Guarantor and Non-Guarantor Consolidating Condensed Financial Statements - Consolidating Condensed Balance Sheets (Detail) (USD $) In Millions, unless otherwise specified	Sep. 30, 2013	Dec. 31, 2012	Sep. 30, 2012	Dec. 31, 2011
Current assets:
Cash and cash equivalents	$ 160	$ 110	$ 125	$ 124
Accounts receivable, net	214	150
Deferred income taxes	2	2
Other current assets	200	170
Total current assets	576	432
Investment in subsidiary/intercompany
Property and equipment, net	405	416
Goodwill	986	986	986	986
Trademarks and tradenames	314	314	314	314
Other intangible assets, net	678	717	740	810
Cash held as collateral	64	137
Investment in Orbitz Worldwide	15
Non-current deferred income tax	6	6
Other non-current assets	120	150
Total assets	3,164	3,158
Current liabilities:
Accounts payable	63	74
Accrued expenses and other current liabilities	596	537
Accrued expenses		537
Deferred income taxes	38	38
Current portion of long-term debt	38	38
Total current liabilities	735	687
Long-term debt	3,505	3,392
Deferred income taxes	9	7
Other non-current liabilities	284	274
Total liabilities	4,533	4,360
Total shareholders' equity/intercompany	(1,386)	(1,218)
Equity attributable to non-controlling interest in subsidiaries	17	16
Total equity	(1,369)	(1,202)
Total liabilities and equity	3,164	3,158
Parent Guarantor [Member]
Current assets:
Cash and cash equivalents
Accounts receivable, net
Deferred income taxes
Other current assets
Total current assets
Investment in subsidiary/intercompany	(1,372)	(1,203)
Property and equipment, net
Goodwill
Trademarks and tradenames
Other intangible assets, net
Cash held as collateral
Investment in Orbitz Worldwide
Non-current deferred income tax
Other non-current assets
Total assets	(1,372)	(1,203)
Current liabilities:
Accounts payable
Accrued expenses and other current liabilities	14
Accrued expenses		15
Deferred income taxes
Current portion of long-term debt
Total current liabilities	14	15
Long-term debt
Deferred income taxes
Other non-current liabilities
Total liabilities	14	15
Total shareholders' equity/intercompany	(1,386)	(1,218)
Equity attributable to non-controlling interest in subsidiaries
Total equity	(1,386)	(1,218)
Total liabilities and equity	(1,372)	(1,203)
Intermediate Parent Guarantor [Member]
Current assets:
Cash and cash equivalents
Accounts receivable, net
Deferred income taxes
Other current assets
Total current assets
Investment in subsidiary/intercompany	(1,474)	(1,269)
Property and equipment, net
Goodwill
Trademarks and tradenames
Other intangible assets, net
Cash held as collateral
Investment in Orbitz Worldwide	15
Non-current deferred income tax
Other non-current assets
Total assets	(1,459)	(1,269)
Current liabilities:
Accounts payable
Accrued expenses and other current liabilities
Accrued expenses
Deferred income taxes
Current portion of long-term debt
Total current liabilities
Long-term debt
Deferred income taxes
Other non-current liabilities
Total liabilities
Total shareholders' equity/intercompany	(1,459)	(1,269)
Equity attributable to non-controlling interest in subsidiaries
Total equity	(1,459)	(1,269)
Total liabilities and equity	(1,459)	(1,269)
Issuer [Member]
Current assets:
Cash and cash equivalents	86	33	49	57
Accounts receivable, net
Deferred income taxes
Other current assets	9	10
Total current assets	95	43
Investment in subsidiary/intercompany	1,893	1,837
Property and equipment, net
Goodwill
Trademarks and tradenames
Other intangible assets, net
Cash held as collateral	64	137
Investment in Orbitz Worldwide
Non-current deferred income tax
Other non-current assets	53	78
Total assets	2,105	2,095
Current liabilities:
Accounts payable
Accrued expenses and other current liabilities	117
Accrued expenses		110
Deferred income taxes
Current portion of long-term debt	16	20
Total current liabilities	133	130
Long-term debt	3,436	3,234
Deferred income taxes
Other non-current liabilities	10
Total liabilities	3,579	3,364
Total shareholders' equity/intercompany	(1,474)	(1,269)
Equity attributable to non-controlling interest in subsidiaries
Total equity	(1,474)	(1,269)
Total liabilities and equity	2,105	2,095
Guarantor Subsidiaries [Member]
Current assets:
Cash and cash equivalents	23	19	20	27
Accounts receivable, net	66	45
Deferred income taxes
Other current assets	41	33
Total current assets	130	97
Investment in subsidiary/intercompany
Property and equipment, net	381	392
Goodwill	960	960
Trademarks and tradenames	313	313
Other intangible assets, net	575	631
Cash held as collateral
Investment in Orbitz Worldwide
Non-current deferred income tax
Other non-current assets	38	44
Total assets	2,397	2,437
Current liabilities:
Accounts payable	35	47
Accrued expenses and other current liabilities	113
Accrued expenses		120
Deferred income taxes	38	38
Current portion of long-term debt	22	18
Total current liabilities	208	223
Long-term debt	69	158
Deferred income taxes	5	4
Other non-current liabilities	222	215
Total liabilities	504	600
Total shareholders' equity/intercompany	1,893	1,837
Equity attributable to non-controlling interest in subsidiaries
Total equity	1,893	1,837
Total liabilities and equity	2,397	2,437
Non-Guarantor Subsidiaries [Member]
Current assets:
Cash and cash equivalents	51	58	56	40
Accounts receivable, net	148	105
Deferred income taxes	2	2
Other current assets	150	127
Total current assets	351	292
Investment in subsidiary/intercompany
Property and equipment, net	24	24
Goodwill	26	26
Trademarks and tradenames	1	1
Other intangible assets, net	103	86
Cash held as collateral
Investment in Orbitz Worldwide
Non-current deferred income tax	6	6
Other non-current assets	29	28
Total assets	540	463
Current liabilities:
Accounts payable	28	27
Accrued expenses and other current liabilities	352
Accrued expenses		292
Deferred income taxes
Current portion of long-term debt
Total current liabilities	380	319
Long-term debt
Deferred income taxes	4	3
Other non-current liabilities	52	59
Total liabilities	436	381
Total shareholders' equity/intercompany	87	66
Equity attributable to non-controlling interest in subsidiaries	17	16
Total equity	104	82
Total liabilities and equity	540	463
Eliminations [Member]
Current assets:
Cash and cash equivalents
Accounts receivable, net
Deferred income taxes
Other current assets
Total current assets
Investment in subsidiary/intercompany	953	635
Property and equipment, net
Goodwill
Trademarks and tradenames
Other intangible assets, net
Cash held as collateral
Investment in Orbitz Worldwide
Non-current deferred income tax
Other non-current assets
Total assets	953	635
Current liabilities:
Accounts payable
Accrued expenses and other current liabilities
Accrued expenses
Deferred income taxes
Current portion of long-term debt
Total current liabilities
Long-term debt
Deferred income taxes
Other non-current liabilities
Total liabilities
Total shareholders' equity/intercompany	953	635
Equity attributable to non-controlling interest in subsidiaries
Total equity	953	635
Total liabilities and equity	$ 953	$ 635