As the writer of an Internet Deals column here on Examiner, I’m amazed at the way tech-business owners and webmasters are using advanced technology to help consumers uncover the best deals around the web – be they discounts on gadgets or other areas uncovered by slick algorithms.
Such is the case with ProntoHotel , a website designed to help travelers reveal the most economical hotel stays around the world, not just the country. For example, researching a planned trip to Fairfield, California, around the beginning of June 2015 turned up nearly 90 options of hotels to choose from, because ProntoHotel searches popular sites like Booking.com, Expedia and others during its quest to cull the least expensive and best-rated rooms available.
Clicking on the “price” field at the top of the results sorts the options from cheapest to most expensive and vice versa, based on when you click the link. That way, I learned about a truly cheap option that was only 36 Euros per night, which Google tells me is only $45 per night in United States dollars. (You can choose the USD dollars option on the website.)
The most expensive options unveiled the kinds of hotels I like to frequent, such as the Best Western Premier Ivy Hotel Napa Valley, which is surprisingly about $1,000 per night for a room with two adults on the dates in early June 2015 that I chose.
ProntoHotel even pulls in ratings in the form of stars from real customers, and helps folks discover places they may not have even know about, such as I did when I learned of the Milliken Creek Inn & Spa Napa, a luxury location that looks interestingly similar to the Villagio Inn and Spa where I’ve had the pleasure of staying previously when on vacation in California.
ProntoHotel even includes photos of the various hotels, so you can quickly get a great glance at the kinds of places that may appeal to you and your family or other traveling companions. You’re also allowed to filter out hotels based on their star ratings, or check for certain amenities, like whether or not the hotel accepts pets. I know this would’ve been supremely helpful back in the day when my husband and I drove our two Rottweiler dogs from Ohio to California, and I was forced to use a AAA book to uncover the hotels that accepted dogs.
You can even discover which hotels have free Wi-Fi, all-day room service, a restaurant on the premises, or things like fitness room and pools, which are deal-breakers or deal-makers for certain travelers like me.
Most importantly, using websites like these help shorten your planning time when preparing for a trip, and can help you save tons of money so that you have more to spend on other things during your vacation – so they are worth their weight in traveling gold. They also have a cool option that allows users to search for specific landmarks, so I know if I want to visit the Lincoln Theater in Washington, D.C., and stay within 5 miles of the structure, I can include those options.
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