what is your favorite search accommodation website?
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www.accorhotels.com and looking for ETAP hotels that are centrally located or near a rail station.
have got nice modern rooms in Berlin for 30-35 euros; Paris the same and many other cities. |
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Actually, I often stay in Accor hotels, also, in fact, I'm going to Monterey/San Francisco next week and am staying in a Sofitel on the peninsula.
I really don't ever look in one place for a hotel anywhere in the world, I have favorites by country. |
depends on where I am traveling. I like Accor hotels and they are reasonably priced except for most Sofitels. I check many of the discount sites to see what is being offered in the area I want to stay, then I read the reviews on tripadvisor to make sure I will be satisfied with my choice.
For cities like Paris, London and Berlin I generally use Priceline and book a 4 star in a particular area. I have never been disappointed for the price I am paying. |
I like to 'shop' with
www.venere.com www.worldby.com www.booking.com because they have photos and reviews... also use Google and Google maps, and Tripadvisor for reviews and candid photos. I nearly always book thru the hotel's website. |
I have seen lots of good deals from www.hotelscombined.com - because this looks at sites like Booking.com, Venere.com, Hotels.com, OctopusTravel.com, etc. all in one go.
But for one site at a time, I have had very good deals from these sites: Booking.com OctopusTravel.com Accorhotels.com HotelClub.com HRS.de Of course, bidding on Priceline has produced some very good results too. |
My first check is always the website of the local tourist office because these guys know and list all the little private owned places which the big websites don't have.
(Do I have to stress that I disike chain hotels?) |
Has anyone had any experience with bookinhotels.com?
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I often find really nice places through VRBO.com.
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tripadvisor.com I always check the reader reviews on there, no matter how I decide to book.
I never stay and big chain hotels if I can possibly help it, why go to Europe to stay in a Marriott or Hilton?? I also check reviews on Venere, but I almost always actually book the hotels directly through their own websites. |
www.tripadvisor.com for reviews and then I email direct to each hotel or b&b.
For France I found a website gites-de-france http://www.gites-de-france.com/gites/uk/bed_breakfasts We found very nice b&bs in France on this website. I emailed directly to the b&bs. A few of them had never had Americans stay with them before. We really enjoyed our stay in France. It was a little challenging to find some of the b&bs in rural areas but we did it and we learned more about France and enjoyed to people we stayed with. |
Hi!
There are so many options, I don't like to travel and stay in busy hotels. I got my informations, special to new touristic destinations in this site www.whl.travel It is totaly different of others. |
I also like tripadvisor - the reviews are always helpful. I also recently found a new site called Tripfilms which allows you to view high-quality videos on a range of travel subjects and destinations...they have some very helpful "Where to Stay" videos. It's nice to see actual footage of places before you go!
http://www.tripfilms.com/search.do |
I'm very partial to worldby.com and its ancillary websites, also to bookings.com. I like the many pictures both of these have. After I've sorted through and picked several good looking places in the area I want to stay, then I go check them out on Tripadvisor.com Has usually worked well.
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I check several sites - venere.com, kayak.com and booking.com for ideas, then check out possibilities on tripadvisor.com.
for my upcoming trip I booked either through the hotel itself or booking.com. |
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For our upcoming cruise we are staying in London for a few days then Copenhagen prior to boarding and Athens after the cruise. I used Skoosh (and booked one of their "secret" hotels - it was easy to figure out in their reviews) Got Flemings Mayfair for $189 for four nights. In Copenhagen I used Priceline because I was sure it would be the Marriott and it was for $125 and GTA for Athens and got the Amazon Hotel for $135. Oh, and for the one night back in London I booked Jurys at the airport through their website. I love tripadvisor for checking out the hotels but booking through their site has always been more than the others.
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www.summerinitaly.com the best in Italy, followed by www6.cuendet.com
www.interhome.com for the world |
www.traveleurope.it
There are a lot of hotels in Italy, you book on line but pay at the hotel, can read guests reviews and view hotels photos, and often there are hotels at discounted prices... |
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