Registration No. 333-               

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM S-8

Registration Statement

Under the Securities Act of 1933

Travelzoo Inc.

(Exact Name of Registrant As Specified In Its Charter)

Nonqualified Stock Option Agreement

(Full Title of the Plan)

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company.  See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer” and “smaller reporting company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.  (Check one):

Large accelerated filer  ¨                                                                                                                         Accelerated filer                   x 

Non-accelerated filer   ¨  (Do not check if a smaller reporting company)                                                             Smaller reporting company ¨ 

CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE

 (1) This Registration Statement covers, in addition to the number of shares of Travelzoo Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company” or the “Registrant”), common stock, par value $0.01 per share (the “Common Stock”), stated above, options granted to Christopher Loughlin, Chief Executive Officer of the Registrant, in connection with his appointment as Chief Executive Officer, to purchase the 300,000 shares of Common Stock covered by this Registration Statement pursuant to a Nonqualified Stock Option Agreement between Mr. Loughlin and the Registrant, dated November 18, 2009, and, pursuant to Rule 416 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), an indeterminate number of additional shares as may be issuable as a result of a stock split, stock dividend or similar adjustment of the outstanding shares of Common Stock of the Registrant.

(2) Estimated pursuant to Rule 457(h) under the Securities Act, solely for the purpose of calculating the amount of the registration fee on the basis of the price at which the options may be exercised.

PART I

INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE

SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS

Item 1.  Plan Information.

                Information required by Part 1 of Form S-8 to be contained in the Section 10(a) prospectus is omitted from this Registration Statement in accordance with Rule 428 under the Securities Act, and the Note to the instructions to Part I of Form S-8.  

Item 2.  Registrant Information and Employee Plan Annual Information.

                Information required by Part 1 of Form S-8 to be contained in the Section 10(a) prospectus is omitted from this Registration Statement in accordance with Rule 428 under the Securities Act, and the Note to the instructions to Part I of Form S-8.

PART II

INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT

Item 3.   Incorporation of Documents by Reference. 

                The following documents filed by the Registrant pursuant to the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the “Exchange Act”) are incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement:

1. The Registrant’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2010 (File No. 000-50171);
2. The Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February 4, 2011 (File No. 000-50171); and
3. The description of the Registrant’s Common Stock, which is contained in the Registration Statement on Form 8-A, dated and filed on January 30, 2003 pursuant to Section 12 of the Exchange Act (File No. 000-50171).

                All documents subsequently filed by the Registrant pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act, prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities offered have been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement and to be a part hereof from the date of filing such documents.  Any statement contained in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated herein by reference shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this Registration Statement to the extent that a statement contained herein or in any other subsequently filed document which also is or is deemed to be incorporated by reference herein modifies or supersedes such statement.  Any statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this Registration Statement.

 Item 4.   Description of Securities.

Not applicable. 

 Item 5.   Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.

Not applicable.

 Item 6.   Indemnification of Directors and Officers.

                The Delaware General Corporation Law (the “DGCL”) permits the indemnification by a Delaware corporation of its directors, officers, employees and other agents against expenses (including attorneys’ fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement in connection with specified actions, suits or proceedings, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative (other than derivative actions which are by or in the right of the corporation) if they acted in good faith and in a manner they reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation, and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe their conduct was unlawful.  A similar standard of care is applicable in the case of derivative actions, except that indemnification only extends to expenses (including attorneys’ fees) incurred in connection with defense or settlement of such an action and requires court approval before there can be any indemnification where the person seeking indemnification has been found liable to the corporation.

        As permitted by Delaware law, the Registrant’s Certificate of Incorporation provides that no director of the Registrant will be personally liable to the Registrant or its stockholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director, except for liability (a) for any breach of duty of loyalty to the Registrant or to its stockholders, (b) for acts or omissions not in good faith or that involve intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law, (c) under Section 174 of the DGCL, or (d) for any transaction from which the director derived an improper personal benefit.

        The Registrant’s Certificate of Incorporation further provides that the Registrant must indemnify its directors and executive officers and may indemnify its other officers, employees and agents to the fullest extent permitted by Delaware law.  The Registrant believes that indemnification under its Certificate of Incorporation covers negligence and gross negligence on the part of indemnified parties.

        The Registrant has entered into indemnification agreements with each of its directors and officers.  These agreements, among other things, require the Registrant to indemnify such directors and officers for certain expenses (including attorneys’ fees), judgments, fines and settlement amounts incurred by any such person in any action, suit or proceeding, and any appeal therefrom, arising out of such person’s services as a director, officer, employee or agent of the Registrant or services provided at the request of the Registrant to another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan or other enterprise, or by reason of any action alleged to have been taken or omitted in such capacity.  In the case of a derivative action where the director or officer is found liable to the Registrant, no indemnification shall be made unless a court finds that the director or officer is fairly and reasonably entitled to indemnity for such expenses which the court shall deem proper.

        Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be permitted to directors, officers or persons controlling the Registrant pursuant to such provisions, the Registrant has been informed that in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in such Act and is therefore unenforceable.

Item 7.  Exemption From Registration Claimed.

Not applicable.

 Item 8.   Exhibits.  

See Exhibit Index.

  Item 9.   Undertakings.  

(a)     The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes:

1.   To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement:

i.     To include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act;

ii.   To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of this Registration Statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in this Registration Statement; and

iii.    To include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in this Registration Statement or any material change to such information in this Registration Statement;

provided however, that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) do not apply if the information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in reports filed with or furnished to the Commission by the Registrant pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act that are incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement.

2.   That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.

3.   To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering.

(b)          The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each filing of the Registrant’s annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act that is incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.

(c)          Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the Registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the Registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is, therefore, unenforceable.  In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the Registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the Registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being registered, the Registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized in the City of Mountain View, State of California on the 30^th day of March, 2011.

Power of Attorney

                Each person whose signature appears below hereby constitutes and appoints Wayne Lee as his or her true and lawful attorney in fact and agent for him or her and on his or her behalf and in his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities to sign any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments) to this Registration Statement, and to file the same, with exhibits and any and all other documents filed with respect thereto, with the Securities and Exchange Commission (or any other governmental or regulatory authority), granting unto said attorney full power and authority to do and to perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises in order to effectuate the same as fully to all intents and purposes as he or she might or could do if personally present, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorney in fact and agent may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

                Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.

EXHIBIT INDEX

          * Filed herewith