Best site for booking hotels?

Fr Clint Power

Hi All,

With the situation with 1800hotels I was wondering if anyone could recommend some other good sites for booking hotels?

Thanks

bigjohnny80

I always use Booking.com

Slunk

Normally booking.com or otel.com

Sheep Shagger

Check the about us section on any site you are thinking of using, make sure the parent is a reputable company.

If you are booking with one of the chains check their own sites, they often price match and at least you are avoiding the middle man and dealing directly with the operator.

For any non chain bookings I'd recommend booking.com

Fr Clint Power

Thanks guys. It looks as if booking.com and the hotel sites themselves are the way to go.

Diddler82

Expedia is pretty good also

mikedragon32

Definitely booking.com great customer service and they will bend over backwards to help you. I use them regularly for group bookings and they've never let me down.

martinn123

Definately Booking.com

Booked 4 hotels in france in june, great service

Plus they use credit card number to secure room but do not take the payment, you pay the hotel on arrival, unlike 1800 who took the payment up front.

killbillvol2

I use this site to compare prices. I'd never rely on one site every time. Price differences can be substantial.

I regularly use ratestogo.com (the last minute version of Hotel Club) and sometimes booking.com. Hotels.com annoys me by not including taxes and charges in the price quoted initially but can still be the cheapest.

finbarrk

hotelpricebot.com compares all the booking sites. It's the first place to look when booking a hotel.
The advanced search is good too.

http://www.hotelpricebot.com/

If booking.com are near enough to the bottom price I use them.

uli84

I use www.travelrepublic.ie good prices and they offer total financial protection or so they say

another native

Booking.com for me too! And here's why- I don't have to pay upfront before I go. Also, I can alter and cancel without incurring any penalty. Reviews on the site by the previous guests are also of great assistance.

The are a smaller number of listings with a lower price available as well and these are only on a prepaid basis and cannot be altered or cancelled, or you will forfeit the whole amount paid. I haven't the temperament for that option!

Booking.com is now being used by Ryanair on its site. Unfortunately, more exposure, so perhaps less opportunity to pick up the best of the bargains.

Generally, I check the hotels own prices too. I did get a hotel in Rome, which was €11 per night cheaper than Booking.com and as the hotel had the same terms and conditions I booked with it.

Sundew

Another vote for booking.com mainly because you don't hand over any cash till you get to your accommodation.

I also use http://www.trav.com/
They take a small deposit but I'd never use a site where you have to pay everything upfront!

Nonoperational

Have always used alpharooms.com - almost always the cheapest.

maynooth_rules

www.hotelbunch.com

Used this comparison site recently and found it the best of the comparison sites. You will see from this that very often booking.com is not the cheapest. However it may be safer than some options

another native

Yes, but sometimes it's a case of "buy cheap, buy twice", as I have sometimes found out to my cost.

mojesius

alpharooms.com has worked for me . Really good value and customer service.

omahaid

Ya, would echo alpharooms, always cheapest price and the guy that tweets for them is pretty helpful

snowdaze

www.activehotels.com but I think it is a sister site of booking.com

killbillvol2

Whya are people mentioning customer service here? You go to the site and book your hotel. Why would you ever need to deal with the website's CS unless something went wrong - in which case...

yellowpotty

does anyone know any reliable sites that you book hotels with a laser card? loved 1800hotels.ie for that like....:(

wizard38

no record of booking when i got to my destination, no customer service and no refund when i returned - never again

mikedragon32

DiarmuidCou wrote: »

I use www.hyhohotels.ie

No you don't. You're shilling.