Hotel and Travel Deals Blog

If you follow Travel-related news, you’ve probably seen us and other writers comment on the opening of Steve Wynn’s Encore in Las Vegas, in one of the less-ideal travel climates in recent years.
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Today we issued a press release predicting the top deals destinations for 2009. We also included some bold predictions, like $10 rates in Vegas and 4-Star NYC rooms for under $125. Based on what we’re seeing, the hotel deals next year are going to be some of the best in recent memory, and DealBase.com will be here to help you find all the best deals and make sense of them. Read the rest of this entry »

If you’re deciding to take your children to Disneyworld in Orlando, Florida, DealBase.com has a ton of DisneyWorld hotel package deals for you. But once the hotel’s booked, then what?

I happened upon a Traveling Mamas review (and approval) of the Walt Disney World with Kids 2009 guidebook. Read the rest of this entry »

Earlier this month, the folks over at HotelChatter spotlighted a hotel discount at The Colonnade Hotel in Boston for its creative promotions. We would agree.

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Over the weekend DealBase.com updated our site with 2 noteworthy changes:

1. We debuted our proprietary DealRank formula, which shows you the best-value deals based on a combination of a deal’s dollar value and its percentage savings. You can check it out on any city or hotel page.


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Two separate news stories came out recently, that tell me that I’ll be paying more for rooms in 2009. Why? Hotel rates will be going up a little more in 2009, because a portion of that, which are taxes, will be increasing.
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With Washington DC preparing for President-elect Barack Obama’s inauguration on January 20, you’ve probably heard some key news reports on the topic. I’ll summarize quickly here:

• DC hotels are pumping up prices – it’s basic supply and demand – and hopefully you can find some good deals
• Millions of people will be descending upon this city which means that I’m not envious of the event planning that’s gotta happen
• Bars want to be able to make some money, too, by serving booze to revelers until 4am, which is a little longer than usual

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MGM Mirage, the current owners, have sold the resort to Ruffin Acquisition, reports the Hotel Hotsheet. What does that mean for you, the hotel deal bargain hunter? Not much, at least for now. 

Las Vegas is starving for your dollars right now, and Treasure Island has a few hotel deals and discounts up their sleeve still.

The folks over at boingboing have an interesting marketing ptich by a hotel over in, surprise, Amsterdam. The Hans Brinker Budget Hotel (which, sorry, DealBase does not list) says it

“…is proud to be dirty and carry a wide variety of bacteria.”

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CNET reports that Yahoo’s predicted second wave of layoffs occurred today. (Maybe I’m just not good at searching news online, but I couldn’t find any mention of this on the Yahoo home page portal.)

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