New Site DealBase Finds, Analyzes Hotel Deals |
 Bargain-hunting travelers know all too well that a hotel deal is not always a deal. Sometimes, it's a clever marketing ploy dressed up in deal clothing, usually with added amenities that you don't really need (i.e. the dinner for two or complimentary cocktails that you won't end up taking advantage of during your stay). Other times, what is advertised as a deal is really more of a small discount, not a great deal that offers a considerable (or meaningful) savings.
So what's a savvy traveler to do? Well, you could spend all day running the numbers yourself, carefully tallying up the hotel rack rates and comparing them with those offered by each deal. Or you could mosey over to DealBase, a new-ish site that displays and analyzes hotel deals for destinations within the U.S., Canada, Caribbean and Mexico. For any deal that's displayed on the site, you can use the deal analyzer (pictured in the screenshot above), a feature that breaks the offer down and compares it to the regular price using current pricing information from Hotels.com.
It's a great little resource to add to your travel toolbox - especially nowadays, when getting a good deal is not only a welcome occurrence, but an increasingly necessary first step along the road towards vacation reality. We also enjoyed checking out the site's Worst Hotel Deals, a list that includes a $100,000 hotel package for a New York hotel that the site determines is actually $85,857 more expensive than an identical stay without the "special offer."
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POSTED BY SYSADMIN - THURSDAY, JANUARY 8, 2009
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