Related Party Transactions	12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2019
Related Party Transactions [Abstract]
Related Party Transactions	Related Party Transactions Ralph Bartel, who founded Travelzoo and who is a Director of the Company is the sole beneficiary of the Ralph Bartel 2005 Trust, which is the controlling shareholder of Azzurro Capital Inc.("Azzurro"). As of December 31, 2019, Azzurro is the Company's largest stockholder, holding approximately 47.8% of the Company's outstanding shares. Azzurro currently holds a proxy given to it by Holger Bartel that provides it with a total of 48.2% of the voting power. The Company granted Holger Bartel 400,000 stock options that vest through December 31, 2017 on September 28, 2015 and granted 400,000 stock options that vest through December 31, 2019 on October 30, 2017. On September 5, 2019, the Company granted 400,000 stock options that vest through December 31, 2021 on September 5, 2019. This grant is subject to approval by the shareholders of the Company at the 2020 annual meeting of shareholders and may be unwound if approval is not received. See Note 8 for further information. Holger Bartel is the brother of Ralph Bartel and is our Global Chief Executive Officer. In April 2018, the Company entered into an agreement with WeekenGO, a start-up company in Germany. The Company originally invested $3.0 million in WeekenGO for a 25% ownership interest in April 2018. In April 2019, the Company invested an additional $673,000 in WeekenGO and increased the Company's ownership interest to 26.6%. On February 11, 2020,Travelzoo signed an amended investment agreement with WeekenGO and agreed to invest an additional $1.7 million to increase the Company's ownership interest to 33.7% if WeekenGO meets certain internal targets. WeekenGO signed a $2.1 million insertion order for advertising with the Company in 2018. The Company’s advertising revenues from WeekenGO in the years ended December 31, 2019 and 2018 were $1.2 million and $319,000, respectively. Accounts receivable from WeekenGO as of December 31, 2019 and 2018 were $230,000 and $58,000, respectively, included in Accounts Receivable in the Consolidated Balance Sheets. On February 13, 2019, the Company entered into a SRA with Azzurro to repurchase an aggregate of 100,000 shares of the Company’s common stock for an aggregate purchase price of $1.6 million. The SRA provides that the purchase price is based on the five (5) day volume weighted average price calculated using the VWAP function on Bloomberg, from the dates of February 6, 2019 through and including February 12, 2019, minus a five percent (5%) discount. The Company’s board of directors established a special committee (the “Special Committee”), consisting of independent and disinterested directors who engaged independent legal counsel and an independent financial advisor, to authorize the transaction. On November 9, 2019, the Company entered into a SRA with Holger Bartel to repurchase an aggregate of 200,000 shares of the Company’s common stock for an aggregate purchase price of $2.0 million. The SRA provides that the purchase price is based on the 10-day volume weighted average price calculated using the VWAP function on Bloomberg, from the dates of October 22, 2019 through and including November 4, 2019, less 4.4%.

Related Party Transactions

Ralph Bartel, who founded Travelzoo and who is a Director of the Company is the sole beneficiary of the Ralph Bartel 2005 Trust, which is the controlling shareholder of Azzurro Capital Inc.("Azzurro"). As of December 31, 2019, Azzurro is the Company's largest stockholder, holding approximately 47.8% of the Company's outstanding shares. Azzurro currently holds a proxy given to it by Holger Bartel that provides it with a total of 48.2% of the voting power.

The Company granted Holger Bartel 400,000 stock options that vest through December 31, 2017 on September 28, 2015 and granted 400,000 stock options that vest through December 31, 2019 on October 30, 2017. On September 5, 2019, the Company granted 400,000 stock options that vest through December 31, 2021 on September 5, 2019. This grant is subject to approval by the shareholders of the Company at the 2020 annual meeting of shareholders and may be unwound if approval is not received. See Note 8 for further information. Holger Bartel is the brother of Ralph Bartel and is our Global Chief Executive Officer.

In April 2018, the Company entered into an agreement with WeekenGO, a start-up company in Germany. The Company originally invested $3.0 million in WeekenGO for a 25% ownership interest in April 2018. In April 2019, the Company invested an additional $673,000 in WeekenGO and increased the Company's ownership interest to 26.6%. On February 11, 2020,Travelzoo signed an amended investment agreement with WeekenGO and agreed to invest an additional $1.7 million to increase the Company's ownership interest to 33.7% if WeekenGO meets certain internal targets.

WeekenGO signed a $2.1 million insertion order for advertising with the Company in 2018. The Company’s advertising revenues from WeekenGO in the years ended December 31, 2019 and 2018 were $1.2 million and $319,000, respectively. Accounts receivable from WeekenGO as of December 31, 2019 and 2018 were $230,000 and $58,000, respectively, included in Accounts Receivable in the Consolidated Balance Sheets.

On February 13, 2019, the Company entered into a SRA with Azzurro to repurchase an aggregate of 100,000 shares of the Company’s common stock for an aggregate purchase price of $1.6 million. The SRA provides that the purchase price is based on the five (5) day volume weighted average price calculated using the VWAP function on Bloomberg, from the dates of February 6, 2019 through and including February 12, 2019, minus a five percent (5%) discount. The Company’s board of directors established a special committee (the “Special Committee”), consisting of independent and disinterested directors who engaged independent legal counsel and an independent financial advisor, to authorize the transaction.

On November 9, 2019, the Company entered into a SRA with Holger Bartel to repurchase an aggregate of 200,000 shares of the Company’s common stock for an aggregate purchase price of $2.0 million. The SRA provides that the purchase price is based on the 10-day volume weighted average price calculated using the VWAP function on Bloomberg, from the dates of October 22, 2019 through and including November 4, 2019, less 4.4%.