Geeky Traveller

Book a hotel on your iPhone with Hotels.com

by Sherry on October 13th, 2008

Have you ever traveled on the fly? It’s a great way to take a road trip - just get in your car, pick a direction, and see where you end up and what you can see on the way. Now hotels.com offers an iPhone application that will allow you to book a hotel room while you’re on the road. Thanks to a GPS system, you can track down the hotels that are in your current area. Once you’ve chosen the hotel that best suits your needs, you can then book yourself a room right from your phone.

As a nice bonus, they’ve revamped their site to be Safari-friendly so people using Safari on their iPhone can browse the webs site fully.

There are other great reasons to have this application on your iPhone. If you get slowed down and can’t make it to your destination in time, you can book a last minute room to rest for the night. If you missed your flight for any reason, you can find something reasonable close to the airport. Or if you’re traveling in a new area and run into bad weather, you can find a decent hotel as close as possible.

You can also contact a hotels.com phone representative at any time if you need some personalized help.

I love all the great travel-friendly applications that are coming out for the iPhone! What’s your favorite?

(photo: flickr.com)

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