When I'm travelling, I often see hotel room rates posted on the back of the hotel room door (typically in the US) or in the lobby, behind the check-in desk. These rates are typically eye-wateringly high - $/£/€100s above what you would pay even for…
What makes the difference between the price of a room in two websites? If I use Trivago, I can find several prices for the same room. I want to know what makes the difference here. Is it the fee that hotels have to pay to the websites or something…
I was looking at a hotel room that I might what to book and when I looked at the rate details and this is what I found:
Tue 09 Jun 2015 - Wed 10 Jun 2015 $ 161.00 USD per night
Wed 10 Jun 2015 - Thu 11 Jun 2015 $ 171.00 USD per night
Thu 11 Jun…
It turns out that Azerbaijan has an exclave called Nakhchivan which shares a border with Turkey.
Haven't heard of it? Well it seems neither have most of the websites I use to get an idea how much it will cost to sleep there. HostelWorld,…
You've probably heard of onsens and sentos in Japan, which are public bath houses. Korea has something similar and here they're called "jjimjilbangs".
One major difference is that you usually don't sleep in an onsen or sento in Japan unless it's…
I am visiting Vienna in April next year and am thinking of booking a hotel via one of the hotel providers like booking.com. Is it all right to book at free cancellation rates now and then change to pre-paid rates so as to take advantage of the…
In Norway, taxi rates are often higher during the night or weekend compared to weekday office hours. Is this true for the United States? I can't find anything about it on taxifarefinder.
The Varsity Hotel (Cambridge UK) has pretty standard rates for the next 3 months (£275 apart from Saturday night and the odd day when some event must be happening), but searching ahead into the new year, all the rooms are £720 on every day for the…