Here is a list of overlooked travel websites that every traveller should know about, according to Travel + Leisure magazine:
1. Stay current on the local food scene at seriouseats.com: An obsessive community of nearly one million foodies dishes about restaurants, recipes from top regional chefs and local markets around the world.
2. Compare hotels at tvtrip.com: Preview all aspects of a hotel and compare it with its competitors. Short videos take you inside more than 8,000 properties, from the lobby to the bathroom of a master suite.
3. Pinpoint the best room at tripkick.com: Get the floors to avoid and the suites not to miss in 450 hotels in the U. S. You can compare rooms based on noise level, view, location and bathroom size. In the coming year, the site will expand to include hotels in Europe, South America, Mexico and the Caribbean.
4. Choose a boutique hotel at ii-escape.com: More than 1,000 reviews detail the high and low points of each property, from a bungalow in Bali to a chateau in Bordeaux.
5. Find a quirky hotel at unusualhotelsoftheworld.com: An igloo in Switzerland, a castle in Australia, a prison in Turkey: These are just some of the oddball finds. An interactive map makes it possible to search by region and then ranks each property by its wow factor.
6. Customize your trip plans at zicasso.com: Fill out a Trip Request form (giving your budget, where and when you want to travel, and more) and you'll receive personalized itinerary options from a travel agent who specializes in your destination of choice.
7. Co-ordinate group travel at triporama.com: Get all your friends or family members on the same page. Everyone can have an equal share in the planning, thanks to a personalized website that lets you create to-do lists, chat on private message boards, and build day-by-day itineraries.
8. Find a last-minute package deal at lastminute.com: The site's Last-Second Deals tab allows you to search by destination and date a list of packages that include reduced rates for flights, hotels and car rental. We found a round-trip flight from New York to Seattle, plus a three-night stay at the downtown Hotel Vintage Park, for $622 per person.
9. Create online itineraries at tripit.com: Forward your confirmation emails (car, hotel, flight, restaurants) to this site, which synthesizes them all by time and date and creates a streamlined itinerary, including maps, weather conditions and driving directions.
10. Bid on over-the-top hotel stays and cruises at luxurylink.com: This site turns up hundreds of five-star hotel and cruise deals (with savings of up to 50%). Thanks to slide shows, you'll know exactly what to expect.
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