If you love the search functionality of airline search websites like Kayak.com and Yapta.com, you will love HotelsCombined.com, a site dedicated solely to booking hotel stays. Booking a hotel is easy- start by entering the city, desired dates, and number of rooms and then it will produce a listing of properties for you to review. You can read reviews and then proceed to the booking site for purchase. Best of all, HotelsCombined.com is free to use!
Why We Love It:
-Are you loyal to a certain brand of hotels? You can select which chains you want to search to find the best deal that will earn you points. If you are not already signed up with a hotel loyalty program, be sure to read last week’s post on how to sign-up and how the programs work.
-Trying to find a place with an on-site gym? Want a hotel that will let you bring Fido with? HotelsCombined.com has boxes you can check to only show properties which meet that criteria.
-The reviews section is very thorough and can give you a customer’s perspective of the property. However, DIWYY recommends to always take this feedback with a grain of salt…it is a common fact that people speak up more when they are unhappy than when they are satisfied. Try to look for consistency or common themes in the posts from various reviews to develop a better sense.
-HotelsCombined.com also has a great new program that donates money to charity when new people follow them on social networking sites. Simply become a fan of them on Facebook and tweet about them on Twitter, and they’ll donate $5 and $10, respectively, to the World Wildlife Federation, the Make-a-Wish Foundation, or World Vision (your choice). Full details can be found here as to how to make sure your dollars get allocated to charity.
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Thanks for the great review! We’ve totally refreshed the look of the website since January 2010 with many more awesome features… So be sure to check it out if u haven’t already