How to choose the right hotel for you

No matter what booking site I use, after I enter the city and date I’m looking for, the first thing I do is filter hotels by my desired price range.

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Unless there are hundreds of hotels, I usually choose the lowest-end hotels, though I’m willing to pay something in between. You never know when something good will pop up in the super cheap range.

If the site has amenity filters, I choose the ones that are most important to me.

You can say you only want hotels with wifi, pool and parking. Sometimes you can choose how many stars you want or what type of hotel you prefer, such as «romantic» or «family».

This way you can exclude hotels that don’t meet your requirements, so you have fewer choices.

Next, sort your list. Perhaps price is most important, or you want to sort by ratings. Now you can browse the options in the order that is important to you.

Planning a trip with a map – choosing a hotel

Are there any particular attractions in your destination that you want to be close to? Would you like to stay near the airport? Do you want to stay near public transportation?

These things are usually listed in the hotel description, but it would take a long time to read them all to find out.

Instead, look at the map view. Swipe the map until you see the neighborhood you want, and then open only the hotels in that area.

Some booking sites accomplish all hotels on the map, even if they don’t meet your criteria.

The color of the pin or marker used adjacent to each hotel allows you to distinguish between hotels that meet your requirements and those that don’t. This way you don’t have to acquire passionate about the hotel and no-one else to locate out well ahead that it is out of your price range.