What is the site's URL?
https://www.travelocity.com
Does the site's home page validate?
Not at all... both the html and css files had major issues with multiple errors and warnings. It is still mind-boggling to me that a popular website like Travelocity can have so many errors/warnings and still function so well.
Find any other page on the site. Does the second page validate?
I tried the 'cars' subfile and there were a similar number of errors and warnings found.
Document how many validation errors and/or warnings may exist on each of the two pages you validate.
On the main page, I found 86 errors and 1186 warnings for the html validation and 52 errors and 1194 warnings for the css validation. note: I briefly noticed that the 86th error on the main page was fatal!? The 'cars' subfile had very similar results in both the validations. There were 90 html errors/1000+ warnings and there were 46 css errors/1198 warnings...it's dumbfounding to me..., don't these companies have IT guys?
How would you rate the site's design, on a scale of 1(horrible) to 10 (fantastic)? Why?
9.5 - The site is actually quite inviting and gets right to the reason of your visit. On the very top is a search engine for your planning of a long overdue trip to somewhere and find the best hotel, car rental, and/or airline reservations to cater to your trip plans. Just below that is a 'vacation quiz' that I imagine is used to tailor to your desires because right next to it is a link for 40% discounted vacations that is applied from the results of your vacation quiz. The design is 'in your face' kind of pproach, with lots of options to use and scroll to. Truly amazing considering how many errors and warnings were discovered...unbelievable, however, it gives me some hope that I could do this!
>How would you rate the site's usability on a scale of 1 (horrible) to 10 (fantastic)? Why?
9.5 - This site is a one-stop search engine for you to plan a trip, whether business or pleasure. It has many attractive features, such as no ads or sponsored content in the margins or between sections, allowing you to focus on the content! That alone had me smiling. Smiley miley is a pretty good sign of a pleasant experience surfing.
Does the site meet its purpose?
Heck yeah!