Tuesday, July 10, 2007

Vacation Savings

Our family recently took a trip to Omaha, and it took me quite a while to find Hotel Discounts for our stay. We were looking for a hotel that was both affordable and had the amenities we desired. Cheap hotels that are also clean and comfortable are often hard to come by. The hotel where we stayed was more than adequate, but in order to get the best deal possible, I had to book it “sight unseen”, meaning I didn’t know for sure which hotel chain we’d be getting. As it turned out, it did have the swimming pool we’d wanted, but it was an outdoor pool and the weather was too cool to use it. An indoor pool would’ve been more desirable, but all I was able to find out, in order to get that deal, was that it had a pool of some kind.

I had searched through several of the online travel/hotel locators, but if I’d been aware of Hotelreservations.com, my job would have been so much easier. Their website is a cinch to use, and allows searches based on city, address, or available amenities, like that indoor pool. The search results can then be sorted by best value, price, quality or alphabetically by name. Once a hotel has been selected, reservations can be made online or over the phone.

In addition to hotel reservations, Hotelreservations.com allows users to find and book flights, vehicle rentals, vacation rentals and vacation packages. Because of the nature of Spouse Guy’s work, we don’t have any plans for a longer, farther-away vacation any time soon, but I’m sure the vacation rental feature will come in handy in a few months when we plan a 2-3 day getaway for our 8th anniversary. I’ve done a couple of quick searches already and have come up with some interesting possibilities. And I feel confident I can find the best rates using Hotelreservations.com.

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