Online Travel Booking and Bidding Agencies - How to find the best hotel deals

Hotel Search Tools

Kayak.com (http://www.kayak.com)
Orbitz (http://www.orblitz.com)
Expedia (http://www.expedia.com)
Travelocity (http://www.travelocity.com)
HRS (http://www.hrs.com) (good for European hotels)
HotelClub (http://www.hotelclub.com)
Cheaproomdeals.com (http://www.cheaproomdeals.com) (cheaper HotelClub rates)
Travelzoo.com (http://www.travelzoo.com) (lists hotel specials and packages & offers a weekly travel deals email)
Lastminute.com (http://www.lastminute.com) (offers last second deals on hotel + airfare and hotel + car packages)
Wotif (http://www.wotif.com) (Last minute booking hotels with up to 3 months of deals)
hotelpricebot.com (http://www.hotelscombined.com) (hotel price comparison website and most popular now)
Gtahotels.com (http://www.gtahotels.com)
Octopustravel.com (http://www.octopustravel.com)
Quikbook.com (http://www.quikbook.com)


Hotel Reviews & Travel Information

Tripadvisor.com (http://www.tripadvisor.com) (hotel reviews & traveler photos)
Tripkick.com (http://www.tripkick.com) (online database of hotel rooms)
Smartertravel.com (http://www.smartertravel.com)
Budgettravel.com (http://www.budgettravel.com)
Orbitz Blog (http://blog.orbitz.com)
HotelClub Blog (http://blog.hotelclub.com)
Hotelchatter.com (http://www.hotelchatter.com)