WillTravel Posted February 18, 2004 Report Posted February 18, 2004 I've read that this site provides hotel rates not available elsewhere. I haven't investigated much. Be sure to select your language at the upper right.One example I saw showed the Novotel in Amsterdam for 75 Euros, instead of the standard rate of 215. I do not know if that is beatable on the Novotel site directly.http://www.bookings.nl/
iahphx Posted February 20, 2004 Report Posted February 20, 2004 I poked around that site will and would say it has some potential. I liked the fact that they seem to get a bunch of "special offers" -- there were a couple dozen listed for Paris alone. They also make it easy to book quads and family rooms.What my Paris hotel strategy now is to keep looking at that HRS site at least once a week to see if any better fully refundable rates come along. Then, about a month out, I will get serious about trying to find a deal, making sure to check those "last minute" sites about 3 weeks before my arrival. I might even try Priceline again then (although, frankly, I haven't seen Priceline deliver any deals good enough in Paris to lose "control" over my final hotel choice).My guess is that I'll get the most bang for my buck that way. Significant discounts seem to be available a few weeks out.Meanwhile, if anyone finds any more super-discount hotel websites for Europe, I'm all ears.
WillTravel Posted February 20, 2004 Author Report Posted February 20, 2004 Here's another one:http://en.federal-hotel.com/I was looking at it last night in French, not realizing that an English version was available. It seemed to have some good deals also - again many tend to be last-minute.Edit: I just realized that on the English site, much of the info is still in French. Oh well. If stuck, there's always babelfish.altavista.com
iahphx Posted February 20, 2004 Report Posted February 20, 2004 Information overload!That last one looked harder to navigate, and the rates didn't see as good.
WillTravel Posted February 20, 2004 Author Report Posted February 20, 2004 The online translator is babelfish.altavista.com - not sure why I wrote babblefish.com above.That last French site is definitely harder to use.
WillTravel Posted February 20, 2004 Author Report Posted February 20, 2004 I can't remember if I mentioned this one:http://www.activehotels.com
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