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There are so many travel sites on the web nowadays that it is difficult to decide which one to use to book flights, packages and hotels. It can be time consuming searching for the best deal and some of the price comparison sites are not only slow, but extremely biased as they are only affiliated with particular holiday sites.

After trawling the internet for the best deals and offers on US hotels, hostels and holiday homes, my searches almost always brought me back to one site as the cheapest- hotels.com. The majority of the time, hotels.com has been cheaper than booking through the hotel itself. Of course, it is a personal choice as to how long you are willing to spend searching through travel sites, but having booked and stayed in 14 hotels in a space of two months whilst traveling across the States last year, I am happy to book with hotels.com every time, partly to save time and partly because I am happy that I am getting the best deal.

Hotels.com offers accommodation all over the world. There has not been a small town in America that I have been unable to find a hotel in as of yet, which I am very impressed with. The site has recently updated their search process. You can search for hotels near a landmark or attraction, by city or county, by rating, by price and even by address if you want a specific hotel. Having signed up for the hotels.com newsletter, I frequently receive offers of the week and information on packages and freebies. *Please note that many offers are available if you search an book on a TUESDAY.*

Although it is not a necessity, you can create an account on hotels.com. This allows you to bookmark hotels as 'favourites', allows the site to remember your previous searches and allows you to check your past and forthcoming hotel stays. The majority of the hotels are paid for through the website which saves time when checking in and helps you keep track of what has been paid for and when.

One thing I particularly like about hotels.com is that they do not charge you a cancellation fee (although the hotel itself might still do so). As we know, sometimes plans fall through and this little perk helps a great deal. You can also speak to a customer service advisor on the phone free of charge which is useful if you have a query that can't for some reason be sorted on the site (I have yet to find a problem that cannot be resolved online).

Hotels.com was a real lifesaver for me during our trip and I would not hesitate to book my next US holiday through the site, as opposed to a local travel agents. I would highly recommend hotels.com to other travelers, as a competitive, user-friendly, informative travel booking website.

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