When you book a room that way, you know what you'll get -- and you pay for that reliability.
If you book a room directly through a hotel, you can call to see if a lower rate is available.
For those looking for some respite, book a room in hotels sequestered away in quieter quadrants of these respective cities.
Guests are notified of the no-tipping policy after they book a room and are reminded of the policy upon arrival at the hotel.
Anyone going to Europe may also want to try to book a room directly from a hotel, rather than opting for package deals offered by airlines or travel agents.
Now you grab the keyboard and with a few clicks have a sales brochure sent to your home -- or maybe even book a room at the spa, plus an airline reservation.
If you need utter seclusion and five-star luxury to achieve Nirvana, book a room in the Como Shambala Estate overlooking the Ayung River in Bagawan village, about 12km northwest of Ubud.
Book a hotel room through Tingo.com and the new site will rebook it, free of charge, if the hotel lowers its rate.
We also have phrasebook apps for when you want to order a beer or book a hotel room on the go but do not know the lingo.
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This month the company will extend its print offerings to the Internet, with services that let you locate an eatery and book a hotel room from a cell phone.
Martyn Hall and civil partner Steven Preddy, from Bristol, tried to book a double room at the Chymorvah Private Hotel in Marazion near Penzance in 2008, but were refused.
"The IGF Secretariat approved the request by the OpenNet Initiative (ONI) for a room on the first day of the Forum to promote the book Access Controlled and a room was allocated for that purpose, " it said in a statement.
To balance their domestic budget, his wife, Barbara, took a part-time job as a book-keeper and let a room in their flat.
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W. Bush's nomination to head his beloved CIA. It is fitting that Ackerman starts his book by convincing a room full of executives at an undisclosed U.S. food company that their excitement over growing asparagus in Colombia is misplaced and would likely result not just in financial losses but possibly death.
Just book your flights and a room for 3-5 nights and expect the unexpected.
Thus fiction fashioned by practitioners of another profession can be refreshing for the information and insights that experience outside a book-lined room provides.
Author Ian McEwan boarded the boat in 2005 and has only just revealed that his new book, "A Boot Room in The Frozen North, " is about climate change.
It is advisable to book well in advance for a room, and to join the crowds in the centre of Piazza del Campo at least four hours before the start for a good view.
And when we left a book behind in our room at Mandarin Oriental, Singapore, the staff emailed us within 10 minutes of our departure offering to send it on to our next location.
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Your hosts can also open doors to hard-to-visit wineries, custom-stock your already well-stuffed (and free) minibar, book a chef to prepare dinner in your room, or--in my case--badger a rental car company into swapping out a lemon and delivering the replacement.
Use the iPad on the nightstand to order room service, book a massage or make dinner reservations.
Additionally, she usually keeps a lighted candle in the room, favoring black or jewel-toned ones from Dyptique, Rigaud or Taffin for the holidays. (She cautions against placing this candle on the back of a toilet, where the flame could set someone's hair on fire.) Ms. Kemble will also leave a book of matches in the room.
Fitting so many traders and salesmen together into a single, cavernous room won UBS a place in the Guinness Book of World Records.
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Other options include condo hotels and residence clubs where you own a hotel room or a percentage of a property and you can book the amount of time you want to spend.
Hsieh, who is in the middle of a book tour these days, sported a pair of jeans as he addressed a room full of executives dressed in business formals.
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Then, soak your wary legs in the hot tub and curl up with a book by the fireplace in your room.
Back in the spring when she called up Lester Kriegbaum for some infraction, nothing serious, he brought a book to the front of the room and read it over her knee while she larruped away at his far end.
His lunch, which he ate on his own in an enormous, empty dining room while reading a book under the absentminded gaze of the elderly maid, and the black-and-white gaze of his deceased wife looking out from photographs in ornate silver frames, was light: soup and a small portion of fish and mashed potatoes, some of which he would allow to go cold.
There were no more than 30 guests at the luncheon, which took place in a ceremonious, wood-paneled dining room overlooking Central Park, but everyone seemed to have a book they wanted signed and a photo taken.
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