Sites for Travel Planning suggested by
Maureen Greenbaum who computes SUMWARE in NJ

kayak.com

Kayak will check lots and lots  of sites for flights and hotels and then let you.  Lets you set alters too.

 Farecast predicts if fares are going up or down base on how many seats are left.
Be sure to use Grid view

You might want to visit the individual sites to find special deals and to sign up for email alerts.

Bethesda, MD Hotels - complete listing
Open Lis
t has reviews of hotels and restaurants and the ability to check hotel rates using Expedia, Orbits, Hotels.com and other popular bots.  Open list is a bot for expert travel reviews by Fodors and Frommers and such.  It also lets individuals post their ratings which it displays as well as  combines into a averages so you can compare the choices.  It seems to have one of the most complete lists of hotels and restaurants and let you locate restaurants by parts of the city in larger cities.

 select.
QIXO is a shopbot for airlines and hotels.  It visits some of my favorite site like Travelocity, and 1Travel as well as the airlines sites themselves (Delta, Continental, Northwest, United, etc) and compares the fares so you can easily find the best deal on airfare.  They do hotels (PlacesToStay, etc  too)


 Trip Advisor has EVERYTHING you need for selecting lodging and touring.  It has excepts from travel guides like Fodors, magazine articles, user reviews and a forum.
Expedia.com
Expedia search results come ordered by distance for center city.  It gives prices and availability on resultspage.
Zoom & Go
 
Point-Travel
is a shopbot for hotels and other travel. Will let you click to Expedia, Lodging.com and others to see $$$ what they are charging for same room.

Escapemaker
is new but is build great reviews with links to attractions and lodging and dining in NJ, NY, PA (some RI, MA and Del.)
travelocity.com
Travelocity

Travel Now
lets you chose All or Available. It gives maps with all hotels color coded by $.too.
Insiders' Guide does a very thorough job on whatever area it covers

 


Virtual Tourist
has travel logs and travel tip by just ordinary folk and makes it easy for you to set one up yourself too.

. Frommer's: A World of Travel Experience
Arthur Frommer's has advice as well as using PlacesToStay to find hotels.


If nothing else Vacation
homes is worth visiting for the sparkling ocean
Welcome to Hotel Discounts
HotelDiscounts
lists hotels by price or only available.  You get the answer with price and number of stars.*
hotels.com logo
Hotels.com
hotels and hotel reservations, travel and lodgings
All-Hotels lists by price with nice descriptions and has a "What's Available" button.

10 Best has many suggestions by city including restaurants, B*&B, museums etc, no links to restaurant web page

Find the best Restaurants at 10BestRestaurants (one per state)

Restaurant Row
you Enter Zip code - get some (not all) ideas, menus
BnBInns has great search by area and answer has photos prices and # of room
US Inns
Property of Distinction
B&B Finder

Grouped by area
Bed & Breakfast Inns ONLINE
BBOnline
is a great site...very inclusive and maps showing where they are!
GORP features Outdoor and Adventure Travel   to Stay includes hotels and Bed&Bfasts (has nice photos) Openworld Home Page
Open World Luxury Hotel Search Engine (UK site)

World Hotels for Luxury Choices

Bed and Breakfast Bed and Breakfast Online gives nearby cities and distance

Mystic B&B and restaurants

TravelASSIST
Bed and Breakfasts, Inns
, and Small Hotels in the USA and all over the world

Innsite
Inn Site lists B&B by State with prices

Hotel Guide gives you number of stars and room rate but not availability.  It also only looks in the town selected. RentalCars.com
Rental Cars
and deals
NYC Restaurants & Menus
Menu pages
has Menus and ratings (you can rate and review too)

Sumware in NJSite creation and maintenance by Maureen Greenbaum of  Sumware in NJ
This page last modified May 03, 2008
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