The
Cendant Hotel Group franchises and markets the following hotel
chains: Wingate Inn, Days Inn, Howard Johnson's,
Knights Inn,
    
Ramada, Travelodge, AmeriHost inn, Super
8, and others. They are one of the foremost providers of travel
services in the world. Their website is
excellent and easy to use, letting the user specify
the travel location and dates and then providing a long list of hotels in their umbrella, in multiple
quality and price levels. It is very convenient.
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CheapTickets is a travel website that offers flights, hotel, car,
and cruise reservations. As with most travel websites, deals vary from day to day, or sometimes
from hour to hour. The Cheap Tickets website is
well designed and simple to
navigate. It does show packages with auto
 rental included. Cheaptickets.com, like its name suggests, is primarily used by people looking for cheap prices on airfare. This feature is the most popular, but the site also offers hotel reservations, cruise information, and rental car reservations. All of these reservations can be made on- line, with the exception of the cruise service. To make a reservation for a cruise, you have to call a toll- free number. |
Enterprise
rent-a-car is a  discount auto rental. Besides the usual
location and date entry section to find rates on
rentals, they also feature sections to "Buy a
Car" and "Long Term
Rentals." |
Thrifty
car rental is  a discount auto rental. Besides the usual
location and date entry section to find rates on
rentals, they also offer a best rate guarantee and
feature partner specials on hotel and other services. Thrifty Car Rental is part of the Dollar Thrifty Automotive Group and although Thrifty is not the biggest car rental company in the world and do not have as many locations, their service is much better than at Avis, Hertz, Budget and the rest. |
Orbitz is another of the online travel agencies with a well designed site which  clearly shows categories of search, for vacation packages, hotels, flights, cruises, activities, and even rail. There are usually a number of sales on the homepage that may be worthwhile to investigate. A nice feature is to be able to store fantasy trips to price them out. As always, when booking flights online, it is worthwhile to check a number of websites to see which has the best fares, least connections, etc. |
LastMinuteTravel is another of the online travel websites with a special emphasis on last minute deals, i n particular on flight and hotel packages. A long list of deals is usually provided on the homepage, a nice feature. Using the "Speed Book" to search for fares and rates is very easy. As always, when booking flights online, it is worthwhile to check a number of websites to see which has the best fares, least connections, etc |
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