Quite often these days we all have to travel on a short notice, sometimes for work, sometimes for a family emergency and then the question arises. How to find hotels near me?
Since these trips are rarely planned, finding a hotel near your desired location can be a hassle.
At Hotel Fairy, we are quite lucky to use our hotel comparison tool to find hotels easily.
But let’s see what other choices are out there. So next time you arrive for an unscheduled call you don’t have to ask yourself how do I find hotels near by?
How to find hotels near your location.
Google has recently moved into the hotel booking scene with Google Travel and it is changing the way travelers book hotels and flights.
However, Google is not actually acting as a travel agent with Google Travel, but as a middle man driving targeted traffic to its advertising partners.
Google will read your IP address and your GPS data and automatically will pinpoint your current location, in order to display hotels near you. So next time you ask where can I find hotels near me? Google has the answer.
Booking.com
Another heavyweight in the travel industry. Booking.com which is owned by PriceLine a US company, has a very innovative mobile app for Android as well as for iOS devices.
Providing that you have pre-installed their app on your smartphone, it will easily find a hotel near you. (Make sure you allow the booking app to access your GPS location).
Airbnb
Talking about innovation, Airbnb has managed to redefine the travel industry with their smart concept and rapidly spread across the world. From a very humble beginnings in San Francisco eleven years ago (August 2008) has become one of the marker leaders in the travel industry.
Similar to Booking, Airbnb also has smartphones app that can track your location and find accommodation close to your location.
TripAdvisor
TripAdvisor, has evolved to a lot more than a website to review hotels and restaurants or destinations across the world. Now you can book hotels, flights, cruises, etc.
On their website as well as on their mobile app you can search for hotels near you.
As long as you give permission to their software to access your location and IP address.
Hotels-Fairy.com
At Hotels-Fairy.com we also give the option to our visitors to find hotel near their current location.
When you search for hotels in certain area, you get the option to see the search results on a map and there you can switch on your location service, so you can find hotels near you. How handy is that?
There are many travel websites that employ the same technology to located hotels near the user’s location. We can only mention a handful of them here, Hotels.com is a well-known website as well as Trivago which is very popular in Europe.
Also, in the US, Reservations.com is another travel website that has great deals on hotels worldwide, combined with great customer service.
So next time that you ask yourself how can I find hotels near me? Give a Reservations.com a try.