10 best sites for booking hotels and accommodation

Review of the best according to the editorial board. On the selection criteria. This material is subjective and does not constitute advertising and does not serve as a purchase guide. Before buying, you need to consult with a specialist.

To find accommodation for one night or a week while traveling, you can use the booking sites – they contain offers from hotels and private landlords around the world. It is more convenient than searching for individual hotel addresses and studying their offers separately. presents a ranking of the top 10 hotel and accommodation booking sites.

Rating of the best sites for booking accommodation

Nomination	a place	Name of product	price
The best sites for booking hotels	1	Kayak.ru	5.0
	2	Booking.com	4.9
	3	Hotels .com	4.8
	4	Prestigia .com	4.8
	5	RoomGuru	4.7
	6	Agoda	4.7
The best booking sites for private traders	1	Airbnb	5.0
	2	Interhome	4.9
	3	HomeAway	4.8
	4	9Flats	4.7

The best sites for booking hotels

The category contains sites where you can view offers of hotels and hotels of different classes according to the entered parameters: the number of guests, the level of service, the availability of breakfast / lunch / dinner, etc.

Kayak.ru

Rating: 5.0

The American service, available to the Russian-speaking user, allows you to find a room in hotels around the world among 1,000,000 offers in different, even the most remote corners of the planet. The service allows you to connect to the search and third-party sites – Hotels.com and Booking.com and others to increase search results.

On kayak.ru, you can book a room without registering on the website, simply by entering the number of guests and the city, duration of stay. However, the service offers more favorable offers to registered users – discounts up to 35% are provided for closed sales for both short-term stays and long-term stays. Another interesting feature is the ability to track price dynamics by selected parameters. So, if a trip is planned in a few weeks or months, by placing the icon 'Keep track of these prices', the tourist will receive notifications from the site about a decrease in room prices or, conversely, a rise in price.

For the convenience of searching and analyzing rooms, the user sees the average rating of the proposal based on reviews of tourists who have already visited the hotel, as well as a set of available services.

Advantages

• Selection of hotels around the world;
• On the site you can buy air tickets and order a car;
• Interface in any language;
• Analysis of offers from the websites of hotels in countries;
• Full information about offers (reviews, ratings, services);
• The ability to track price dynamics for the selected room parameters.

disadvantages

• Not defined.

Booking.com

Rating: 4.9

The Booking service is the second most popular website in Russia for finding accommodation for people traveling at home and abroad, across all continents. The resource has a very clear interface: the number of guests, city and arrival / departure dates are traditionally indicated at the top of the window, after clicking the 'check prices' button, the system will offer accommodation options from all possible service providers – hotels, hotels, hostels, private landlords. The Booking.com website contains a huge number of offers of resort, business travel accommodation, apartments for different numbers of people. Here you can also see the client rating and reviews of real people.

On the site, booking and cancellation is possible in case the trip is canceled, free of charge 6 hours a day before the appointed time. You can pay rent at the entrance or in advance, depending on the conditions of the owner of the square meters. He can also set a restriction for those wishing to enter a hotel or apartment.

The support service works 24 hours a day, possible problem situations are resolved promptly.

Advantages

• The ability to find housing in a day or even less;
• The site remembers the data entered by the user and subsequently offers suitable options;
• Possibility of buying air tickets and ordering a car, taxi;
• Customer support around the clock and daily;
• 300 million offers worldwide;
• Convenient interface and site navigation.

disadvantages

• Lack of responsibility of the site for late entry and other force majeure situations.
• Contact with the owner is difficult, there is no direct access to the chat.

Hotels.com

Rating: 4.8

A specialized site for finding a hotel, hotel or hostel Hotels.com will come in handy when traveling across Russia and other countries of Europe, America, Africa, Australia. The service offers rooms that correspond to requests with a detailed description of the services and amenities available, services and offers for families with children are separately highlighted, as well as recommendations for visiting interesting places are given, the distance of key tourist sites is indicated.

Payment for the room is possible at the time of booking, the site gives an 8% discount, another 10% can be obtained by e-mail coupons from Hotels.com. If the trip is postponed or canceled, the money will be returned to the card within a certain period specified in the agreement. The disadvantages include the need to wait for a response from the support service for up to several hours.

Advantages

• A wide selection of hotels, inns and hostels around the world;
• Discount coupons for regular customers;
• Possibility of making an advance payment when booking with a discount;
• Recommendations for a tourist holiday;
• A visual list of available services;
• Periodically passing promotions.

disadvantages

• There is no way to order a car or buy an air ticket;
• Delayed support response;
• You must carefully follow the checkboxes when agreeing to the service rules.

Prestigia.com

Rating: 4.8

The site for finding rooms in hotels around the world Prestigia.com/ru/ takes the fourth line of our rating. This is a convenient service that is very simple to use – just enter the number of guests and the dates of entry and exit. When searching, you can also use various filters, including the selection of offers for a special offer or for a special offer for authorized users of the site.

The interface is user-friendly – all information about the room and the hotel is completed in thematic tabs, many photos are presented, there is a place mark on the map. The booking involves payment by card, the money is refunded if the booking is canceled by the buyer. However, it is necessary to pay attention to the terms of the user agreement: when buying a room under the promotion, a refund is not made when canceling a booking. It is better to reinsure yourself and clarify payment information in the support service.

Advantages

• Offers from hotels around the world;
• Selecting services when searching for a number;
• Convenient site navigation;
• Lots of structured information, photos;
• The site guarantees low prices, promotions and pre-offers are held.

disadvantages

• It is necessary to carefully read the terms of payment for the reservation (all taxes are not always included);
• Non-refund of the prepayment of the reservation when canceling it for promotions (to be specified).

RoomGuru

Rating: 4.7

RoomGuru compares offers from 26 sites and displays them in order of increasing price. However, the difference is not only in the cost, but also in the service, which may differ slightly on different resources, as well as the possibility of using bonuses for authorized users, ordering tickets for transport. The user is offered a wide range of filters to find the perfect hotel and room for travel or business trip.

The RoomGuru service is trusted by hundreds of thousands of users, so many subjective reviews are left under each object, which will help the tourist to objectively evaluate the hotel and service. To book a room you like, you need to choose the best price from a third-party site in the list, the system will send the user to the original source. The terms of booking and payment are determined by the primary Internet resource.

Advantages

• A visual comparison of offers from different sites;
• Many filters to find the perfect room and hotel;
• Many reviews;
• Detailed maps.

disadvantages

• There is no internal booking;
• There is no possibility of ordering transport and tickets.

Agoda

Rating: 4.7

Another site where you can quickly find a hotel and the right room is agoda.com. It offers accommodation options for the same basic requests – the number of guests, dates of stay, city name. A distinctive feature is the ability to choose the type of trip: tourist, family, business or group. Based on these data, the site will offer the most suitable hotel in terms of location with a set of services that may be interesting and necessary for visitors.

Another feature of the agoda.com/ru website is a variety of bonus programs. The system will offer accommodation at a discount from the hotel or bonuses for booking through the website in selected areas. By the way, bonuses can be saved by constantly using the website for booking.

The site has a guide to the areas of settlement. The filters even have a point to mark the nearest attractions, near which the tourist wants to stay for living. You can also choose the nearest transport so that it is convenient to get to the destination of the visit from the hotel.

Booking is possible without prepayment or with a cash deposit, the user must select the appropriate option in the filter when entering the search parameters. Free cancellation is not possible everywhere, you need to pay attention to this.

There is only one drawback of the site agoda.com/ru – the cost of living does not include taxes and fees, which can significantly increase costs in the end.

Advantages

• Selection of hotels around the world;
• Many filters, including unusual ones;
• Possibility of booking with or without prepayment;
• Best price guaranteed with refund of the difference if the tourist finds the same number on a third-party resource cheaper;
• Bonus programs.

disadvantages

• The price does not include taxes and fees, they can greatly increase the cost of housing.

The best booking sites for private traders

On the sites presented in this category, you can find offers for renting accommodation for tourists from private property owners. It is convenient to rent an apartment, house or studio if you are planning a family vacation or a company trip.

Airbnb

Rating: 5.0

Airbnb.ru took the first place in the category of booking sites. This is a very convenient service where you can find housing all over the world for little money. Property owners post a large number of photographs to attract job seekers, indicate available services, and already visited travelers leave reviews. The page also shows a map with the area where the house is located, as well as the conditions for booking and settling. However, we recommend that you contact the owner to clarify the details of entry and date of visit. Reservations can be free or prepaid. The best offers of the site, as noted by guests, are located under the Airbnb section.

Of the interesting 'goodies' of the site is the search for tourist routes, the service will show you where you can not only live, but also get impressions and get to know the cuisine. On the site, you can reserve a table in a restaurant, a master class or photography at key attractions, plan a wine tasting and other interesting events. What's more interesting – in any country you can choose entertainment in your native language. So, for example, in Paris, you can reserve a place in the Russian-language excursion.

For those who want to get acquainted with a new country, but do not know which one, the site will offer the most interesting and popular directions at the moment, show where interesting events and festivals take place.

Of the shortcomings of Airbnb, we note only the volatile housing prices – the owner can set different fees for visiting on different days, the cost of living during holidays and tourist seasons is often higher than the rest of the time. Information is entered into the calendar in the apartment section.

Advantages

• The largest selection of apartments and apartments around the world;
• The ability to search for entertainment in the desired language;
• Recommendations for tourist destinations;
• You can book tourist attractions and a table in the restaurant;
• Convenient interface, lots of photos.

disadvantages

• Inconstant prices and a large commission of the site from the landlord and the tourist.

Interhome

Rating: 4.9

Apartments and houses from private owners can be rented on the Interhome.ru website. This service offers some of the best real estate offers around the world, and also takes care of the security of transactions – the money is transferred to the account of the landlord upon arrival of the guest. The housing price indicated on the cards already includes all taxes and fees.

Interhome is a company with representative offices wherever you can rent a house through the website. Employees meet guests on site, hand over the keys to the apartment. They will help you navigate in tourist places and will assist in any situation, help you find the missing things you need for rest and accommodation, organize excursions and transfers.

The Interhome.ru website will also offer directions for recreation, comprehensive programs for trips on holidays, weekends by different companies, interesting options for spending time in different seasons. By the way, you won't be able to rent a house in Russia, the site is focused on trips abroad.

Reservation involves filling out a detailed questionnaire, payment is carried out in different ways: at some sites for 100% prepayment, at others – partially. At the same time, the refund in case of cancellation of the trip does not occur in full, the site allows you to withhold from 10 to 100% as a fine. The detailed conditions must be read carefully before confirming the reservation.

Advantages

• Accompanying tourists in cities by company representatives;
• All taxes and fees are included in the price;
• Travel and recreation assistance;
• Convenient payment methods.

disadvantages

• You cannot rent a house in Russia;
• Different booking conditions, cancellation fees for late cancellation.

HomeAway

Rating: 4.8

The site for real estate search, which took the third place in the rating, widely known to Europeans, HomeAway.ru, is also available for Russians. It is convenient that a separate registration for the service is not needed – the browser is synchronized with Google, it will automatically offer to log in with an account (if you are logged in on your computer), this saves time.

On HomeAway.ru you can find accommodation for a short time – prices are unprofitable for long trips. It is easy to contact the landlord, the support service is working properly, and the transactions are insured by the site. The number of filters is not the greatest, the selection of apartments is carried out only through a basic set of queries.

HomeAway resembles the design leader Airbnb, but falls short of it.

Advantages

• Convenient navigation, registration;
• Low prices for short-term accommodation;
• Convenient communication with the owner of the property.

disadvantages

• There are no bonus programs and lucrative offers for long-term accommodation;
• The minimum number of filters.

9Flats

Rating: 4.7

At the end of the rating, we present the site 9Flats.com, which differs from others in the ability to compare selected options. The number of filters is also nice – in addition to the number of guests, the price range, binding to attractions and areas, you can choose the number of baths, bedrooms and even towels. All this is hidden in the 'More Filter' tab.

The rest of the site is not very different from other search engines for accommodation for tourists – flexible cancellation conditions, which must be read carefully, ratings of visitors, recommendations for tourists. You can choose apartments, including on the map of the area – hover the cursor over the desired mark, a page with information about the offer will open.

Advantages

• Large selection of apartments, including from third-party resources;
• Detailed information about the apartments and many photos;
• Many filters, including the choice of room amenities;
• Flexible payment and cancellation terms.

disadvantages

• Variability of prices for different dates;
• When canceling a booking, a 15% commission is charged by the site.

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Attention! This rating is subjective and does not constitute an advertisement and does not serve as a purchase guide. Before buying, you need to consult with a specialist.