TRAVEL INFORMATION RESOURCES » Online Travel Sites http://travelresourceschatter.wordpress.com OnlineTravel Information from the Newton Free Library Fri, 27 Nov 2009 19:56:40 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ en hourly 1 http://www.gravatar.com/blavatar/3b42e718ac6b554881c87d15d7a08112?s=96&d=http://s.wordpress.com/i/buttonw-com.png TRAVEL INFORMATION RESOURCES » Online Travel Sites http://travelresourceschatter.wordpress.com Hotel Booking Site http://travelresourceschatter.wordpress.com/2009/06/03/hotel-booking-site/ http://travelresourceschatter.wordpress.com/2009/06/03/hotel-booking-site/#comments Wed, 03 Jun 2009 18:22:57 +0000 raknapsack http://travelresourceschatter.wordpress.com/?p=144 ]]>

A web site that covers hotels in Europe, USA, Caribbean, Asia and Latin America.

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A great resource for short term vacation rentals. You deal directly with the owner of the property

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An online and in print bi-monthly magazine that gives the traveler lots of tips and information about the best travel destinations.

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Choice Hotels www.choicehotels.com includes hotels in the “value range” e.g. Comfort Inn.

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American Automobile Association www.aaa.com

AARP www.AARP.org Partnered with Travelocity to provide travel services to members.

Cheaptickets www.cheaptickets.com
Owned by Cendent.

Expedia www.expedia.com Bundles fees and taxes at end of search. Owned by IAC/Interactive Corp Owns Home Shopping Network and Ticket Master. Doesn’t charge a fee if buying a travel package. Please note that expedia has stopped charging a booking fee 5/27/09

Hotels.com www.hotels.com Sister company of Expedia.com. This site has developed a consumer rating system that provides reviews by hotel guests.

Octopus Travel www.octopustravel.com International focus. 20,000 hotel and self-catering apartments in 3,300 cities around the world. No option to book flights on this site.

OneTravel Travel www.Onetravel.com An independent web based travel agency.

Orbitz www.orbitz.com One of the orginal online travel reservation services. Major discount airlines like Jet Blue and Southwest do not list their flights with this site.

Pricline www.priceline.com Recently converted to a regular online travel site with visible prices.

Skyscanner www.skyscranner.com
Search and book flights between European cities. Keep in mind prices are in Euros.

Trip Advisor www.tripadvisor.com Combines hotel reviews from guidebooks with hotel discount packages from all major online travel agents. An interesting feature lets travels write reviews of the hotels in which thay stayed.

Travelocity www.travelocity.com One of the big three oneline travel agencies. It is owned by Cendent.

Venerewww.venere.com European hotel, B&B reservation site. Includes user’s ratings.

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