When you want to provide location and dates controls for flight search on your site, our Simple Flight Search Widget gives you everything your user needs to start a search on Skyscanner.

 

NB: For best presentation on your landing page, ensure that the widget is in a container with a width of at least 250px, otherwise you may experience styling issues.

Important note: If you are using a Content Secure Policy Header to control resources on your website, please make sure you allow the following URLs: www.skyscanner.net, widgets.skyscanner.net, js.skyscnr.com, css.skyscnr.com.

 

Generating commissions with our Travel Widgets

Please note that in order to track your traffic and generate commission with our Travel Widgets, you'll have to be an approved partner on Impact and use the Travel Widget codes provided via Impact that have the correct tracking. Apply to join our affiliate programme here.

 

Widget Options

You can customize your widgets with localization, colours, text and more - see below for details on how to set these options.

skyscannerWidget

required

data-skyscanner-widget="SearchWidget"

Defines the widget type.

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SearchWidget

locale

recommended

data-locale="ru-RU"

Sets widget language.

You can use one of
"bg-BG", "ca-ES", "cs-CZ", "da-DK", "de-DE", "el-GR", "en-GB", "en-GG", "en-US", "es-ES", "es-MX", "fi-FI", "fr-BE", "fr-CH", "fr-FR", "hr-HR", "hu-HU", "id-ID", "it-CH", "it-IT", "ja-JP", "ko-KR", "ms-MY", "nb-NO", "nl-BE", "nl-NL", "pl-PL", "pt-BR", "pt-PT", "ro-RO", "ru-RU", "sk-SK", "sv-SE", "th-TH", "tl-PH", "tr-TR", "uk-UA", "vi-VN", "zh-CN", "zh-HK", "zh-SG", "zh-TW"

(Note: the "locale" value is case-sensitive)

Four letter locale code

"en-GB"

market

recommended

data-market="AU"

Sets the target Skyscanner domain.

(Note: this will impact flights shown based on local market restrictions and inventory)

Two letter country code

"UK"

currency

recommended

data-currency="USD"

Sets the currency to display upon redirect to Skyscanner search results

Three letter currency code

"GBP"

originName

optional

data-origin-name="Edinburgh"

Sets a fixed origin (from)

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Free text (Location name)

destinationName

optional

data-destination-name="Edinburgh"

Sets a fixed destination (to)

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Free text (Location name)

originIataCode

optional

data-origin-iata-code="LAX"

Sets a fixed origin aiport (from)

IATA code

destinationIataCode

optional

data-destination-iata-code="LAX"

Sets a fixed destination airport (to)

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IATA code

originGeoLookup

optional

data-origin-geo-lookup="true"

Uses GEO-IP to infer an origin (from)

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true / false

false

destinationGeoLookup

optional

data-destination-geo-lookup="true"

Uses GEO-IP to infer an destination (to)

true / false

false

originCoords

optional

data-origin-coords="55.944339,-3.1952956"

Sets origin nearest to given <latitude>,<longitude>

Comma separated pair of float numbers

destinationCoords

optional

data-destination-coords="55.944339,-3.1952956"

Sets destination nearest to given <latitude>,<longitude>

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Comma separated pair of float numbers

associateId

optional

data-associate-id="ABC_DEF_12345_56789"

Allows for tracking of widget exits.

You can obtain your associate ID from your account manager or by contacting us.

Affiliate ID string

"WIG_WBT_01426_00001"

target

optional

data-target="_self"

Opens the Skyscanner search results in the same window (_self) or new window (_blank)

One of "_self", "_blank"

"_blank"

flightType

optional

data-flight-type="return"

Sets default flight type.

One of "return", "one way"

"one way"

flightOutboundDate

optional

data-flight-outbound-date="2019-03-22"

Presets outbound flight date.

Date in the "YYYY-MM-DD" format

flightInboundDate

optional

data-flight-inbound-date="2019-03-25"

Presets inbound flight date

Date in the "YYYY-MM-DD" format

colour

optional

data-colour="solar"

Changes background colour of the widget.

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Preset color name or hex code

transparent

fontColour

optional

data-font-colour="#000"

Changes font colour of the widget.

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Preset color name or hex code

Autocalculated to contrast the background

buttonColour

optional

data-button-colour="dawn"

Changes background colour of the search button.

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Preset color name or hex code

Blue

buttonFontColour

optional

data-button-font-colour="#fff"

Changes font colour of the search button.

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Preset color name or hex code

Autocalculated to contrast the background of search button

buttonLabel

optional

data-button-label="Book now!"

Allows you to customise the button text shown in the widget.

Free text

"Search Flights"

buttonTextSize

optional

data-button-text-size="1.4"

Sets scale of text on the search button comparing to its default size.

Float number

1.4

arrowIcon

optional

data-arrow-icon="true"

Shows arrow icon instead of plane icon in the search button

true / false

false

poweredByLogoColour

optional

data-powered-by-logo-colour="light"

Changes colour of the Skyscanner logo.

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One of "default", "light", "dark"

"default"

poweredBySize

optional

data-powered-by-size="1.5"

Sets size (scale factor) of the "Powered by" text and Skyscanner logo comparing to default size.

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Float number

1

widgetPadding

optional

data-widget-padding="10px 12px"

Sets padding margins of the whole widget.

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A number in pixels or a value of CSS "padding" rule

0

widgetBorderRadius

optional

data-widget-border-radius="4"

Sets border rounding radius of the whole widget

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A number in pixels or a value of CSS "border-radius" rule

0

widgetScale

optional

data-widget-scale="1.3"

Scales the whole widget.
The value sets, how many times the widget must be as big as original size.

Float number

1

enablePlaceholders

optional

data-enable-placeholders="true"

Swaps 'from' and 'to' labels above inputs to placeholders on inputs, which will give a more streamlined look.

true / false

false

responsive

optional

data-responsive="true"

Makes the widget responsive and allows it to fit onto a single line (if wide enough)

Note: This hides the "Return/One way" radio buttons.

true / false

false

utmTerm

optional

data-utm-term="blog"

An additional alphanumeric tracking parameter that's reported in Impact as SubId2.

Alphanumeric value with a maximum length of 255

zIndex

optional

data-z-index="100"
The z-index of the widget container.

Number

500

webOnlyRedirects

optional

data-web-only-redirects="true"

Determines if travellers are redirected to the Skyscanner app. Setting it to true will prevent the initial redirect from opening the Skyscanner app.

true / false

false

 

Widget Builder

Here you can play around with parameters of widgets and construct Simple Flight Search Widget of your preference using the side panel on the left. There are many of them, make sure you find the right one for you!