Priceline.com helps leisure travelers find the best travel discounts and deals on airfare, vacation packages, cruises, rental cars, hotels, tours, and attractions. The difference between this site and other travel sites that offer these same features, is their option to "name your own price." Priceline.com allows travelers to bid blindly on things such as hotels and save as much as half price. Other benefits of using this website include no booking, change or cancel fees on published price purchases. Priceline.com also offers travelers a helpful travel guide outlining the best destinations and attractions around the world.
Kayak helps travelers find affordable flights and hotels, however, unlike most travel sites, Kayak does not sell or book travel services. This website only gives travelers the ability to compare options and preferences via a specialized search tool, then allows them to book their services through a specific site or travel agent. Kayak's search engine compares flights, cars, hotels, vacations, and cruises from over 140 other travel sites such as Hotwire, Travelocity, and Expedia. According to CNN, Kayak's new features allow travelers to view photos and sort listings by location.
TripAdvisor provides over five million traveler recommendations, reviews and opinions; for hotels, flights, restaurants, cruises and vacations. TripAdvisor allows travelers to view honest reviews and pictures from members of the online community of travelers. Besides the services mentioned, TripAdvisor also offers polls, surveys, spotlights, articles, travel guides and other useful resources.
MenuPages helps travelers find the perfect restaurant near their destination. This site provides updated information and menus for nearly 30,000 restaurants, as well as user recommendations and reviews. Travelers can search for restaurants by location, price, cuisine, popularity, and even atmosphere. MenuPages also provides downloadable delivery menus for a wide range of takeout restaurants.
Triporama offers travelers a unique "Group Trip Planner" which enables them to plan group trips with family and friends. Triporama's tools make it possible for members of a group to store and share travel research, manage invites, assign tasks, schedule trip dates, conduct polls, post group messages, and collaborate on an itinerary. According to Triporama, the website also offers a "Group Travel Guide" with vacation planning advice, travel deals and trip ideas.
