Guarantor and Non-Guarantor Consolidating Condensed Financial Statements - Consolidating Condensed Balance Sheets (Detail) (USD $) In Millions, unless otherwise specified	Jun. 30, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013	Jun. 30, 2013	Dec. 31, 2012
Current assets:
Cash and cash equivalents	$ 93	$ 154	$ 117	$ 110
Accounts receivable, net	215	177
Deferred income taxes	1	1
Other current assets	112	134
Total current assets	421	466
Investment in subsidiary/intercompany
Property and equipment, net	413	428
Goodwill	1,000	986	986	986
Trademarks and tradenames	314	314	314	314
Other intangible assets, net	669	671	681	717
Cash held as collateral	70	79
Investment in Orbitz Worldwide	10	19
Deferred income tax	5	5
Other non-current assets	114	120
Total assets	3,016	3,088
Current liabilities:
Accounts payable	58	72
Accrued expenses and other current liabilities	555	540
Deferred income taxes	24	24
Current portion of long-term debt	46	45
Total current liabilities	683	681
Long-term debt	3,210	3,528
Deferred income taxes	24	18
Other non-current liabilities	168	172
Total liabilities	4,085	4,399
Total shareholders' equity (deficit)/intercompany	(1,088)	(1,330)
Equity attributable to non-controlling interest in subsidiaries	19	19
Total equity (deficit)/ intercompany	(1,069)	(1,311)
Total liabilities and equity	3,016	3,088
Parent Guarantor [Member]
Current assets:
Cash and cash equivalents
Accounts receivable, net
Deferred income taxes
Other current assets	2
Total current assets	2
Investment in subsidiary/intercompany	(1,081)	(1,315)
Property and equipment, net
Goodwill
Trademarks and tradenames
Other intangible assets, net
Cash held as collateral
Investment in Orbitz Worldwide
Deferred income tax
Other non-current assets
Total assets	(1,079)	(1,315)
Current liabilities:
Accounts payable
Accrued expenses and other current liabilities	9	15
Deferred income taxes
Current portion of long-term debt
Total current liabilities	9	15
Long-term debt
Deferred income taxes
Other non-current liabilities
Total liabilities	9	15
Total shareholders' equity (deficit)/intercompany	(1,088)	(1,330)
Equity attributable to non-controlling interest in subsidiaries
Total equity (deficit)/ intercompany	(1,088)	(1,330)
Total liabilities and equity	(1,079)	(1,315)
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	(1,266)	(1,426)
Property and equipment, net
Goodwill
Trademarks and tradenames
Other intangible assets, net
Cash held as collateral
Investment in Orbitz Worldwide	10	19
Deferred income tax
Other non-current assets
Total assets	(1,256)	(1,407)
Current liabilities:
Accounts payable
Accrued expenses and other current liabilities		1
Deferred income taxes
Current portion of long-term debt
Total current liabilities		1
Long-term debt
Deferred income taxes
Other non-current liabilities
Total liabilities		1
Total shareholders' equity (deficit)/intercompany	(1,256)	(1,408)
Equity attributable to non-controlling interest in subsidiaries
Total equity (deficit)/ intercompany	(1,256)	(1,408)
Total liabilities and equity	(1,256)	(1,407)
Issuer [Member]
Current assets:
Cash and cash equivalents	29	25	40	51
Accounts receivable, net
Deferred income taxes
Other current assets	3	7
Total current assets	32	32
Investment in subsidiary/intercompany	1,851	1,991
Property and equipment, net
Goodwill
Trademarks and tradenames
Other intangible assets, net
Cash held as collateral	70	79
Investment in Orbitz Worldwide
Deferred income tax
Other non-current assets	35	48
Total assets	1,988	2,150
Current liabilities:
Accounts payable
Accrued expenses and other current liabilities	91	104
Deferred income taxes
Current portion of long-term debt	16	16
Total current liabilities	107	120
Long-term debt	3,142	3,450
Deferred income taxes
Other non-current liabilities	5	6
Total liabilities	3,254	3,576
Total shareholders' equity (deficit)/intercompany	(1,266)	(1,426)
Equity attributable to non-controlling interest in subsidiaries
Total equity (deficit)/ intercompany	(1,266)	(1,426)
Total liabilities and equity	1,988	2,150
Guarantor Subsidiaries [Member]
Current assets:
Cash and cash equivalents	5	51	2	3
Accounts receivable, net	4	51
Deferred income taxes
Other current assets	20	26
Total current assets	29	128
Investment in subsidiary/intercompany
Property and equipment, net	390	405
Goodwill	960	960
Trademarks and tradenames	313	313
Other intangible assets, net	554	577
Cash held as collateral
Investment in Orbitz Worldwide
Deferred income tax
Other non-current assets	27	35
Total assets	2,273	2,418
Current liabilities:
Accounts payable	37	45
Accrued expenses and other current liabilities	136	124
Deferred income taxes	24	24
Current portion of long-term debt	30	29
Total current liabilities	227	222
Long-term debt	68	78
Deferred income taxes	19	14
Other non-current liabilities	108	113
Total liabilities	422	427
Total shareholders' equity (deficit)/intercompany	1,851	1,991
Equity attributable to non-controlling interest in subsidiaries
Total equity (deficit)/ intercompany	1,851	1,991
Total liabilities and equity	2,273	2,418
Non-Guarantor Subsidiaries [Member]
Current assets:
Cash and cash equivalents	59	78	75	56
Accounts receivable, net	211	126
Deferred income taxes	1	1
Other current assets	87	101
Total current assets	358	306
Investment in subsidiary/intercompany
Property and equipment, net	23	23
Goodwill	40	26
Trademarks and tradenames	1	1
Other intangible assets, net	115	94
Cash held as collateral
Investment in Orbitz Worldwide
Deferred income tax	5	5
Other non-current assets	52	37
Total assets	594	492
Current liabilities:
Accounts payable	21	27
Accrued expenses and other current liabilities	319	296
Deferred income taxes
Current portion of long-term debt
Total current liabilities	340	323
Long-term debt
Deferred income taxes	5	4
Other non-current liabilities	55	53
Total liabilities	400	380
Total shareholders' equity (deficit)/intercompany	175	93
Equity attributable to non-controlling interest in subsidiaries	19	19
Total equity (deficit)/ intercompany	194	112
Total liabilities and equity	594	492
Eliminations [Member]
Current assets:
Cash and cash equivalents
Accounts receivable, net
Deferred income taxes
Other current assets
Total current assets
Investment in subsidiary/intercompany	496	750
Property and equipment, net
Goodwill
Trademarks and tradenames
Other intangible assets, net
Cash held as collateral
Investment in Orbitz Worldwide
Deferred income tax
Other non-current assets
Total assets	496	750
Current liabilities:
Accounts payable
Accrued expenses and other current liabilities
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 (deficit)/intercompany	496	750
Equity attributable to non-controlling interest in subsidiaries
Total equity (deficit)/ intercompany	496	750
Total liabilities and equity	$ 496	$ 750