The travel challenge
Fares depend on point of sale, change by the minute, and live on heavily protected sites with heavy result pages. You need the right country, fast responses and sensible pacing. See travel fare aggregation proxies.
Side by side
| Rayobyte | Geonode | |
|---|---|---|
| Point-of-sale countries | 190+ | 150+ |
| Fast middle tier | Rotating ISP | None (static ISP only) |
| Residential price at modest volume | $3.50 to $2/GB | About $0.88/GB |
| Seasonal use | Confirm PAYG expiry | No expiry |
| Search sessions | Up to 120 minutes | Up to 24 hours |
| Hardest OTAs | Web Unblocker, Scraping API | Scraper API |
At the time of writing.
Speed: Rayobyte's rotating ISP
Fresh fares need fast collection. Rayobyte's rotating ISP pool gives ISP-registered IPs at datacenter speed, a strong fit for travel sites that accept ISP ranges. See Rayobyte for travel fares.
Cost and seasonality: Geonode
Result pages are heavy, so per-GB price matters, and travel research is often seasonal. Geonode's lower per-GB price and non-expiring bandwidth suit both. See Geonode for travel fares.
Residential tip: Many teams end up using more than one provider: Rayobyte for ZIP and ASN targeted residential traffic or its Scraping API, Geonode for non-expiring per-GB bandwidth and long sticky sessions. Start with Rayobyte for travel fare data.
Example
50,000 searches a month at 800 KB is about 40 GB: $140 on Rayobyte's smallest residential tier (or $100 for 50 GB), and roughly $35 on Geonode at its small-volume rate. Using JSON endpoints instead of full pages cuts both dramatically.
Which to choose
| Situation | Better fit |
|---|---|
| Speed-critical fare collection | Rayobyte rotating ISP |
| Budget residential collection | Geonode |
| Seasonal studies | Geonode |
| Unusual point-of-sale markets | Rayobyte |
With Webshare: travel fares across all three.
A real-world example
A corporate travel platform checks 5,000 routes daily from four points of sale. Airline APIs that accept datacenter traffic run on Rayobyte rotating datacenter. Two OTAs that block datacenter ranges but respond well to ISP IPs run on Rayobyte's rotating ISP pool for speed. A heavily protected metasearch site runs on Geonode residential with one short sticky session per search, and its seasonal peaks are covered by non-expiring bandwidth.
Proxy tip: To test the Geonode side of this comparison, a small residential balance from Geonode is enough, and it doesn't expire if you pause. See Geonode for travel fare data for its full product range.
Pros and cons for travel
Rayobyte
- Rotating ISP for fast fare collection.
- More listed point-of-sale countries.
- Higher residential price at modest volume.
Geonode
- Cheaper residential for heavy result pages.
- Non-expiring bandwidth for seasonal demand.
- No rotating ISP tier.
Rayobyte, Geonode and Webshare are three options among many. Our best proxies in 2026 guide explains how to match a proxy type to each task, and cheap proxies that work shows where budget providers fit. To understand the IP type behind this, read our residential proxies guide.
Budget tip: If you want a cheap proxy to try this with, Webshare has a free plan with 10 datacenter proxies and 1 GB of bandwidth a month, no card required. Paid lists let you pick proxy count, bandwidth and location. See Webshare for travel fare data.
Key takeaways
- Target the point-of-sale country on either provider.
- Rayobyte's rotating ISP pool is fast and travel-friendly.
- Geonode is cheaper for heavy residential pages and doesn't expire.
- Use a short sticky session per search.
FAQ
Which is better for flight scraping?
Rayobyte for speed with rotating ISP; Geonode for cheaper residential at modest volume.
Do fares differ by proxy country?
Yes, because of point-of-sale pricing.
How do I reduce bandwidth?
Fetch the JSON endpoints that load results instead of full pages.
Sources and further reading
Independent references that back up the points above, from standards bodies, governments, universities and non-profits. They open in a new tab.
- Bandwidth (computing) (Wikipedia): What bandwidth means, the unit most residential proxies are priced by.
- IPv4 Depletion and Transfers (ARIN): Background on IPv4 run-out, which is why IPv4 proxies cost more than IPv6.
- RFC 6585: Additional HTTP Status Codes (429 Too Many Requests) (IETF / RFC Editor): Defines status 429, the code sites send when you make too many requests.
- RFC 6265: HTTP State Management Mechanism (Cookies) (IETF / RFC Editor): The cookie standard, which ties a session together regardless of IP.
- Software Engineering Institute (Carnegie Mellon University): Carnegie Mellon's federally funded security research centre.
Editorial note: Proxy providers change their pools, features and prices often, so treat any figures here as typical ranges at the time of writing and confirm current terms with the provider before you buy.