Omio books trains, buses, and flights across Europe. With Pilot you can book your stays at private rates straight from hotels, and plan your whole multi-stop trip around the transport you book on Omio. Here is how they compare side by side.
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| Trustpilot rating | 4.4 ⭐ | 4.1 ⭐ |
| Multiple transportation types | YesDrop the trains, buses, and flights you booked into one itinerary with your hotels and plans | Yes |
| Member-only hotel rates | YesPrivate rates straight from hotels, the kind usually reserved for travel agents; Omio books transport, not stays | No |
| Book hotels in the app | YesBook your stay at private rates straight from hotels, the kind usually reserved for travel agents, saved with the rest of your trip | No |
| Customizable map pins and routes | YesSee every stop on one map; Omio sells you a ticket, it doesn't lay out the trip | No |
| Real-time collaborative editing | YesPlan it together with your group in one shared trip, editing at the same time | No |
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Omio books European trains, buses, and flights. Pilot lets you book your hotels at private rates straight from hotels, then helps you plan the whole trip around them, with everything for your group in one place.
| Feature | | |
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| Booking and savings | ||
| Member-only hotel rates | YesPrivate rates straight from hotels, the kind usually reserved for travel agents; Omio books transport, not stays | No |
| Book hotels in the app | YesBook your stay at private rates straight from hotels, the kind usually reserved for travel agents, saved with the rest of your trip | No |
| Planning the whole trip | ||
| Customizable map pins and routes | YesSee every stop on one map; Omio sells you a ticket, it doesn't lay out the trip | No |
| Real-time collaborative editing | YesPlan it together with your group in one shared trip, editing at the same time | No |
| Notes and checklists | YesKeep notes, lists, and links right alongside the plan, not scattered across tabs | No |
| Itinerary builder | YesMap out several stops or cities at once and reshape the trip however you want | No |
| Multiple transportation types | YesDrop the trains, buses, and flights you booked into one itinerary with your hotels and plans | Yes |
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Omio marks up prices, buries the checkout in fees and add-ons, and sells sponsored placement to whoever pays the most. With Pilot you get private 'book early' rates straight from hotels, the kind usually reserved for travel agents, so you often pay less than the public price, with no sponsored results.
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Plan, save, and book in one place. Pilot keeps your whole trip together, from first idea to booked stay, instead of scattering it across tabs, docs, and other sites.
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Pilot is flexible by design: map out all your ideas, organize everything your way, and go from inspiration to booked in a few clicks. Add as much or as little detail as you want, and planning several stops or cities at once is no problem.
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Omio has been around longer and put a lot into pages built to rank in search, which makes it look bigger by traffic. Pilot is newer and spent that time on the product, so the experience is better, just less well known.
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Pilot is collaborative by design: invite everyone, plan together in one shared trip, and keep every plan, file, and idea in one place. Omio can be used with others, but it is built more for planning on your own.
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Omio's app rates around 4.9 on the App Store and 4.8 on Google Play, and it sits around 4.1 on Trustpilot. Those scores cover its transport ticketing. For planning a whole multi-stop trip and booking the stays, that is not what Omio does. Pilot is rated 4.7 by 50,000+ travelers, who tell us they like having everything in one place, planning together without endless text chains, and being able to reach a real person on our team if something goes wrong.
Omio is a European train, bus, and flight booking app; it books transport tickets rather than hotels and doesn't plan the wider trip.
Pilot is a trip booking and planning app: a flexible itinerary with a map and notes, plus your hotel booked at private rates straight from hotels. Where Omio books the transport, Pilot books your hotels and plans the trip around it.
They work best side by side: Omio books a single transport ticket, while Pilot plans the whole trip and books the stays at private rates with no sponsored results. You can drop the transport you booked on Omio straight into a Pilot itinerary.
Yes, Omio is a real European transport booking platform (founded 2013) selling genuine train, bus, and flight tickets, rated about 4.1 on Trustpilot. It's a ticketing service, not a hotel booker, whereas Pilot books your hotels at private rates and plans the trip.
Omio is free to use but earns by marking up fares and adding service fees at checkout, so the price can be higher than booking the carrier directly. Pilot is completely free too, with private rates straight from hotels and no sponsored results.
Omio adds a margin to the fares it sells and charges service fees at checkout, so the price is usually above the carrier's own. Pilot earns from hotels when you book a stay, so the planner stays free and results are ranked for you.
No, Omio books European trains, buses, and flights, not hotels. That's the main reason to pair it with Pilot, which books 3,000,000+ hotels in the app at private rates and keeps the booking with the rest of your trip, for free.
Not really, Omio is built to sell a ticket between two points, so it doesn't lay out a multi-stop itinerary or let your group plan together. Pilot does all of that, with a map, notes, and your hotel bookings in one place.
Use Omio to buy a European train, bus, or flight ticket, and Pilot to plan the whole trip and book the stays at private rates, all free. They're not really either-or: Omio handles the transport, Pilot handles the stays and the planning around it.
Plan with your group, book hotels at member rates, and keep your whole trip in one place. Completely free.
