Adam Posted November 16, 2003 Report Share Posted November 16, 2003 TSN - the font of all knowledge so... where do you guys go on the web for the best hotel and travel deals? we are going to Rome for New Year and want to stay in either the Es hotel or Ripa hotel - tried to find a simple site that will compare prices and give me the best on-line deal (like pricerunner or kelkoo) but most of them seem rubbish any recommendations of a good place to compare deals? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sven Posted November 16, 2003 Report Share Posted November 16, 2003 I use Dutch and some German sites mostly, so that'd do you no good... But I'm sure if you type somehting like "book hotels online compare" in Google, you'll find plenty sites. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S3Bangs Posted November 17, 2003 Report Share Posted November 17, 2003 Adam, Try Expedia , I've used them a few times and I'm pretty sure they do price comparisons...whether or not the hotel you want on there is another issue though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Foggy Posted November 17, 2003 Report Share Posted November 17, 2003 Aside from Expedia which I use a fair bit try www.lastminute.com www.deckchair.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam Posted November 17, 2003 Author Report Share Posted November 17, 2003 [ QUOTE ] But I'm sure if you type somehting like "book hotels online compare" in Google, you'll find plenty sites. [/ QUOTE ] yeah you do but most just offer an on-line version of what you would get if you rang the hotel direct, ie not very cheap deals or link to really poor quality sites expedia quoted £700 for a double 4 nights v another quote I found at £500! will try deckchair Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colin M Posted November 17, 2003 Report Share Posted November 17, 2003 You might have trouble getting a discounted rate for New Year unless you were willing to take the chance and book at the last minute. Smaller hotels don't tend to use international consolidators to sell their rooms so finding a deal is not as simple as it is for flights. Bear in mind the Italians are very family orientated and so the city can appear very quiet over the holiday season in case you are expecting the streets to be thronging like Edinburgh! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colin M Posted May 27, 2004 Report Share Posted May 27, 2004 Here is a summary of websites worth a look for your ticket or hotel deals: www.expedia.co.uk www.latesearch.co.uk www.flightfile.com www.lastminute.com www.flightmapping.com www.skyscanner.net www.travelocity.co.uk www.traveljungle.co.uk www.travelsupermarket.com www.ebookers.com/uk www.priceline.co.uk www.opodo.com Any more? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brabus Posted May 27, 2004 Report Share Posted May 27, 2004 We do have a travel forum you know! Holiday Place Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colin M Posted May 27, 2004 Report Share Posted May 27, 2004 Don't think we did when this thread was started. Maybe one of the mods can move it. I thought it was better to add to existing post than start another one. So there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scooby_simon Posted May 27, 2004 Report Share Posted May 27, 2004 [ QUOTE ] Don't think we did when this thread was started. Maybe one of the mods can move it. I thought it was better to add to existing post than start another one. So there. [/ QUOTE ] Your wish is my command. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colin M Posted November 23, 2004 Report Share Posted November 23, 2004 Any chance this could be stickied for easy access to a list of travel sites? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mollox Posted November 23, 2004 Report Share Posted November 23, 2004 yes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
delibird Posted November 23, 2004 Report Share Posted November 23, 2004 Expedia don't neccesarily check the hotels that they list. I ended up getting a full refund from them this year because the hotel that I booked on the site seemed to have morphed into a hell hole when I got there. www.octopustravel.com is good as is travelocity Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tainted_love Posted November 30, 2004 Report Share Posted November 30, 2004 i've used these guys couple of times airline-network.co.uk good prices on hotels and flights Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam Posted December 13, 2004 Author Report Share Posted December 13, 2004 he travels quick for his job but ask question 6 months later Colin replies 6 months later - it gets recognition cheers Colin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony260Z Posted November 21, 2006 Report Share Posted November 21, 2006 Dunno about the booking side of things but you can get unbiased reviews from www.holidaytruth.com or www.tripadvisor.com which might well help you decide. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mollox Posted November 21, 2006 Report Share Posted November 21, 2006 Its interesting actually, the papers were reporting last week of the new fad for restaurants and hotels to self-promote themselves on websites such as tripadvisor. They did a little investigation and showed just how easy it was to manipulate average scores on these sites. Still, its unlikely that they can write all of the reviews on there so still relevant I'm sure. I do like tripadvisor for hotel reviews and I tend to go with expedia for most bookings as they seem quite sorted. Having said that, just booked Venice through lastminute as they were the only people showing availability for the Hotel we wanted. Slightly perturbed that we'll get there and there will be no room, or more specifically the fact that Lastminute's room categories didn't quite match those on the hotel's website and we don't end up with the type of room I've paid for.... Only one way to find out Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony260Z Posted November 22, 2006 Report Share Posted November 22, 2006 Well, best of luck! It must be easy for any hotel to stick a bit of promo onto one of these advisor websites - "The hotel shangri-la is an affordable treat with fabulous food and the manager is hung like a donkey" etc etc, but there are often a LOT of reviews so it's worth reading the whole lot. Us Brits can be fussy buggers so you should find out what to avoid (rooms overlooking cesspits and stuff like that). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ianncampbell Posted November 27, 2006 Report Share Posted November 27, 2006 Tripadvisor is a very useful resource and it will be even better if we add reviews of the places we stay - I have. Some were good reviews and some were not but all were genuine views of how I found these hotels when I stayed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brisel Posted January 6, 2008 Report Share Posted January 6, 2008 Any good skiing forums or review websites about? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JonC Posted July 8, 2016 Report Share Posted July 8, 2016 A segway is like a fat girlfriend. It's fun to ride, but you wouldn't want your mates to find out. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian_C Posted July 8, 2016 Report Share Posted July 8, 2016 42 minutes ago, JonC said: A segway is like a fat fcuk buddy. It's fun to ride, but you wouldn't want your mates to find out. FTFY. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mac Posted July 8, 2016 Report Share Posted July 8, 2016 2 hours ago, Khristian said: Look the information about Barcelona. It's worth to visit. We were there in May, lived in the house of our friends, but I can advice you to take segway tour donkey raping shit eaters and the guide will shoe you many interesting places. For example we took the 2 hours trip and saw historical places and the oldest points, also the instructor has shown us a big part of coastline in Barcelona. It was very funny and fabulous for us! Rubbish terrible service I hate them never again they molest goats 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patently Posted July 8, 2016 Report Share Posted July 8, 2016 4 minutes ago, Mac said: Rubbish terrible service I hate them never again they molest goats Are you suggesting we have had another dish of spam spam spam spam lovely spa-am, wonderful spam...? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts