Booking tours and hotels. How to book the cheapest hotel

Behind my shoulders are a couple of decades of traveling to different parts of the world, a good hundred hotels, inns, hostels and other accommodation facilities that I had a chance to try out for myself. An interesting experience of choosing, booking and staying in hotels of different levels, successful finds and inevitable disappointments.

I want to emphasize the word comfort once again. I won't tell you how to choose the cheapest hole, it's easier to buy a tent. This article will discuss how to find the lowest possible price for a good inexpensive hotel.

Laziness is a bad helper

I have a traveling nature of work and an irresistible craving for travel. It's not that hard to get a cheap hotel room. To do this, you need to constantly search, choose, compare and separate the “wheat from the chaff”. So I came up with the first iron rule: never be lazy in the search desired hotel in the right place.

I have known by heart everything, well, almost all popular booking systems for a long time, and almost daily I monitor e-mail for profitable offers from hotels and these systems. I never forget to register on a potential resource and subscribe to newsletters about promotions and discounts. Time puts everything in its place, I quickly cut off “extra” letters that clearly do not contain the necessary information. This is how my personal list of useful systems appeared:

Roomguru (always impeccable service and the best prices, offers from Ostrovok, Booking, Agoda, etc. systems are collected here);
Booking (always genuine reviews, many promotions and discounts, but, unfortunately, not always correct information about the accommodation facility);
Hotellook (a convenient service from the Aviasales ticket metasearch engine, customer loyalty program, cumulative bonuses);
Agoda (detailed information about the hotel, but in order to wait for discounts, you need to use the service constantly and for a long time);
Airbnb (rental from local residents, a choice for every taste and budget, but before booking, you should carefully study all the proposed conditions, for example, cleaning the premises, so as not to end your vacation with a vacuum cleaner and a mop in an embrace). Read more about Airbnb;
OneTwoTrip (here you can buy cheap flights and hotels - with a 30% discount).

How to find the most cheap hotel? - Carefully review the offers in all online booking services.

In some cases, I used other resources, but the level of their service could not be compared with the chosen favorites. This is the time to remember about laziness, and to tell you that having chosen a hotel that is suitable in all respects, I do not stop there and compare prices for the dates of my stay in all my favorite systems in order to choose the cheapest hotel booking.

Bonuses and promotions are not a myth, they are real

Constantly searching for cheap hotels and tracking profitable ones special offers not a waste of time. Demand always gives rise to offers very quickly, which is clearly confirmed by the properly functioning Roomguru filter system.

I was convinced of this on my last tour of Georgia and Armenia. Having put a mark in the “best deals” column on the Roomguru service, at first I simply could not believe my eyes. In the center of Yerevan, in a new fashionable hotel, on the dates my husband and I needed, they offered a magical 50% discount on an executive suite.

Later, already during my stay at the hotel, I did not have the pleasure of looking at the price list lying at the front desk and once again making sure that I was not dreaming of what was happening. Even me, who has seen many different numbers in different countries the size of the room was staggering. In the room it was just right to shout “ay” to each other, so as not to get lost in its open spaces. But on that day we left the hotel room in Tbilisi, for which we paid 1.5 times more than for representative mansions in Armenia.

"Bad" dates and periods of stay

We all love a change of scenery in a joyful time. New Year holidays, May holidays and other holidays. In our company, we call this time "disastrous" for travel. For some time now, my friends and I have sworn off such experiments, and have found other options to travel more often and pay less.

You can and should pamper yourself with interesting voyages. But don't pay exorbitant money for it. All hotels in the world are happy to inflate prices during the Christmas holidays, high swimming seasons, legendary festivals and other spectacular events, gather pilgrims on holy holidays, fashion shows weeks and weeks of mass sales of branded clothing. If it is absolutely necessary for you to be at this place at this time, go back to the option hotel selection without laziness if the trip is an empty whim, change its cost for 2 more economical tours.

Therefore, the answer to the question "How to find a cheap hotel?" simple - do not rest during peak seasons.

After the noisy public holidays prices in places of residence are falling sharply, and here we go on another trip. Low rates and on the eve of festive events, after the end beach season and creative events around the world.

We gained an unexpected experience after the spring river cruise in the Czech Republic, trying to book a cheap mini hotel. From the captain of the ship, we learned that in winter the ship acts as a hotel, where the cost of living is very low, and the level of service remains at the cruising height, and we took this opportunity for the New Year holidays in Prague.

Online booking is better than hazy uncertainty

Some tourists rely on the famous "maybe" on their trips and do not bother to search in advance for a suitable accommodation option. How unjustified such a careless attitude towards oneself can be seen immediately upon arrival at the destination. Booking hotels for cheap requires a certain investment of time and effort.

It is unlikely that you will be able to rent a cheap hotel without preliminary preparation. At best, a quickly found hotel will cost more than on booking services, but it will not be the worst. In the worst case, we were driven and driven around the village, in order to make sure once again that the oral stories of the “merchants” from the local tourist service are extremely different from the real look of the hotel or hostel.

Having conducted similar experiments a couple of times on ourselves and friends, we have once and for all taught ourselves not to rely on such options and are steadily using hotel and guest house booking systems to rent a hotel cheaply via the Internet. Even in places where there are no hotels at all, we try to find a reliable place to stay at the nearest motel or locality, we spend time on an additional road, but we have never spent the night in a field under a bush.

Get your sleigh ready in summer, choose your hotel well in advance

Whatever advice I try to give tourists, they all revolve around the same factor. If you want to find a cheap hotel that would meet all your needs, don't be lazy and take care of it in advance.

planning summer rest in hot countries, I start looking at all offers from November or December of the current year. Firstly, at this time, a wide range of discounts and promotions are offered in almost all areas, and secondly, there is nothing to be done about the fact that accommodation places in the cult resorts of Turkey and Tunisia, Cyprus and Greece, Sochi and Yalta sometimes differ very much in level service, convenient location near popular beaches and quality of rooms.

For lazy applicants for a future vacation paradise, there are “crumbs from the master's table” of those tourists who know what they want from the hotel and want to be sure that they will get it in full. Several times in our practice there were situations associated with "hot" tours that offered "an incomparable vacation at a cheap price."

Alas, such experiments brought us some disappointments, experienced vacationers do not always refuse to book due to force majeure, some of them learn some truth about the hotel and find other options for themselves. In a hotel in Sicily during the heat wave, we got a hotel with poorly working air conditioners, which, as it turned out, was written in reviews, and on a cruise along mediterranean sea our cabin was located above the engine room and we could only dream of a normal night's sleep.

Choosing a hotel location is one way to save money

We expect certain things from every trip. It is reasonable to combine plans to swim in the gentle warm sea and surprise everyone with a bronze tan with the search for a hotel for 1 coastline. But the coin always has 2 sides, a more budget hotel, located even on the 3rd level from the beach, costs a much smaller amount, and daily promenades through the park area among the subtropical aromas of southern plants can give an extra charge of vivacity and pleasant impressions.

How to book a cheap hotel? - Take the one that is away from the coast or from the center.

How to save money on hotels? - Relax with friends, wholesale is always cheaper.

A separate story was accommodation in apartments on ski resort in Austria, evening gatherings in the fireplace hall over a mug of mulled wine, noisy dinners in the common dining room and 2 bathrooms for 4 families did not in the least reduce the level of comfort for all those participating in the winter voyage. In cold and harsh Finland, a sauna and a font with cool water became common for our company, which undoubtedly added spice and enthusiasm to our trip.

"Thank you" from the tourism business

In the tourism industry, as in the banking sector, there is a whole system of returning money spent on travel to special credit cards. Tinkoff Bank, Vostochny banks, Rosgosstrakh, Alfa-Bank, Otkritie and other commercial giants have travel cards. Hotel booking and payment hotel services using plastic money documents allows cardholders to receive a kind of “thank you” from banks in the form of cash-backs for new trips.

Significant benefits to its owners are provided by the All Airlines card, a partner of the most common booking system for hotels and guest houses Booking.com. It does not matter in the form of a gift of money or in the form of future miles of airliner flights will be available to you after purchasing this card. From such monetary "little things" there is a general picture of savings on a trip to any corner of the planet. Accumulated bonus miles and allowed yourself a short weekend trip with the money saved, especially if you were patient and waited for the purchase of air tickets entirely at the expense of bonus funds.

Simple, but not always tasteful

A separate niche among accommodation facilities in tourist area occupied by hostels. For Russia, this type of temporary housing is still quite new, in other countries of the world it has long been widely used. I had 2 experiences of staying in hostels: at one of the Moscow railway stations before a train trip to Europe and a 3-day overnight stay in France. Both cases left me with a conflicting opinion, about which a little more:

accommodation (in Moscow with conveniences for 2 rooms, in Marseille a separate standard);
cleanliness and comfort (in the capital it is clean, but somewhat miserable, in France it is more convenient, but dirtier);
service (at the Moscow station of an average hand, in the port of Marseille was almost absent).

The most vivid memory from the capital's hostel was the complete hopelessness to get into common areas, our neighbors on the block were a large friendly family from Central Asia, which surprisingly imperceptibly and with enviable persistence occupied the bathroom.

The French hostel is remembered for a very small basement, carelessly cleaned and without any signs of services. The last straw in the rejection of hostels was that the difference in cost with a standard room with separate amenities was only 20 euros for a family.

Fifty - fifty or hotel booking on the official website

About direct business relations with hotels and guest houses cannot be expressed unambiguously. Personally, I have the opinion that the principle reigns here: hit or miss. The collection of trips is full of cases of successful contacts with the accommodation directly, but there are also many cases of complete disappointment.

Chain hotels, scattered throughout the key cities of the world, usually work well and smoothly, small mini-hotels on the periphery can bring a lot of funny surprises. In a small Ukrainian town, we had a chance to spend one night in an ennobled barn with all conveniences, behind the wall of which cows mooed and from early morning metal buckets rattled during milking.

In a Russian village in a room with all amenities in winter, in a decent frost, we had to run through the snow to the same amenities located in the building of a neighboring cafe, this pleasure was sold under the sauce a la inexpensive youth hotels.

We can recall many curious incidents, but we have not made a final verdict on this issue, we prefer to solve this problem in each individual case according to the circumstances. If possible, we return to our favorite method of booking a hotel in proven online systems.

This article discusses in detail the various ways how to book hotels without prepayment and a card. The reasons why the hotel administrator can block funds on your credit card and how to avoid it are described. Given step by step instructions with screenshots of booking hotels without payment and credit card.

Why does the hotel need your card details

In most cases, to complete a hotel reservation, the online system requires you to enter information on a bank card. This is not surprising if the tourist plans to immediately make an advance payment for accommodation. But Why do we need credit card information if it happens hotel reservation without payment?

The fact is that hotels set fines in case of no-show or late cancellation. This information can be found on the website of the online system in the description of the hotel rooms. As a rule, without penalties, you can cancel the reservation a day or three before the expected arrival. At the time of booking the hotel without prepayment, the tourist accepts the terms of cancellation of the reservation in accordance with the policy of the hotel.

In turn, the hotel has the right to have guarantees that in case of no-show, the tourist will pay the cost of the fine. This guarantee can be obtained by saving the details of the bank card (credit or debit) of the tourist.

If you are not yet strong in hotel reservations, I recommend that you first read the general article: .

Who can benefit from hotels without prepayment

A few examples of when it may be necessary to book hotels without prepayment:

Visa. Many consulates require you to provide a hotel voucher. In this case, it is advisable to make a hotel reservation without paying for a visa.
Fuzzy plans. There is a desire to go on vacation, but there is no certainty that the boss will let go.
Lack of funds. There are situations when you urgently need to book a hotel room while there is a good choice, and the salary is not soon.

If you intend to make a hotel reservation without payment through popular specialized platforms such as booking.com, agoda.com, roomguru.ru, hotellook.ru and others, you need to choose hotels with the following characteristics: "Free cancellation, pay later" or similar. Hotels without prepayment make up the majority of the list proposed by the online system. In this case, without monetary charges, the cancellation of the reservation can be made within 24-72 hours (there are other requirements, you must first read the conditions for canceling the reservation). That is, before the onset of this period, you should not worry.

What happens when free cancellation is no longer possible:

Withdrawal of money from the card is not carried out, you need to pay at the hotel after the fact.
There is a payment for one day or for the entire period of the proposed stay.

It all depends on the hotel and the booking system. For example, Booking is inclined towards the first option, and Agoda towards the second. Incidentally, the latter takes only credit cards.

How to book a hotel without prepayment:

We pass to one of the booking systems or a search engine. Let's say on agoda.com =>>
In the search window, fill in the destination, dates, number of guests.

We sort the output using the horizontal menu, and also set the necessary characteristics using the filters in the left column.

We look at the generated list. We are looking for hotels by the phrase "Free cancellation, pay later." The "free cancellation" filter is available only for the hotellook.ru search engine. On other platforms, the selection occurs visually.

We select a hotel and proceed to booking. Once again we are convinced that we are satisfied cancellation terms and payment period.

Fill in the required fields and enter your bank card details. After we complete the booking, an email with a voucher will be sent to the specified email box.

⚠ Important to know! Unfortunately, this way to book a hotel without prepayment does not give a full guarantee that no action will occur with your bank card. To check the solvency of a future guest, some hotels may block money on the map. This procedure is called pre-authorization (or Hold). The amounts are different: the dollar, and the price of one night, and the entire cost of the reservation. At the same time, money is not physically written off, but it will be impossible to use it before unlocking. In turn, the banking system is arranged in such a way that lock is automatically released in about 30 days(depending on the bank). Credit card holders may not experience this discomfort, as potentially borrowed funds are blocked, and this process does not entail the accrual of interest, since there is no actual write-off. But debit cardholders can find themselves in a quandary when they block an amount they thought they would use on their trip. Blocked funds cannot be paid even at the hotel, because of which all the “cheese-boron” began.

For example, a tourist booked a hotel without prepayment in Nice for two weeks for 1000€. The hotel administrator checked his debit card by pre-authorizing the entire amount. The bank, in turn, did not manually remove the blocking, and automatic cancellation will occur only after a month. Suppose a tourist leaves for a vacation in a week, and checks out of the hotel after another two. But the money he planned to pay is still blocked, as only 21 days have passed. It is good if the vacationer has a sufficient cash reserve. And if he is not found at the end of the vacation?

One good thing is that such cases do not happen often. But you need to be aware of them and be prepared for such a situation. Booking hotels without prepayment guaranteed can only give hotel reservation option without a bank card.

When it may be useful to book hotels without a card

Some examples of reasons why it may be necessary to book a hotel without a card:

100% no blocking . If necessary, unconditionally receive a hotel reservation without payment and blocking a bank card (credit or debit).
Card expires . If your credit card expires at the time of check-out, your booking may be denied.
Card type does not match . Sometimes the simplest (not embossed) Visa Electron, MasterCard Maestro cards are not suitable for booking.
no map at all .

I found 3 ways to book a hotel without a credit card. Let's dwell on each of them in detail.

Booking a hotel without a credit card throughbooking. com

Unfortunately, everyone's favorite booking did not provide special filters to automatically select hotels without paying by credit card. However, this can be done in other ways:

Manual override.
In a cunning way.

Manual way

Go to booking.com =>>
Fill out the form: city, dates, number of guests.

Sort and filter the output according to the required parameters.

Scrolling through the issue, visually look for the phrase "You can make a hotel reservation without a credit card."

Having decided on the hotel, choose a room and start booking.

Fill in the required information. Be sure to check the box next to the item "Ability to change the booking online." Click "Continue".

Fill in the latest information: country of residence and phone number. No credit card details are required to book a hotel.

Within a few minutes, the voucher will be sent to your email. It will need to be presented in paper or electronic form upon check-in at the hotel.

tricky way

We repeat points 1-2 of the previous section.
We go to any hotel from the proposed list and simulate a reservation (p. 5-6).
When you need information about a credit or debit card, click on the "No card?" icon.

A pop-up window shows information about what you need a bank card for when booking a hotel, and at the bottom there are options for hotels that can be booked without a credit card. The absence of such a list means that in this area you cannot book hotels without a card through booking. Then the methods described below will come in handy (they are much simpler).

We go to the proposed hotels, make a choice and complete the booking, as described in the previous paragraphs 5-8.

Easy way. Update as of July 25, 2016

Recently, Booking has expanded its functionality, now it has filters for booking rooms without cards and prepayments.

Hotel reservation without card payment through domestic online booking sites

One of the most convenient options is to use domestic systems online booking: hotels.ru, oktogo.ru, ostrovok.ru. The search on these sites is identical, so let's look at booking a hotel without a credit card and prepayment using one of them as an example.

Go to the site hotels.ru =>>
As usual, fill in the direction, dates of arrival/departure, number of residents, click "Find Hotels".

A column with various filters will appear on the left. We find the "Payment" filter and select the "Do not require a bank card" option. In our example (Haapsalu, Estonia) there were 19 out of 34 hotels that do not require a card to book.

We select a hotel and proceed to registration, be sure to fill in the name, surname, e-mail, phone number, country and city of residence. Additionally, you can enter the name of the second guest (if any). This may be required if you need to provide a voucher for a visa.

When you confirm the booking (the “order” button), an email with a voucher will be sent to your email. It can be printed for the visa. For a hotel, it is not necessary to provide a printed form, an electronic file is quite suitable (the main thing is not to forget to save it to a mobile device).

You can change or cancel your reservation at Hotels Ru through Personal Area=> My Bookings section => Bookings tab.

Find the required booking and click on the "Reservation Details" button. A window will open where you can cancel or make changes.

More than 877 thousand hotels in 225 countries of the world are represented on hotels.ru (own database, as well as the database of the Expedia system). A good help to Booking, which has slightly lower numbers: 855 thousand hotels in 223 countries.

Make a hotel reservation without a card through the h metasearch engineotellook.ru

Now I will tell you about the most universal way to book hotels without a card - search through the hotellook aggregator.

Go to the site hotellook.ru =>>
In the search form, fill in the direction, dates of arrival and departure, the number of people. By the way, you can fill in here.

In the upper horizontal menu above the issue, we find the item "additional" and select the option "no card".

Using the sorting of the second horizontal menu, we select hotels.

Do you know why I like this way of booking a hotel without a card the most? Because the hotellook search engine displays the results of both oktogo, and ostrovok, and booking, as well as other online booking systems (except for hotels.ru, which we considered before). It defines the option “booking a hotel without a card” for any of the above hotel platforms.

Example. Let's say a hotelX" on theisland can be booked without a card, but onbookingandoktogo- No. At the same time, the hotelY” on Booking is displayed with the status “card not required”, while other platforms do not have such a function for this hotel. Hotellook will show you the hotel "X", and the hotel"Y”, at the same time displaying prices for other online booking systems.

It turns out that the search engine finds the maximum number of possible offers for booking hotels without a card. It remains only to choose a hotel from the proposed list and go directly from Hotellook to the selected option on any platform.

If you know other ways to book a hotel without a credit card and prepayment, share them in the comments - this information may be useful to other users. Your experience with blocking money on the card by the hotel will also be interesting.

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Excellent hostel.

Excellent hostel. Very convenient location, close to Red Square and other attractions. No problems with booking, polite administrators. Everywhere is clean and tidy. The toilet and shower are clean, I was pleasantly surprised. Bed linen is clean and smells good. There are small disadvantages, foreign guests are accommodated in the same room with Russian guests, this is very inconvenient! The Chinese do not understand when they are asked not to make noise and act as if they are alone in the room, talking on the phone in the middle of the night and ignoring requests to be quiet from the administration. Also, the taxi does not drive close to the hostel, you have to walk 100 meters on foot. A huge request from the hostel administration to explain to their employees, in particular to the cleaners, so that they do not resent and swear at the hostel guests that they have not removed their belongings somewhere or have not signed their products in the refrigerator! They took the job and knew what was in store for them. If you are not satisfied with the work, let them make room for more educated staff! Such employees spoil the mood and opinion about the hotel as a whole.

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In two days I managed to visit several places.

In two days I managed to visit several places. Since we settled near Red Square, we decided to start from there. We walked along the clean and cozy streets to the Red Square, visited the Armory and Cathedral Square, then by metro we got to shopping center Filion, the most delicious Pokrovsky gingerbreads are sold there, there is a company store, from there take the metro to the hotel. On the second day we reached Timiryazevskaya, changed to the monorail and went to VDNKh, along the way you can see the industrial zone and sleeping areas and Ostankino, quite curiously. VDNKh is very beautiful, the place for walking is very good, there are many places to eat for every taste, music plays, you can go rollerblading, there are interesting exhibitions, you can spend the whole day there, then we took the metro from VDNKh to Kropotkinskaya, we wanted to see the Cathedral of Christ the Savior. From there, walk along the streets to the Arbat. We didn't see much in two days, but we had a lot of fun.

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Over the Christmas holidays, I was able to show my wife and son the most...

During the Christmas holidays, I was able to show my wife and son the most iconic places in Moscow, while almost all of these places from the China City hotel can be reached on foot! All our meals were organized in the cafe chain "Mu-Mu", good level cooked meals with an average price tag for lunch 350-450 rubles per person. The nearest cafe to our hotel is on Maroseyka Street 12 (we used to have dinner there). The most impressive event for all of us was the meeting of the New Year on the "Singing Bus" tour at the Patriarch's Ponds and a night tour of Moscow with singing guides - Santa Claus and the Snow Maiden. Near the hotel is Orthodox church"All Saints", where the service is according to the canon of the Patriarchate of Alexandria. I advise you to visit the service, very unusual melodies of prayers and the rite itself. The Moscow Planetarium was also impressive, it made a strong impression on our youngest son (he is 17 years old).

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Beloved Moscow forever!

Traveled for the purpose of visiting historical monuments, but for the purpose of visiting parks and modern places. Best Places convenient location to the metro: Tverskoy Boulevard - especially beautiful in the evening, Sokolniki Park (for active tourists), Red Square, Alexander Garden, Izmailovsky park, Victory Park. Far from the metro station Gorky Park, Vorobyovy Gory. They took the bus. sightseeing tour rental at the main attractions. They were not very satisfied with the zoo - huge areas for walking, large animals are located at a fairly far distance from the field of view, many cages are empty - because. the animals are sleeping, there is no full-fledged hot food on the territory - only hot dogs and all that. We will definitely return to visit the Tsaritsinsky Reserve and Chistye Prudy.

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The Kremlin, especially the tour of the Diamond Fund, the Armory...

Kremlin, especially excursion to Diamond Fund, the Armory, Red Square, the Church of the Ascension and the Palace of Alexei Mikhailovich in Kolomenskoye, Tsaritsyno, Historical Museum and the Museum of the Patriotic War of 1812, the Tretyakov Gallery, the network of cafes "MU-MU". Special thanks to the cafe staff! Well done!!! Thanks to the staff of museums and exhibitions, very polite and attentive! Didn't like the location seats in the Kremlin concert hall(sitting in the fifth row, the ballet "Snow Maiden"), complaints came from everywhere! As well as the low culture of the Moscow audience, during the performance they ran from place to place, at the end of the event, instead of applause, they turned their backs to the artists and left the hall. Nightmare!

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Using the best hotel booking services is good way online to find the most suitable accommodation for a vacation or business trip. In addition, if we are talking about traveling abroad, at customs or when obtaining a visa, confirmation of the room reservation may be required. In order not to get an overlay, it is important to use only trusted sites, the advantages and disadvantages of which are precisely considered in this rating, compiled on the basis of reviews from experienced travelers.

To compile this TOP, real reviews of tourists were taken. All contenders for the title of the best were compared with each other, their advantages and disadvantages were taken into account. Here is what was in priority when analyzing the opinions of travelers:

Wealth of choice of hotels;
Convenience of the selection filter;
Ease of searching;
The speed of issuing results;
Clarity of the interface;
Number of supported languages;
No hidden fees;
Time to confirm the booking;
Possibility of free withdrawal of the reserve;
Payment Methods.

Naturally, the technical support of the site and its readiness to meet the needs of customers in case of unforeseen circumstances were also taken into account.

Best Price Comparison Websites for Hotel Bookings

As the name of the category implies, these sites provide information about the prices of accommodation in hotels offered on the most popular resources for booking them. They save a lot of time, because you can immediately choose the most advantageous option in terms of cost and comfort and immediately make a reservation.

roomguru

Rumguru is also an international search aggregator, only comparing prices on room reservation resources and displaying a few results. This significantly saves time on the selection of housing and allows you to save money. If we compare it with similar services from our rating, then it is interesting in that it offers booking not only from partners, but also on the official website of the hotel.

The creators of the Roomguru system were definitely not mistaken in making the division by cost. With this option, you can select only the options that are suitable for the price and search already among them. You can often see profitable offers from him, which are not available on every similar site. The ability to sort by guest ratings, which the service carefully checks, can also be called a plus.

A special advantage is access to a search by the name of a particular hotel and its location, taking into account the map. Pretty good mobile app simplifies the use of services, and is not inferior to the applications of competitors from this rating.

Advantages:

Benefit for the wallet;
Saving time;
Various booking options;
Advanced search form.

Disadvantages:

Previously, when searching, Russian transliteration worked, now the flaw has been removed.

Hotellook

This is a simple and fast system for searching and comparing the cost of living in hotels with which the same Agoda, Hotels, Ostrovok, Booking, etc. work. alternatives, for example, Oktogo, here you can find a suitable option with a maximum discount of up to 60%. Most importantly, the service is completely free - it analyzes more than 700,000 guest houses, hostels, hotels around the world, from the US to Australia.

Compared to the prices on the websites of the hotels themselves, hotellook offers more favorable prices. At the same time, users have no complaints about either the design or the menu, everything is assembled as compactly and conveniently as possible. Of the pluses, a large number of fresh reviews and photos of objects that are real should be highlighted.

The selection of the best results for booking a room is carried out here through a special filter that allows you to choose the appropriate currency from more than twenty. According to this indicator, Hotellook is clearly in the lead; still, after all, it takes only a few seconds to issue search data. Opposite each proposal, a rating is indicated that helps to make the right decision.

Advantages:

Download and work speed;
Several partners;
Analysis of multiple prices in different agencies;
Many languages;
discounts;
Filtering by type of accommodation, amenities and many other parameters;
Location map of objects.

Disadvantages:

Not found.

The "Hotelluk" system automatically redirects to the websites of partners for booking rooms.

This is an aggregator for finding the most the best hotels among various booking agencies. It gives all possible options, among which you can select the most profitable for yourself. The company is German, but do not rush to abandon it or take on a translator, it also has a Russian version. Very convenient is the option of selecting suitable hotels by rating, location in the city, distance from the center, number of stars and various secondary filters - free internet, parking, swimming pool, etc.

Of course, it is not possible to look at reviews and detailed characteristics of hotels on the site, but here are real photos of rooms, sometimes speaking more eloquently than the most detailed descriptions. Moreover, partners provide complete information, where you can complete the reserve. Among them, there are only proven services - Ostrovok, Agoda, Booking - those that are included in our rating of hotel booking sites.

Advantages:

Quick search;
Compare prices to the penny;
Using only free numbers;
Display of offers with discounts.

Disadvantages:

Users would like more detailed descriptions offers.

Compared to other hotel booking sites from this rating, the Oktogo service took care of providing detailed information about the prices for rooms by mailing to subscribers. He also thought about the safety of his clients, conducting a thorough check of all candidates by the relevant service, which minimizes the likelihood of fraud.

The cost of booking a bed in a hostel or a room in a hotel is set not just like that, but according to the results of a long comparison of all prices in other agencies. At the same time, the service provides the final amount, without hidden fees, and this inspires confidence among users. Compared to competitors, it looks more interesting due to the provision of detailed information about the location of objects, services and amenities in hotels.

Oktogo does not have the simplest interface, but it is not difficult to understand it, especially since it is in Russian. In addition, there are clear instructions on how to act in order to do everything right. A convenient personal account generally removes all sorts of questions, and bonus points upon registration are even more impressive. True, it will not work to get a reservation on this site, for this you need to use the resources of partners.

Advantages:

A large number of hostels;
Prompt resolution of customer difficulties;
Payment from cards and electronic wallets;
The speed of sending a voucher to the mail;
Possibility of calculation both at check-in and at the time of booking a room.

Disadvantages:

Not found.

The best sites for booking hotels in Russia

Naturally, in the services presented in this category, you can book a hotel room or a bed in a hostel not only on the territory of the Russian Federation, but also far beyond the borders of Russia. It is the winning sites that have the most impressive selection of hotels in a given country.

The Ostrovok hotel reservation site is not inferior to Booking in terms of the number of housing offers, and in its types, maybe even surpasses it. Here you can not only book a room in a hotel or hostel, but also rent a room in guest house, as well as apartments, villas and even a campsite. It is not necessary to pay for the reservation right away, it can be done upon check-in.

Unlike booking, prices are more strictly controlled here, and they are not overstated for popular destinations. This service also deserves a place in the TOP of the best hotel booking sites due to the provision of personal discounts up to 20%, which not all competitors can afford. It stands out against the background of similar sites and the security of online payments due to working directly with leading and trusted banks and payment systems.

The ostrovok website has a fairly simple and intuitive interface, making it easy to navigate. Everything is organized here and there is a convenient search filter that includes a full range of options - from the type of accommodation and the number of beds to the services and entertainment provided. Of course, compared to the same Booking, translation from Russian is available only in 3 languages - Danish, English and Spanish.

Advantages:

Bonus points;
Convenient sorting;
Entering the options you like in a separate list for quick search;
Real reviews of guests;
Placement in catalogs of available hotels around the world;
Possibility to choose an object taking into account the distance from the city center.

Disadvantages:

Not found.

Agoda

This site is regularly included in the rating of the best hotel and hotel booking services due to the fact that it has an open pricing policy, without hidden fees, and at the same time provides truthful, comprehensive information about accommodation options. Undoubtedly, the descriptions of resorts and areas of various cities practiced by him are useful, according to which it should be easier to make a decisive choice.

Special attention at Agoda deserves discounts for registered users, which can reach 30%. It is rare to find such a convenient division into countries, cities and even regions, which speeds up the process of choosing a suitable housing option. Otherwise, the site does not differ much from competitors, it is just as practical - there are free applications, round-the-clock chat support, quick feedback.

In the Agoda service, prices are indicated without taxes, so you still need to add a certain percentage to them.

Advantages:

Speed and convenience of site search;
Bonus system;
Efficiency of obtaining information;
Transparency of conditions;
Flexibility of pricing policy;
Choice of offers.

Disadvantages:

You can lose a little when paying in another currency due to conversion;
You can only see taxes in your personal account.

As reviews show, agoda is very often used to find accommodation in Asia, although there are many interesting options for placement in Europe, USA, Australia.

Compete in quantity best offers days with this service is quite difficult for other systems. On the main page, there are always available accommodation options in the most popular cities world with an unrealistic discount of up to 70%. Moreover, for one reservation, miles are credited to the account, which can be exchanged for a discount.

True, if it is not necessary to register on Booking to make a reservation, then it is impossible to bypass this stage with IGlobe. But this should not be taken for a minus, because it takes only a few seconds. Fill in the form with your first and last name email address and phone number. In the case of low fares, the prepayment made in case of no-show is not refundable and changes cannot be made after that.

Advantages:

The service is responsible for the information provided;
You can pay not only by card, but also bonus miles Aeroflot;
Electronic money accepted;
The speed of debiting funds and confirmation;
You can immediately book a hotel and air travel.

Disadvantages:

There are cases of overestimation of rates;
Phones do not work around the clock, in which iGlobe loses to competitors.

The reviews write that you need to be more careful with paying for services through the site with a card if you need to write out documents for travel. The fact is that they are provided through a Swiss company, and they may not be accepted by the accounting department in Russia.

The best websites for booking hotels around the world

Perhaps this is the most famous and one of the oldest hotel booking systems in different parts of the world. It was founded in 1996 and since then has been confidently holding a leading position in this service market. Everything is done here for the convenience of users - a choice of 43 working languages, the absence of mandatory registration to reserve a room.

The booking service is interesting because right on the site you can read real reviews of tourists, see many photos of one or another accommodation option and select suitable offers based on their user rating. Thus, you can exclude settling in an initially bad hotel and not spoil your vacation.

One of the advantages of this hotel booking site is simply a huge database of hotels, guest houses, hostels for both the budget traveler and wealthy people. At the same time, you can reserve several rooms at the same time, and before leaving, cancel the reservation for free, this helps to make sure.

Advantages:

Convenient, clear and simple interface;
Many offers of any level around the world;
Reservation without payment;
Free cancellation;
Email confirmation speed;
Exclusive and special offers;
Convenience of the selection filter (by city, price, number of stars, etc.);
Compliance of photos and reviews with reality;
Possibility to rent a car here and buy air tickets;
Detailed descriptions.

Disadvantages:

Fraud protection would not hurt;
There are some price fluctuations.

According to user reviews, Booking has excellent technical support, if any questions arise, they respond in time and give detailed answers.

Expedia

Among the best hotel booking services there are also resources on English language- for those who are well versed in it. He could be given the first place in our TOP because of the lowest prices associated with the redemption of blocks of places in different hotels around the world. The system has been working for a long time and reliably, so, according to reviews, there are practically no problems with mandatory prepayment. But, despite this, the company meets the needs of customers and develops a version of depositing funds when checking into a room.

It is unlikely that Russian services can afford the same “trick” as expedia, which guarantees compensation for the difference between its price and that of competitors, and also gives a 50% coupon. But there is a catch - more low price must be found only in US systems, and offers must match by arrival date and room category.

What can we say, this is the largest platform of its kind in the United States, the advantage of which is the provision of other services - the purchase of air tickets and car rentals around the world. The search for suitable options is carried out quite quickly compared to the same Agoda. The booking procedure is standard, in a few clicks.

Advantages:

There are both inexpensive and luxury hotels;
To check into the room, it is not necessary to present a printout of the reservation;
The cost is even lower than the hotels themselves, there are preferences;
Wide range of possibilities;
Exact match of the results to the request;
Quick output of information of interest;
The practicality of filters.

Disadvantages:

There is no Russian-language interface.

In the case of expedia, you need to be careful when canceling a reservation, this service is free, but if there is a currency conversion, you can lose on the difference.

This is one of the best hotel booking sites, it can be distinguished in the TOP because of the most complete database of facilities for accommodation during leisure or business trips. Where else can more than 1.6 million profitable and interesting offers be collected on one resource! To be among the leaders allows him and instant confirmation of reservations from hotels, as well as prices below the official rates. This is one of the few services where there is no commission, you do not need to pay an intermediary.

Hotels gets a big plus for its user-friendly interface, everything is in order in the system, there is a minimum and maximum cost threshold, a hotel accommodation map, a choice of reservations without a bank card, with the possibility of canceling it. Information about the distance to the metro, train station and other important places in the city is very valuable. If reviews were located on the page of specific offers, and not separately, it would be even better.

Advantages:

Security;
Good mobile applications;
Availability;
Clarity of actions;
Operational technical support;
Filter quality for selection;
A variety of offers for tourist accommodation.

Disadvantages:

Not found.

Which hotel booking service is better to choose

Those who want to find the best deals should first use a search aggregator that compares prices in different hotel booking services. When choosing a suitable system, see that you can cancel the reservation for free or with a minimum commission. Watch out for the absence of hidden payments - taxes, interest for checking the performance of the card, etc.

The simplest and convenient service, especially for a novice traveler, there will be a booking.
Those who want to find something good among hostels can pay attention to ostrovok.
Those wishing to save money and choose the cheapest accommodation option should use the price comparison services oktogo, trivago, hotellook.
For those who want to find good number at a discount, agoda, roomguru and hotels will do.
expedia is recognized as the most reliable and proven system, here you can not be afraid to make an advance payment.
If you frequently use Aeroflot and have accumulated a large number of miles, they can be exchanged for paying for a number on iGlobe.

All online hotel booking systems are very popular, in particular among Russian tourists. They have a good reputation and mostly positive reviews.