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Questions tagged [accommodation-search-engines]

For questions about different search engines and websites where you can search for accomodation, recommendations for sites that meet a certain criteria and their functionality.

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How do I find the cheapest date to book a given hotel?

I am looking for a site or service that allows me to search a hotel (or hotels, or a specific beach/location) for the cheapest date. Most sites want you to tell them when you plan to visit. I WANT the site to tell me when to visit based off of the…
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How many independent global hotel search engines are there?

There are a ton of hotel search engines out there. However, the vast majority seem to be controlled by the same big players, offering the same inventory and often the same pricing too. For example, Booking Holdings operates Booking.com, Priceline,…
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Hotel booking sites with a calendar view, similar to flight search engines?

I was a great fan of Wotif.com's calendar view, where you could punch a place and a start date and it would show you prices and availability for all hotels, which you could then filter down by your criteria. Alas, Wotif were purchased by Expedia in…
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Is there a hotel search engine which allows one to exclude shared rooms?

The main big hotel search websites I know: http://www.booking.com/ http://www.hotels.com/ http://www.laterooms.com/ list many "hotels" which also sell single beds in dorm rooms. Try searching for London for 1 person, and sort by price, you'll see…
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How to search for a late checkout hotel?

This question comes up often, this time I am going to land at YUL at 00:33 and my next flight is at 16:55. Is there a hotel search engine which allows searching for late checkout? (Otherwise I'd need to ask for a "relatively cheap" airport hotel…
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Hotel search engine that allows to search for rooms with a desk?

Some background: I am planning to go to Finland during February / March next year to watch skijumping at the Nordic World Ski Championships. As Lahti (competition venue) will be fully booked with teams / press / etc., I am considering staying in…
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Hotel search engine that sorts results by distance from a given address by public transit?

When I'm traveling to a city with good public transport, I often prefer to save money by booking a place that is well connected to the city center by bus/tram/metro instead of a hotel that's directly downtown. However the most popular search engines…
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I am looking for a hotel search engine for rural areas

I am trying to find a bucolic holiday destination, which means finding a nice hotel in a small beautiful village for spending some quiet time. Most search engines are only finding major cities, and famous tourist-oriented places; for me one main…
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Is there a website that lets you shop for hotels with taxes and fees included in search results?

Every time I book a hotel online, the price increases by 25% in "taxes and fees" at checkout, compared to the price featured in search results. This does not occur when booking flights (I actually think there's a regulation against it for flights).…
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Is there any website or service for showing countries / regions open for travel during Covid-19 restrictions?

As countries and regions open up from lockdown, I was wondering if there's an online tool that can highlight which places a person is free to travel to based on: Passports held Current residency / residency status Destination country /…
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Accommodation search engine that allows setting an approximate price range without a date?

While looking for accommodation for my vacation, I have become rather frustrated with sites like booking.com where you have to set the check-in and check-out dates before you see any prices. Unfortunately I am at a (probably not unique) position…
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Is there an hotel price search engine that also searches nearby cities?

I use often booking search engines or price comparison for hotels. One feature I miss is the possibility to search in nearby cities. Either specifying a radius or by system suggestion. Most times I don't mind staying in a nearby city/location if…
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How do I find a hotel room by size?

Neither on Booking nor on Expedia I can't find how to specify the room size needed. It really is a problem when you search for a spacious room. It may look nice on photos, but appears to be too small when you proceed to the hotel page with full…
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Is there a website that allows me to filter on number of rooms in a suite?

My wife and I will be travelling through the US and Canada with my mother-in-law at the end of the year. I'm finding that almost all hotels, when they offer a "two double bed" or "two queen bed" option actually have the beds set up next to each…
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Searching for accommodations with an available piano in France

While planning a multi weeks cycling vacation in France, one of the participants expressed their concern of missing piano practicing for so long. I thought of searching for accommodations which had a piano available, however I could not find…
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