Ryan McFarland

You’re aware of my fall out with Expedia. You know of my luck with Priceline. But there’s a new service that has caught my eye. Hotel reservations made at hotelsescape.com seem to be quite competitive.  I booked my Las Vegas hotel on Priceline for $62.44 at the Golden Nugget hotel for the next day.  Hotelsescape has one available for tomorrow at the same hotel for $329.  *GULP* But to their credit they do have a room listed at the Tropicana for $87.  Looking further into the future they have rooms available for as little as $50 a night (plus taxes I’m sure - so somewhere around the $62.44 i paid a few weeks ago) at hotels like the Stratosphere, the Imperial Palace, and the Hooters Casino Hotel.

Let’s do one a little more difficult… Saturday night i stayed at the Diamond Center Hotel in Anchorage, AK.  My rate was $124 a night.   Looking to book a room for tomorrow night gives me the same price - $129 a night - on both hotelsescape.com as well as on the hotel’s website.

Overall, this site will work well if you want a specific hotel and want to shop around for rates.  They seem to be very competitive and the site is pretty hassle free.  If you just want the least expensive bed available you still should use a service that let’s you name your own price.