8. Expedia: Best Flight and Hotel Booking Site
When it comes to top hotel booking sites, Expedia is basically a household name. It has been around since 1996, and since forming the Expedia Group (along with companies like Travelocity, Hotels.com, and Orbitz), it’s learned a thing or two (or a thousand) about finding the best hotel deals, flights, vacations, and more.
If you need to book both flights and hotels for your trip, Expedia lets you do it all in one easy user interface. Plus, by bundling your flight and hotel reservation together, you can save a fair amount of cash on your trip.
You can test this out by searching for the specific flight or hotel, taking note of their prices, and then searching for the same together in a package (similar to booking packages with Expedia, but without the car rental). Sometimes the difference is significant—you can save up to hundreds of dollars.
That doesn’t mean you shouldn’t run a hotel or flight search on different hotel booking sites. There’s a chance you’ll be able to find better a better deal on the same hotel elsewhere, or a flight somewhere else.
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Pros
- Straightforward process for reserving hotels, flights, and car rentals
- One of the longest standing hotel booking sites in the world
- Offers payment plans to help pay off your trip
Cons
- Difficult to book multiple accommodations in one package
- Like most other third party sites, it’s still a good idea to check the hotel, airline, or rental car website to compare prices before booking