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Essentravel
I booked on Essentravel.com the other day for a Pittsburgh hotel. The site was laid out well, no long load times. Plenty of hotels to choose from, many pictures all was well. And the Hyatt hotel was terrific also, clean and got a good breakfast. Check the site out!!
SideStep
I was first introduced to SideStep when it was in it's "infancy" about 8 years ago. My supervisor loved using it to make travel plans and found it very helpful in finding and comparing quickly and easily airfares from many major and not so major companies. But Sidestep isn't just for airfare, so I feel it needs it's review broken down into different sections I have used.
SideStep for airfare:
I like that I can quickly and easily compare airfare and check out even ones like JetBlue and Frontier. I like that it tells me how long my search will take. However, rarely do I find that their search...
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Priceline
I admit when I was traveling on my own and I didn't care about time, but I cared about the costs, make a offer on Priceline usually got me where I wanted to be for about the price that I wanted to pay. I have used Priceline for airfare, hotels, and car rental reservations and find that normally my results are hit or miss for satisfaction.
I am most satisfied with Priceline's make an offer on hotels option, I can designate a specific star rating and area where I want to stay. I have stayed in New York, DC and San Francisco at places like the Westin, Marriott and Hyatt for at times under 50.00...
review »Expedia.com
I admit, whenever I am planning to travel there are two sites I visit first, Expedia and Continental. I like Continental because they have non stop flights from Houston to Dayton, where my family lives. Expedia helps me get started on traveling to my final travel destination by giving me airfares, car rentals, cruise prices, hotel prices, and even amusements in the area. I admit I don't buy the amusements, but they are great for ideas.
What I like about Expedia:
- easy to use no matter what type of travel help you need
- saves my searches so I can easily visit again
- allows me to quickly...
Hotels.com
Let me tell you a little story about Hotels.com. Normally I look at it but find it's not very competitive with its pricing so I take a peek to get ideas and then move on to the hotels own site or someplace like Priceline where I have never been disappointed in my hotel bookings and price. But recently, my sister while traveling on business was in a jam and Hotels.com really took care of her, me and the reservation.
After visiting Hotels.com I found exactly the hotel I wanted (airport Sheraton in Orlando Florida) for $62.00 for the night. They had shuttle service so I didn't have to worry...
review »Hotwire.com
Hotwire used to be my "hot hot hot" travel planning website, about 7 or 8 years ago. Now, not so much. This travel site does offer options for booking airfares, car rentals, and hotels and is often quite competitive but there are some things about the site I just can't get past.
When booking with Hotwire.com:
- I don't get my Frequent flyer miles
- It is like priceline where you can't see the airline or company name until you book your adventure
- the site has made some improvements along the way but it still is a bit of a pain to search and use, especially when going through your booking process ...
Travelocity
I don't have a lot of spare time. I am lucky that we get to take vacations and planning one takes lots of time so I don't need any trouble when I decide to start my planning and research. Once upon a time about 7 years ago I did use Travelocity frequently for my personal and business travel, now I stop by to see the fares, but I would be hard pressed to book travel there, let's put it this way, the savings better be astronomical to put up with both their website and their awful customer service.
What do I like about Travelocity?
- can search for more than one airline and fare at a time
Save San Antonio
My husband and I were considering a trip to San Antonio for the weekend and in my efforts to find ways to save money (including an Entertainment Book for San Antonio) I found SAVE San Antonio.
What I like about SAVE San Antonio:
- easy way to get ideas about fun, places to go, hotels, and theme parks
- download coupons or order a brochure that includes coupons
- the home page gives you a peek at the coupons you will get without having to download all of them sight unseen
- helps you get a free visitors guide to San Antonio
- free to use
- no email address needed
Vacation Rental By Owner
I found VRBO several years ago while looking into the possibility of using a vacation rental instead of the traditional hotel. Having a family of seven it is quite expensive for us to find a hotel that can accomodate our entire family in one room or suite. I was surprised at the number of rentals available. Also, it seems that they have rentals available in places that I truthfully was shocked to find. The site is very user friendly, there are no surchages to renters and you can communicate entirely through their site if you want. You are able to immediately look to see if a particular...
review »Unforgettable Honeymoons
We spoke with a lady name Laury and a gentleman named Jay. Both were eager to get me off the phone from the get go. Several times they were late to return my calls and the prices of the trip would increase. When I asked to be assigned to a different agent they showed indifference and said that nobody was really there to help. We had however called during the day and several people were available.
Really bad experience, beware of handing them any money.
Their website is very misleading and does not have enough information, which leads you to believe their rates are the best.
I found another company...
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