What are your top 10 sites for finding hotels and package holidays

idv

Just out of interest, and a bit of fun what would be your top 5 recommended websites or companies for finding cheap hotels and/or package holidays

It would be interesting to hear other users views on what they find the best sites on getting the best value when booking their holidays. Lets face it nobody likes paying more than they should!!


For instance I believe that alpharooms.com are the cheapest for hotels

If I had to name a top 5 for hotels it would be

1.) Alpharooms
2.) Hotelopia
3.) Laterooms
4.) bestathotels
5.) octopus travel

Top 5 for package holidays

1.) Fleetway Travel
2.) travelcity
3.) expedia
4.) ....

joa

I just come to moneysavingexpert.com !!

One place I do go, not to save money, but perhaps to save my holiday from ruin, is https://www.holidaysuncovered.co.uk

It's a free place where people like you and I can leave reports on hotels and destinations that we visit. You can score the place on location, rooms, resorts and loads of other things. The only downside is when you close the page, 4 others pop up but you just close them as well.

No need to register and no emails will come your way.

Lucie_2

I have loads of holiday sites in my favourites, as well as flights & car hire

http://www.teletextholidays.co.uk/

http://www.holidaysbyphone.co.uk/

http://www.opodo.co.uk

http://www.francehotelreservation.com - for cheap hotels in France

http://www.skyscanner.net - for checking prices of flights

http://www.cheap-car-rental.com - consistently the cheapest car rental site

Travel city is usually pretty cheap too, but they're not in my favourites

Party_Animal

joa wrote:

I just come to moneysavingexpert.com !!

One place I do go, not to save money, but perhaps to save my holiday from ruin, is https://www.holidaysuncovered.co.uk

It's a free place where people like you and I can leave reports on hotels and destinations that we visit. You can score the place on location, rooms, resorts and loads of other things. The only downside is when you close the page, 4 others pop up but you just close them as well.

No need to register and no emails will come your way.

Yes https://www.holiday-truth.com is very good for letting you know about hotels. Took me ages to book mine as every one I chose got a bad report from someone.

frizz_head

joa wrote:

I just come to moneysavingexpert.com !!

One place I do go, not to save money, but perhaps to save my holiday from ruin, is www.holidaysuncovered.co.uk

It's a free place where people like you and I can leave reports on hotels and destinations that we visit. You can score the place on location, rooms, resorts and loads of other things. The only downside is when you close the page, 4 others pop up but you just close them as well.

No need to register and no emails will come your way.

Ditto joa. I have booked my last three holidays on the strength of reviews on here, almost as addicitive as MSE.

simon_lse

I never book anywhere before looking at https://www.tripadvisor.com

Doesn't really help with finding cheap holidays, but very useful.

donnie_darko_3

http://www.bbc.co.uk/holiday/
http://travel.timesonline.co.uk/section/0,,10209,00.html
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/main.jhtml;sessionid=RSTARF0K0XUCLQFIQMFCM5WAVCBQYJVC?view=HOME&grid=T1&menuId=-1&menuItemId=-1&_requestid=708
https://www.tripadvisor.com
https://www.virtualtourist.com
https://www.octopus.com

All of the above are inavluable resources but tripadvisor is my favourite. It doesnt find you the cheapest deals but stops you booking a dodgy one.

budgetflyer

For flights

THIS SITES price checker (ABOVE)
Ryanair
skydeals
cheapestflights.co.uk
Traveljungle.co.uk

For Hotels/Accom

Beninter.com
Alpharooms.com
hotelscomparison.com
cheapaccommodation.com

For transfers

shuttledirect.com

For resort/hotel reviews

http://www.thisistravel.co.uk/travel/guides/world.html?in_page_id=101

YorkshireBoy

Lucie wrote:

http://www.cheap-car-rental.com - consistently the cheapest car rental site

Many people forget about Holiday Autos when recommending car-hire. We've used them 4 years on the trot and they have always been competitive (you'll always find cheaper, but for peace of mind (and a UK phone number "in case" of complaints on return) I'm happy with Holiday Autos.

Checked tonight...

Alicante airport
9th August 2005, for 7 days

Fiesta/Clio 4dr A/C (economy/CC class)
https://www.cheap-car-rental.com £113
https://www.holidayautos.co.uk £106
Saving £7/week - even more for 2 weeks/larger cars

Mondeo 1.8 A/C (intermediate/G class)
https://www.cheap-car-rental.com £265
https://www.holidayautos.co.uk £227
Saving £38/week (spend £14 of this on their "insurance excess protection" for peace of mind)

https://www.carjet.com are also competitive, although I've never used them.

YB

larfido

I've used each of the following and found them to be reliable and competetive.
Do not use the bidding sites without first reading the info on
http://www.betterbidding.com/

Hotel bidding UK http://www.priceline.co.uk
Hotel bidding USA http://www.priceline.com
http://www.hotwire.com/

Hotel discount coupons USA http://www.roomsaver.com/roomsaver/

Hotel discount - general http://www.accomline.com/

Car hire USA http://www.usrentacar.co.uk/
http://www.majortravel.co.uk/

Hope these are useful to someone.

tiff

www.holidaywatchdog.com is also good for hotel/resort reviews