The seemingly endless reach of Google now embraces finding hotels. In a new page just launched, www.google.com/hotelfinder/Google offers a nice look at hotel-finding. Whether we actually need yet another hotel site is not the point. Instead, Google offers a clean and convenient way to look at hotels, and maybe there’s never to be too...
Maybe you had the bright idea to take in the London Olympics this summer. Good for you. Bring money. LOTS and LOTS of money. Gold medal writer Ed Perkins of SmarterTravel.com is looking at $1,000-a-night two star hotels in London during the Games. And $5,000 ticket packages. London is already one expensive town, but...
Inexpensive doesn’t always mean “best” but in the pricey world of travel, knowing where there are bargains should be part of the consideration. PriceOfTravel.com looks over the world with a penny-pincher’s eye and annually surveys travel spots and ranks them by cost. Of course, it is cheaper to visit Newark than New York and...
Recent travels have landed me in some big city hotels (Pittsburgh, Indianapolis, et al.), some more isolated but comfortable spots (Harrisburg, Wheeling and even Bloomsburg, Pa.) Good hotels all. But hotels aren’t all there is to the sleeping mix. We stayed recently at the Inn at Glencairn, near Princeton, N.J., and are reminded at...
