city guides

As the chief travel planner in the house, I’m always on the lookout for new and helpful sites. Recently, I stumbled onto HotelsbyCity.net, a search engine of sorts that helps you find good hotel rates. At first glance, the city list is a little bit of a mess because it’s not categorized by state or even alphabetized. I clicked on Carslbad - thinking it was Carlsbad CA, and it was actually, Carlsbad NM. So then I clicked on Paris – under cities in Europe, and found a very informative little city guide, with great hotel links as well as municipal links like the official City of Paris site. (It’s a little funny to read in English, but informative.)

There’s also a section of International links, which is odd, because there’s a section for US, Europe, Canada and Australia. I guess International means all cities that don’t fall into those areas already listed.

My real point here is that it’s good to branch out from my normal sidestep and orbitz every once in a while. For airline tickets, International Hotel Guide info, city info, etc. There are tons of sources of info at the click of a mouse.

This site also seems like a good writing opportunity. If your city is listed, you can add comments to the city guide. You can also write your own city guides - there’s a link on their Contact Us page for becoming one of their bloggers.