25 Websites for Booking Hotels and Alternate Accomodations

There are a great number of sites you can use to book travel on the internet. Which site or sites you use depends on your style of travel, how much in advance you are booking and where you are going. Below or some sites you should know about and how to use them.

Hotels

Booking.com – The leading hotel booking site worldwide but mostly used outside the United States.

Expedia.com - The leading hotel booking site in the United States.

Kayak.com - Kayak owns Booking.com. One of the leading travel booking sites if not one of my go to sites.

Hotels.com - One of my favorite hotel booking sites. Book 10 nights and get a night free.

Priceline.com - One of the leading booking sites. Priceline still does their “Name Your Price” but you can also book hotels without the auction process.

Venere.com - An Expedia property that is particularly good for Europe.

tingo.com - Tingo is a newer hotel booking site from TripAdvisor that allows people to book early for their vacation then get money back if the hotel rates drop.

Hotel Bargains

Jetsetter.com - Hotel deals

Groupon.com - Deals for hotels and all exclusive vacations.

Hostels

hostelworld.com and hostelbookers.com - the two leading hostel booking sites. They are actually now owned by the same company so are likely to get more similar over time

Hostelz.com - Offers hostels in more than 54,178 listings in 9,534 cities

Last Minute Hotel Deals

Laterooms.com - last minute bargains at international hotels

HotelTonight.com - Great iPhone app for finding hotel rooms tonight where you are

Vacation Home and Room Rentals

HomeAway.com - Leading vacation rental site

VRBO.com - Vacation Rental by Owner

Airbnb - Rent a room or an apartment instead of a hotel room

Wimdu – Similar to Airbnb but mostly in Europe

Roomorama - Peer-to-peer short term rental marketplace.

Villas International - Rent a villa or luxury accommodation

Homestay.com - Paid hosted stays with a local

Alternative Accommodations

Homeexchange.com - Swap houses with someone else

Couchsurfing.com - Sleep on a spare couch for free

Staydu.com - Staying with locals for help, money or free

Other Related Sites

Biddingtraveler.com The site helps you know what to bid on Pricline if you use the “name your price” feature

TripAdvisor.com – Best site for reviews of hotels other accommodations

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by Chris Christensen