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                                                                    EXHIBIT 23.1

                          INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' CONSENT

We consent to the inclusion of our report dated January 26, 2001, except as to
Note 15 which is as of February 22, 2001, with respect to the consolidated
balance sheets of Galileo International, Inc. and subsidiaries as of December
31, 2000 and 1999 and the related consolidated statements of income,
stockholders' equity, and cash flows for each of the years in the three-year
period ended December 31, 2000, and to the incorporation by reference in
Registration Statement Nos. 333-11035, 333-17323, 333-17411, 333-20391,
333-23063, 333-26927, 333-35707, 333-35709, 333-45155, 333-45227, 333-49405,
333-78447, 333-86469, 333-59244, 333-59246, and 333-59742 of Cendant Corporation
on Form S-3, Registration Statement Nos. 33-74066, 33-91658, 333-00475,
333-03237, 33-58896, 33-91656, 333-03241, 33-26875, 33-75682, 33-93322,
33-93372, 33-75684, 33-80834, 33-74068, 33-41823, 33-48175, 333-09633,
333-09655, 333-09637, 333-22003, 333-30649, 333-42503, 333-34517-2, 333-42549,
333-45183, 333-47537, 333-69505, 333-75303, 333-78475, 333-38638, 333-51544,
333-58670, and 333-71250 of Cendant Corporation on Form S-8, and Registration
Statement No. 333-64738 of Cendant Corporation on Form S-4 under the Securities
Act of 1933 of such report which appears in the Form 8-K of Cendant Corporation
dated October 12, 2001.


/s/ KPMG LLP
Chicago, Illinois
October 11, 2001