Online travel agents might be spending billions on marketing yet very few make the cut when it comes to sites used to choose a hotel. By specifying the name of destination name and target dates of travel, you will be led to more specific information such as airlines flying to and fro, hotel options, landmarks to catch sight of, distinctive features of your chosen destination, and tourism services you can enjoy during the entire travel duration.

Editor’s note: If you’re headed to the Caribbean, Central or South America, Hawaii, or Mexico, try your search on Funjet’s sister site, Apple Vacations The destinations it covers are more limited than Funjet’s, but I found that the prices were often a little better.

This rate is reflective of the price offered on average by the travel websites featured on this site (such as , , and ). The actual rate found by users may differ from the price listed due to pricing and inventory changes but should be within a reasonable range of the price point stated by this site.

Cons: Don’t tell passengers they can make a transfer flight supposed to leave in 20 minutes because the first flight was late, and then have the plane leave without the passengers who sprinted through the airport after having to go through customs and security again.

Expedia does offer some of the most important filters for hotels — price, star rating, customer rating, and a few amenities — but that’s about it. If you want to truly hone in on the perfect hotel with non-smoking rooms and various neighborhood filters (so your Paris trip will land you closer to the Louvre than the Moulin Rouge), you’ll want to try or Kayak.