	1,324		679
Selling and marketing	-27,208		-5,594
Technology and content	229		3
General and administrative	-135		45
Other income (expense):	'		'
Equity in pre-tax earnings (losses) of consolidated subsidiaries	-38,520		131,603
Total other expense, net	-38,520		131,603
Income (loss) before income taxes	-38,520		131,603
Net income (loss)	-38,520		131,603
Net income (loss) attributable to Expedia, Inc.	-38,520		131,603
Comprehensive income (loss) attributable to Expedia, Inc.	($38,520)		$131,603
[1]	Includes stock-based compensation as follows: Cost of revenue $ 1,202 $ 1,061 Selling and marketing 5,335 4,265 Technology and content 5,558 5,395 General and administrative 12,726 7,714 Acquisition-related and other - 56,643

Schedule_of_Balance_Sheet_Info

Schedule of Balance Sheet Information (Detail) (USD $)	Mar. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013
In Thousands, unless otherwise specified
ASSETS	'	'
Total current assets	$3,314,954	$2,219,287
Intangible assets, net	1,109,264	1,111,041
Goodwill	3,704,456	3,663,674
Other assets, net	759,703	745,479
TOTAL ASSETS	8,888,377	7,739,481
LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY	'	'
Total current liabilities	4,449,255	3,294,381
Long-term debt	1,249,430	1,249,412
Other liabilities	1,083,758	936,703
Stockholders' equity	2,105,934	2,258,985
TOTAL LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY	8,888,377	7,739,481
Parent	'	'
ASSETS	'	'
Total current assets	163,009	155,368
Investment in subsidiaries	4,544,570	4,622,473
Other assets, net	3,888	4,069
TOTAL ASSETS	4,711,467	4,781,910
LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY	'	'
Total current liabilities	1,356,103	1,273,513
Long-term debt	1,249,430	1,249,412
Stockholders' equity	2,105,934	2,258,985
TOTAL LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY	4,711,467	4,781,910
Guarantor Subsidiaries	'	'
ASSETS	'	'
Total current assets	4,037,161	2,970,417
Investment in subsidiaries	1,411,586	1,454,747
Intangible assets, net	639,352	639,834
Goodwill	2,436,533	2,436,533
Other assets, net	521,468	538,572
TOTAL ASSETS	9,046,100	8,040,103
LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY	'	'
Total current liabilities	4,060,520	2,970,916
Other liabilities	425,865	432,877
Stockholders' equity	4,559,715	4,636,310
TOTAL LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY	9,046,100	8,040,103
Non-Guarantor Subsidiaries	'	'
ASSETS	'	'
Total current assets	1,065,961	986,293
Intangible assets, net	469,912	471,207
Goodwill	1,267,923	1,227,141
Other assets, net	234,347	202,838
TOTAL ASSETS	3,038,143	2,887,479
LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY	'	'
Total current liabilities	983,809	942,743
Other liabilities	657,893	503,826
Stockholders' equity	1,396,441	1,440,910
TOTAL LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY	3,038,143	2,887,479
Eliminations	'	'
ASSETS	'	'
Total current assets	-1,951,177	-1,892,791
Investment in subsidiaries	-5,956,156	-6,077,220
TOTAL ASSETS	-7,907,333	-7,970,011
LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY	'	'
Total current liabilities	-1,951,177	-1,892,791
Stockholders' equity	-5,956,156	-6,077,220
TOTAL LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY	($7,907,333)	($7,970,011)

Schedule_of_Cash_Flow_Statemen

Schedule of Cash Flow Statement Information (Detail) (USD $)	3 Months Ended
In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	Mar. 31, 2014	Mar. 31, 2013
Operating activities:	'	'
Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities	$971,438	$881,089
Investing activities:	'	'
Capital expenditures, including internal-use software and website development	-74,749	-87,156
Purchases of investments	-495,377	-598,127
Sales and maturities of investments	135,669	245,244
Acquisitions, net of cash acquired	'	-540,489
Other, net	854	5,808
Net cash used in investing activities	-433,603	-974,720
Financing activities:	'	'
Purchases of treasury stock	-121,865	-117,672
Proceeds from issuance of treasury stock	'	25,273
Other, net	43,661	14,048
Net cash used in financing activities	-78,204	-78,351
Effect of exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents	3,402	-38,381
Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents	463,033	-210,363
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period	1,021,033	1,293,161
Cash and cash equivalents at end of period	1,484,066	1,082,798
Parent	'	'
Financing activities:	'	'
Purchases of treasury stock	-121,865	-117,672
Proceeds from issuance of treasury stock	'	25,273
Transfers (to) from related parties	82,239	70,918
Other, net	39,626	21,481
Guarantor Subsidiaries	'	'
Operating activities:	'	'
Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities	907,990	905,757
Investing activities:	'	'
Capital expenditures, including internal-use software and website development	-62,763	-57,350
Purchases of investments	-399,521	-532,019
Sales and maturities of investments	56,398	166,023
Other, net	1,358	5,808
Net cash used in investing activities	-404,528	-417,538
Financing activities:	'	'
Transfers (to) from related parties	-82,239	-690,735
Other, net	3,794	-7,750
Net cash used in financing activities	-78,445	-698,485
Effect of exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents	2,433	-37,808
Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents	427,450	-248,074
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period	606,683	1,007,156
Cash and cash equivalents at end of period	1,034,133	759,082
Non-Guarantor Subsidiaries	'	'
Operating activities:	'	'
Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities	63,448	-24,668
Investing activities:	'	'
Capital expenditures, including internal-use software and website development	-11,986	-29,806
Purchases of investments	-95,856	-66,108
Sales and maturities of investments	79,271	79,221
Acquisitions, net of cash acquired	'	-540,489
Other, net	-504	'
Net cash used in investing activities	-29,075	-557,182
Financing activities:	'	'
Transfers (to) from related parties	'	619,817
Other, net	241	317
Net cash used in financing activities	241	620,134
Effect of exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents	969	-573
Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents	35,583	37,711
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period	414,350	286,005
Cash and cash equivalents at end of period	$449,933	$323,716