Help again! There are some great recommendations for hotels in this forum <BR>but where do I find the best web sites to <BR>view hotels and make reservations? Also <BR>I understand some have better rates for <BR>hotels than others. We are new retired <BR>travelers and really appreciate the help <BR>of this formum.

Here's a starter list of websites dealing with accommodations that I've used extensively. Do check the websites for the National and Regional tourist offices. You'll find links from each to sites dealing with accommodations. <BR> <BR>Austria <BR>www.aeiou.at <BR>www.atnet.co.at/tourism/vienna <BR>www.salzburginfo.at <BR>www.salzburg.nehotels.com <BR> <BR>Belgium: <BR>www.hotelstravel.com/belgium.htm <BR>Hotel Ter Duinen, Brugges website <BR> <BR>France: <BR>www.paris-hotel.com <BR>www.paris.org/hotels <BR>www.paris-touristoffice.com <BR>www.relaischateaux.fr/default.html <BR>www.hotelboulevard.com <BR>www.france-hotel-guide.com <BR>www.adx.fr/hotels/anglais.htm <BR>www.france.com:80/travel/hotels/phg.html <BR>www.france-hotel-guide.com <BR>www.globe-market.com <BR> <BR>General <BR> <BR>www.karenbrown.com <BR> <BR>Germany <BR> <BR>www.bavaria.com/travel/ <BR> <BR>Great Britain <BR>www.beduk.co.uk - Accommodations in United Kingdom <BR>www.kgp-publishing.co.uk - B&Bs in London, Great Britain; self catering cottages <BR>www.infotel.co.uk discounts off rack rates <BR>www.b-and-b-online.com - Bed and Breakfasts <BR>www.b-and-b-scotland.co.uk <BR> <BR>

Back again following a short interruption from our Clumber Spaniel who reminded me it was time for his evening walk. <BR>Check the website: <BR>www.webcrawler.com/travel/countries/europe <BR> <BR>You'll find all of the European countries listed; click on one or on a city or area within the country, then scroll down to "Specialty Guides" and you'll find a link to "Where to Stay" which will drive you to any number of websites dealing with accommodations. <BR> <BR>A couple of cautionary hints: Make no reservations via the internet unless the site is secure. You don't want to broadcast your credit card account number. Instead, send a fax and ask for a fax confirmation. Once you've decided on a hotel or inn or B&B, it might be to your advantage to contact it directly for more favorable rates than those posted to the website. Website rates are not always the lowest. With any person to person contact with European hotels, recognize the time difference. (If you call at 6PM Eastern time, you'll probably get no one other than an uniformed night clerk who's on duty at midnight or later). Keep an eye out for links to special promotions. For example, London's Colonnade Hotel recently underwent an ownership change and complete refurbishment and is offering rooms normally priced at 155 pounds a night for 99 pounds through early September.

Hi Wes, <BR>This is great, I printed it off to add to my Europe files at home. Thanks!

Hello Wes, <BR> <BR>Thanks so much for all the information. <BR>It is so nice that people take the <BR>time to help others so much on this <BR>forum. Maybe the internet is doing <BR>that for the human race by making us <BR>make time to be nicer people. Again`, <BR>your help is so appreciated. <BR>Barbara Ward

Barbara, <BR>You can't imagine how much help I received from this forum for our recent trip to London and Paris! <BR> <BR>Another suggestion is to use a good search engine (we use WebFerret) to search for each hotel by name. We found a great site for our hotel, with a promotion that saved us several hundred dollars. We called the hotel, and they honored the discounted rate although our dates were not the ones listed.