Hey all,

As I said before James and I are dreaming of a wedding holiday on a tropical Island. Of course this requires quite the amount of money, so it’s good to surf the web for possibilities. And that’s exactly what I’ve done  I’ve been looking with Google and I found a very nice site called Hotel Reservations. I won’t book immediately without haven a good look around, so I started my search there.

Looking for a nice trip
I have a couple of ideas on where I’d like to go. Right now I’m looking for a holiday somewhere in July, because James would like to get married then. To be honest I doubt if this can still be arranged at the moment, but we’ll just see 
Anyway, one of the places I’d like to go is Hawaii. This island seems to very nice, so I decided to see what Hotel Reservations has to offer. I’ve seen something on television about Maui, so that’s the first place I started to look. On the site it’s pretty easy to look for a good offer. You can easily start with the map they have. You just pick the country where you want to go, then the state, and as a final step you pick the city where you’d like to travel. In this case it was Maui. Once you’ve done that you have to pick a traveling date. Then you’re presented with the Hotel reservations they can offer. You’ll get, depending on the destination, a great variety of hotels. You can choose from quality and price and more! This is one of the easiest selection methods I’ve come across!

The Price
The price I was offered, is €312,90 per night. They state you can save up to 70%, so this I wanted to check out. I googled on one of the hotels I was offered (it was actually a resort) and saw the website from the Resort. That’s always worth a shot, right? Guess what, I couldn’t even book the hotel at the wanted dates anymore from them. I still could book it with Hotel Reservations though. But of course this doesn’t give me the opportunity to check the prices, so I decided to look further.

I searched a bit more through Google and found prices varying from € 550,- per night to € 700,- per night. So they are indeed competitive. But not up to the 70% in this case. I think that’s something which depends on your destination. But the difference is a pretty amount!

More possibilities
The price I gave you above is of course the price for a basic room (for which I, btw, made all the comparisons!). They have more possibilities too. For the Resort I was looking into, they could offer me 14 different kind of rooms / studios / apartments. You’ll have a great selection! And mind you, I’m talking about a four class hotel with features like landscaped grounds with ponds, streams and waterfalls, complimentary buffet-style continental breakfasts and an expansive water park with a free form aquatic playground, a 120-foot water slide and an adults-only pool deck. On top of that they have a lot more! Have a look at the aquatic playground!

Other booking possibilities
Besides having multiple hotel / resort booking opportunities with a very good quality, you can also book packages with Hotel Reservations. I wanted to see what I would be offered there, so here’s what I chose:
* Flight
* Hotel
* Car
* Leaving from Amsterdam (Netherlands), going to Maui
* 1 room, with two adults
I was given a lot of opportunities for a reasonable price! Tot op it, I could also include activities, ranging from tour sightings and water activities to even Weddings! Hmmmmmmm, now that’s interesting!!!!

Concluding
I totally forgot to check for other locations, but I am very enthusiastic about this site. Of course I can’t "just" arrange everything on my own, but this is very interesting. I’ll definitely keep an eye on it and perhaps discuss it James.
I can really say this is one of the better sites I’ve seen for booking vacations and hotels! Go check them out!