| Planning a vacation in the
next few weeks? Let us offer you two suggestions...
First, if your
reservations are able to be changed, or if you haven't made them yet,
read on about two popular online services. Check out these two
great online services- 
Priceline.com
and Hotwire.com
for top quality hotels,
flights and rental cars. Our experience in using them so far has been
great! Here's the difference between the two.
Priceline.com
allows you to make an offer of what you are willing to pay. There are
some details that are given to you, but other details remain unknown
until after you have agreed to pay. For example, we used
Priceline.com
to secure a room in downtown Chicago, on the magnificent mile for $50
(before the small fee and taxes). When we made our offer, we knew the
general location, the magnificent mile, and we selected the quality of
hotel, ****, but we were unaware of the actual hotel. If you are a bit adventurous,
it is fun trying new hotels especially some of the fancier boutique type
hotels in a larger city. Of the 8 times that we have used
Priceline.com
(Multiples times in Chicago, Detroit, Columbus, Colorado Springs) all of
the hotels have met or exceeded what we bargained for. All of the times,
we paid no more than $70 per night.
Hotwire.com
gives you a bit more information upfront before you have to actually
secure the deal with a payment. For this reason, Hotwire.com
seemed a bit better for airline tickets. We were really pleased with the
money that we saved and found that if you are a bit flexible with your
times and locations within a city, there is a lot of money that can be
saved.
Secondly,
make sure that your pet is taken well care of! If a family member or
neighbor is unable to help you out, consider HappyTail
Boarding for all of your pet sitting and needs while on vacation.
Their friendly staff is just terrific! Take a look at our travel site
for more helpful sites. Have a great vacation! |