CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS - USD ($) shares in Thousands, $ in Thousands		12 Months Ended
		Dec. 31, 2016	Dec. 31, 2015	Dec. 31, 2014
Income Statement [Abstract]
Revenue		$ 8,773,564	$ 6,672,317	$ 5,763,485
Costs and expenses:
Cost of revenue	[1]	1,596,698	1,309,559	1,179,081
Selling and marketing	[1]	4,367,417	3,381,086	2,808,329
Technology and content	[1]	1,235,019	830,244	686,154
General and administrative	[1]	678,292	573,913	425,373
Amortization of intangible assets		317,141	156,458	76,773
Impairment of intangible assets		34,890	7,207	2,842
Legal reserves, occupancy tax and other		26,498	(104,587)	41,539
Restructuring and related reorganization charges	[1]	55,907	104,871	25,630
Operating income		461,702	413,566	517,764
Other income (expense):
Interest income		19,726	16,695	27,288
Interest expense		(173,148)	(126,195)	(98,089)
Gain on sale of business		0	508,810	0
Other, net		(31,680)	113,086	17,678
Total other income (expense), net		(185,102)	512,396	(53,123)
Income before income taxes		276,600	925,962	464,641
Provision for income taxes		(15,315)	(203,214)	(91,691)
Net income		261,285	722,748	372,950
Net loss attributable to non-controlling interests		20,563	41,717	25,147
Net income attributable to Expedia, Inc.		$ 281,848	$ 764,465	$ 398,097
Earnings per share attributable to Expedia, Inc. available to common stockholders:
Basic (in dollars per share)		$ 1.87	$ 5.87	$ 3.09
Diluted (in dollars per share)		$ 1.82	$ 5.70	$ 2.99
Shares used in computing earnings per share:
Basic (in shares)		150,367	130,159	128,912
Diluted (in shares)		154,517	134,018	133,168
Dividends declared per common share (in dollars per share)		$ 1	$ 0.84	$ 0.66

[1] (1) Includes stock-based compensation as follows: Cost of revenue$11,388 $5,307 $3,921Selling and marketing46,654 33,164 18,067Technology and content63,536 26,766 22,100General and administrative108,149 80,082 40,923Restructuring and related reorganization charges12,690 32,749 —