Top 10 cheapest hotel booking websites

If you were wondering which are the cheapest hotel booking websites, we've prepared the top ten based on our past experience.

Maybe you might have never heard of some of them, but we advise to test try them, to see what kind of prices they provide.

Remember to always check the "Current discounts" column on the right hand side of our blog, where the active promo codes are listed.

So, here we go, these are the top 10 cheapest online travel agencies in our opinion (not necessarily in this order):

• Amoma.com


• Hotelopia.com 


• HotelsClick.com 


• Otel.com 


• Hotel.info 


• HotelQuickly.com 


• EasyClickTravel.com 


• Trip.com 


• CheapTickets.com 


• HotelPlanner.com 

Let us know if you were particularly happy with any of the above, or with another one which is not included in this top 10 best hotel reservation websites.

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Recommended hotels for the 2013 Cologne Carnival

The Koln Carnival in Western Germany will take place between 7 and 12 February 2013.

The non-stop party will begin on the Shrove Thursday (Weiberfastnacht) and will reach its highlight on Rosenmontag.

We searched for the best hotel rates for 3 nights in Cologne (from Saturday, 9 Feb until Tuesday, 12 Feb). We were looking for a good quality / price ratio, for a double room, breakfast included.

These are our picks:

- Holiday Inn Express Cologne Muelheim*** with a total price of 252 euro from Expedia with discount code;

- Warsteinerhof by Centro Comfort*** with a total price of 320 euro from booking.com and HRS;

- Best Western Hotel Brennerscher Hof**** with a total price of 320 euro from booking.com and HRS;

- Radisson Blu Hotel Koln**** with a total price of 311 euro from Onhotels.com (after applying the 5% discount code TW0812);

- Ameron Hotel Regent**** with a total price of 377 euro from hotels.com with promo code;

- Appartel am Dom**** with a total price of 410 euro from hotel.info;

- Novotel Koln**** with a total price of 429 euro from QuickRooms;

- NH Koln City**** with a total price of 454 euro from ebookers with promo code;

- Hilton Cologne*****  with a total price of 457 euro from AlphaRooms.com;

- Cologne Marriott Hotel***** with a total price of 459 euro from olotels.com.


The official website of the carnival is here.

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Expedia 72 hour sale in Istanbul

The 72 hours sale from Expedia takes us to exotic Istanbul this week (reservations to be made until Thursday, 13 December and stays until 13 March 2013).

To take advantage of the sale, follow the link to the dedicated Expedia page. They advertise also offers for Dubai and Morrocoo, however we checked some of the hotels displayed and they do not seem to have better prices than booking.com or other online travel agencies.

An additional 10% discount is applied to the hotels where it is written "Hotel promotion": in the payment window, just above the credit card information, type in the hotel voucher code UK50SAVE10 in the field "Enter a coupon or promotion code".

We took some examples of good hotel deals in Istanbul:

- two nights over the week-end 21-23 December at the Lalinn Hotel, breakfast included, have a total price of 65 GBP (82 euro), while on booking the same room costs 128 euro (50% more);

- a double room, breakfast included, over the same period at the Hotel Ipek Palas has a total price of 86 euro, while on booking the price is 106 euro (about 20% more);

- Hotel Sarnic Istanbul costs 140 euro (breakfast included) for the same period. The same room is priced at 165 euro by booking (15% more).

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Expedia 72 hour sale in Paris, London, Milan and New York

The 72 hours sale from Expedia is really appealing this week: great hotel deals in major cities.

To take advantage of the sale, follow the link to the dedicated Expedia page.

An additional 10% discount is applied to the hotels where it is written "Hotel promotion": in the payment window, just above the credit card information, type in the hotel voucher code UK48SAVE10 in the field "Enter a coupon or promotion code".

We took some examples:

- in Paris, two nights over the week-end 21-23 December at the Best Western Anjou Lafayette*** have a total price of 123 GBP (152 euro), while on booking the same room costs 232 euro (50% more);

- the Radisson Blu Hotel at Disneyland Paris**** for 3 nights over the Christmas period, for a family room (2 adults and 2 children) has a total price of 575 euro (breakfast included), while on booking the price is 656 euro (about 15% more). Even better, Expedia also offers a free dinner for the happy family;

- Starhotels Ritz**** in Milan, Italy costs 175 euro (breakfast included) for 2 nights over the week-end 21-23 December. The same room is priced at 202 euro by booking (15% more);

- Lancaster London**** costs 163 euro for 2 nights over the same week-end, while booking sells the same room at a total of 297 euro (80% more);

-The New Yorker Hotel**** costs 384 euro for the same period, while booking shows it at 426 euro (10% more).

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Our preferred car rental websites

These are the main websites that we check out for cheap car rentals (listed in alphabetical order):

AffordableCarHire.com



Alamo



Auto Europe



Avis



Budget



CarRental8.com



CarRentals.co.uk



CarRentals.com



EasyCar.com



Europcar



Fox



Hertz



HolidayAutos.co.uk



National



Rentalcars.com



Sixt

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Hotel deals in Copenhagen, Denmark from Expedia

Expedia.co.uk has started is autumn sale and one of the European cities showing great discounts is Copenhagen.

This is even more fortunate, as usually Copenhagen is very expensive. Now, with this special offer from Expedia hotels are much more affordable.

We took several examples of above average hotels, for 2 nights over the first week-end in October, for a double room:

- Bella Sky Comwell Hotel Copenhagen, for a total price of 256 euro (breakfast included) from Expedia, while on Booking.com the price is 320 euro (a 20% discount);

- Copenhagen Crown Hotel, for a total price of 270 euro (breakfast included) from Expedia, while on Booking.com the price is 327 euro (almost 20% discount);

-  Adina Apartment Hotel Copenhagen, for a total price of 185 euro (without breakfast) from Expedia, while on Booking.com the price is 217 euro (15% discount).

 As usual, some other hotels may be more advantageous on Booking.com, so, before making a reservation, take some time to compare different offers (you can find our list of online travel agencies in our other post).

Have fun!

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Best hotel rates for Oktoberfest 2012 in and around Munich

Update: we also made a search for the 2013 Oktoberfest -> here.


As the start of Oktoberfest approaches, the options for a hotel stay become more and more limited and, consequently, the prices rise sky high.

We managed to find some (still) reasonable rates, but these are also likely to be booked soon.

The last rooms still available start at 46 euro per person per night (which is a great deal taking into account the madness that is in the city at that time of the year). Then for the top-end of the scale, for about 85 euro per person per night stay at the Sheraton in Munich (see list of available hotels below).

We based our search on a three night stay comprising the first week-end of Oktoberst: 21-24 September 2012, a double room, breakfast included, where possible (after a long night on a beer diet, a hearty breakfast is a great way to start the day):

- Best Western Grand City Neufahrn, for a total price of 278 euro from Otel.com (without breakfast)

- Ibis Budget Munchen Garching (ex-Etap Hotel), for a total price of 297 euro from Accorhotels.com. (breakfast excluded)

- Best Western Hotel Munich Airport, for a total price of 357 euro from Grand City Hotels (a chain of hotels) or at 370 euro from Lastminute.com (without breakfast)

- Hotel Domicil Munchen West, for a total price of 397 euro from AlphaRooms.com

- Hotel Henry Erding, for a total price of 423 euro from LateRooms.com (breakfast excluded)

- Moevenpick Hotel Munich Airport, for a total price of 470 euro from Lastminute.com (without breakfast)

- Arcadia Hotel Munchen Airport, for a total price of 477 euro from Hotels.com

- Hotel Ferchenhof, for a total price of 525 euro from booking.com

- Mercure Hotel Munchen Airport, for a total price of 530 euro from Farebuzz.com (without breakfast)

- Hotel Amiga, for a total price of 545 euro from Otel.com

- Pollinger Garni Munich, for a total price of 555 euro from EasyToBook.com

- Sheraton Munich Airport Hotel, for a total price of 555 euro from GetARoom.com


If you need any help, leave a comment and we'll be glad in helping you in your search.

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