About DealBase.com

Thanks for stopping by DealBase.com, your home for hotel deals. Here you'll find deals from thousands of sources, including hotel websites, email newsletters, private hotel offers, rewards programs and online travel agencies. In fact, we've got the largest collection of hotel deals and discount offers on the planet. We remove the confusion and frustration that usually comes with shopping for travel deals.

All of our deals are analyzed and real savings are shown in a consistent way, so you can easily compare "apples to apples" across multiple deals. And when you're ready to book, we take you directly to the hotel to make the reservation. We currently focus on hotel deals in North America, Mexico, and the Caribbean. We'll soon be expanding internationally and into new areas of travel deals. Come on in and take a look, find a great deal, have a great trip, and tell us about it. And if you see a great deal that we're missing, tell us and we'll share it with the world.

If you'd like to see some of our favorite deals right now, check out our blog, or find us on Twitter and Facebook.

In early 2008, serial entrepreneurs Sam Shank, David Hehman and Howard Love were having dinner and brainstorming their next big adventure. Sam had just sold his company to Kayak and the world of travel deals was still fresh in his memory. He complained that when he recently tried to book a reunion trip to Las Vegas, he couldn't find a travel deals website where deals could be searched, compared, analyzed, and shared. A few sketches, emails, and late-night dinners later, the vision of DealBase.com was born: a comprehensive, unbiased home for travel deals, with a consistent, standardized way of presenting hotel deals and their true savings. DealBase.com launched soon after, in November.

Sam Shank, CEO

Sam previously founded and was CEO of TravelPost.com, the second-largest hotel review site (after TripAdvisor). It was acquired by SideStep and is now part of Kayak. Previous to TravelPost.com, Sam worked in comparison shopping at Excite, CNET and as one of the first employees of NexTag. Sam attended the University of Virginia and received his MBA from the Kellogg School of Management.
Favorite Hotel: Mauna Kea

David Hehman, CFO

David is an active angel investor and a Board Member of the North Bay Angels, having co-founded and sold 5 technology businesses: HealthDesk (HDSK), GetawayZone (VacationSpot/EXPE), MarketHome (CLAC), EscapeHomes (Roost/HomeAway), and Pagewise.com (Demand Media). He attended the University of California at Berkeley, and received his MBA from the Haas School of Business.
Favorite Hotel: The Biltmore, Santa Barbara

Howard Love, Chairman

Howard is a life long entrepreneur who has been starting and running companies for almost 30 years. Notable successes include Inmark Development (RogueWave), MarketHome (CLAC), GetawayZone (EXPE), PageWise (Demand Media), and FlexJobs.com (still operating), and LoveToKnow (online media - still operating). Howard attended Phillips Exeter Academy and Colgate University.
Favorite Hotel: Ritz-Carlton New York, Central Park

Christopher Bailey, VP Development

Chris has a passion for software technology, and has been working in the industry for 15 years. He was recently architect and senior computer scientist for digital imaging web services at Adobe Systems, as well as an independent software developer. In addition, he has led many engineering teams, been involved with multiple start-ups, and done a variety of consulting. Chris attended the University of Colorado at Boulder.
Favorite Hotel: Grand Hyatt Kauai Resort & Spa

Ross Weber, SVP of Business Development

Ross was most recently at Kayak as GM of TravelPost.com. He liked working on Sam's last website so much that he felt compelled to join the DealBase team. Prior to Kayak, Ross was at VirtualTourist, largely as VP of Business Development for its meta-search engine, OneTime. VirtualTourist and OneTime were acquired by Expedia's TripAdvisor property in 2008. Ross attended Loyola Marymount University.
Favorite Hotel: Terranea Resort

Kristin E. McLeod, Online Marketing Manager

Kristin joined the team after a three-year stint working at OneTime.com, most recently as their Search Marketing Manager. She's in charge of spreading the word about the great hotel deals to be found on DealBase. In her spare time, Kristin can be found exploring the streets of New York while proudly wearing her Boston Red Sox hat. Kristin attended The George Washington University.
Favorite Hotel: The Liberty Hotel

Jessica Stout, Senior Travel Editor

Jessica not only appreciates a great travel deal, but also enjoys researching how and where to travel to next with these deals. She brings a passion for traveling and years of editorial experience with lifestyle and travel publications, including Islands Magazine, Spa Magazine, Splendora.com, Delta Sky Magazine and Trazzler. She most recently was a cast member of The Amazing Race, Season 15. Jessica attended UC Santa Barbara.
Favorite Hotel: Pelican Eyes Hotel and Resort

Zach Koch, Front-end Developer

Zach enjoys exploring and creating websites. He also enjoys living on the cheap and can be found couch-surfing or perusing craigslist. Zach attended DePauw University.
Favorite Hotel: The Phoenix Hotel

DealBase.com is based in downtown San Mateo, but we have great people working for us around the world and we're always looking for more team members. If you're interested in joining our team and helping us build the largest deals site on the web, drop us a line.