I have put together all my favourite travel resources, both websites and services I generally use for all travel planning including flights, rental cars and accommodations.
These are the best for price and quality and my first websites to go for booking our travels that I can recommend.
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Highlights
- Book in advance with Free Cancellation options
- Pay at check-in
To Note:
- Depending on location quality varies
Airbnb is my one of most favourite options to find apartments to stay locally
Why Favorite?
Hotel stay will be almost same everywhere, Airbnb stay shows the culture of the place. If you are wandering and like to sleep in home conditions with windows open etc, this is better.
Highlights
- Amazing local experience
- Airbnb support is amazing if there are issues
To Note:
- Check reviews/go for super hosts for ensured quality.
HostelWorld is the place to find hostels for a cheap price. Perfect for budget travelers.
Locations:
- Europe, UK
Backpacking in Europe is on everyone’s list. Hostels are one of the best budget options that make this possible.
Highlights
- Amazing community experience, you will meet lot of travellers in hostels
- Hostels are maintained so well and has kitchens too for saving some money on food if you prefer cooking
To Note:
- Dormitory rooms are common and are usually safe
Highlights
- It is worth it to also find deals and packages, together with transportation.
To Note:
- Compare against Booking.com and other transport options to check if the deals are actually cheap or is there anything hidden.
Accommodation Booking Style/Tips
I first start with Airbnb and analyse quality of accommodations based upon reviews. I will then compare against Hostel or Hotel options to see which type of accommodation is best in the place I am visiting. Some of the services will have strong presence in an area, and hence there is no ranking than checking all.
Some destinations like Scotland has it's own chain of B&Bs not listed in any of the above sites. I shall cover such places in respective blogs. So don't forget to check my destination series for that.
Highlights
- Radius Search where you can specify an area where you want to travel from or to to find best deals.
- Multi city Search- again to find cheapest ways to fly to an area
Highlights
- Helps to find best deals to go somewhere from a fixed location . It provides with a list and you can pick your best.
Kiwi.com and SkyScanner now have similar search capabilities and I tend to use them more but check here too for comparing prices.
Flight Booking Style/Tips
All these websites are clever as ad mechanisms on internet to figure out about your travel plans from your search history and then bump prices once it records your search. I recommend to check flight prices in Incognito Mode for this. How I usually do this is check prices from different IP addresses and verify what is the original price. Comparing against all these websites is advised before your booking, as cheap deals differ depending on a particular search.
Highlights
- Helps to find best deals that fits your budgets and lot of information provided.
- Cheap car insurance deal which is very handy. I have not had to claim it.
Enterprise is one of the cheapest car rental options in the UK, which I have used once and is used by most of my friends living in the UK.
Highlights
- Popular provider in the UK. I dont usually rent car in UK, but definitely a recommended option.
