Hotel Search
Some people enjoy our hotel maps. Some like the up to date news and destination information we offer. Still others enjoy our RSS feeds and Flickr image galleries. But at the end of the day, discount hotel reservations are our focus and this hotel search form is the way to find an available room from within our network of suppliers.
Step 1) choose your city and state. Step 2) pick your dates of stay. Step 3) press "Get Rates" to return all the deals in our system. [more info on how our hotel search saves you money]
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Before the Internet
Before the world wide web opened up a new world of choice to consumers, the only way to book a hotel room was to contact a travel agent or to rely on a 1-800 number provided by the chain. In this model, inventory providers (hoteliers) called all the shots in the pricing and distribution of their deals... if there were any offered at all. If you booked through a travel agency (even now) you can expect to pay expensive fees and "middle man" charges. Both scenarios offer reservations where market pricing and inventory are hidden from travelers. (See also: "Stone Ages")
Distribution is the Key
With the rise of the Internet and multiple websites providing hotel search capabilities, much more selection in lodging was made available to the general public. Prices became market-driven, with peak season and date availability becoming one of the prime determinants in how much you pay at the front desk. Combine these things with the "economy of scale" that grew as major players solidified the online travel niche and you begin to see why some major chains would begin to strike discount agreements based upon online distributors' volume guarantees. In effect, hotel and motel room prices became more transparent to consumers with the Internet further leveraging inherant distribution volume to lower prices even further.
Consumers Drive Innovation
As this model grows and adapts to issues like brand protection and chain-controled room rates, consumers continue to push hotel reservation providers to offer more features, innovations and (of course) cheaper prices. Hotel search is nothing if there isn't a bargain at the end of the rainbow. So websites like 4Hotels.us continue to explore ways for visitors like you to easily specify, then find, their ideal accommodations. Add to this new features like satellite-image based hotel maps, Flickr photos and a growing RSS newsfeed library and the way those hotel discounts are delivered moves from 2006 into the future.
What Can You Book Online?
So with all of this technology providing pinpoint hotel reservation search controls, who's taking advantage? What forms of lodging can you book online (if not through us, somewhere online)? We thought this was a good list:
| Apart Hotels Apartments Bed and Breakfasts (or B&Bs) Boarding houses Boutique hotels Bungalows Condominiums Corporate housing Cottages |
Extended stay hotels Gasthauses Hostels Hotels Houses Inns Motels |
Motor Inns Resorts Single Rooms Timeshares Vacation rentals |
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