A service every traveler should take advantage of before reserving their rooms are the wide variety of hotel booking services available. Services usually offer discounted rooms at a lower rate than the hotel's specials and discounts. Sometimes the savings can be significant.
The formats of these sites, and consequently their usefulness, varies. One we especially appreciated was easytobook.com. When searching for Amsterdam hotels, for example, the landing page shows several featured specials which represent especially good values, along with photos of the featured hotels, the star rating, a review rating, and a short intro about the hotel. A number of other particularly good values are featured as well. What we especially liked was the detailed information on the city of Amsterdam itself, discussing all aspects of various locations candidly, and helping the traveler to find what they are looking for (and bypass what they might wish to avoid).
From there it is an easy matter to select a particular level of hotel, from 1-star to 5-star, and view hundreds of hotels that suit your choice. Clicking any one of these will bring up detailed information on the hotel itself, in some cases giving very detailed descriptions of particular rooms when they vary within the same establishment (especially common for Bed & Breakfast accommodations). All of the necessary information concerning amenities, dining, check in and out times, child policy, parking, and more are listed as well. A separate tab gives access to a number of additional photos, or a map of the area. You can also find a number of customer reviews and ratings for most hotels. The distance to a number of nearby attractions, landmarks, business concerns, restaurants, shopping, and transportation centers is also provided for each hotel. We were quite impressed at the thoroughness of the reviews we viewed.
Easytobook.com offers hotel booking in a number of other cities as well. If you are visiting any of the following cities, be sure to check with them before reserving your hotel!
Paris hotels
Dublin hotels
London hotels
Barcelona hotels
Rome hotels
Prague hotels
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