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These days I’ve been quite busy finding hotels for my trip to Malaysia and Singapore. As you may have been familiar with it, but I like to use Trip Advisor whenever I find accommodations for myself especially for international travel.
I have to say that sometimes reviews look a bit exaggerated and I am often confused between bad ones and good ones. But after all I have to convince myself that each one has different way of thinking. If I think it’s good, then I just try it. That’s it. What I like most about this website is “CHECK RATES!” function. While many reservation service sites open, I often like to settle at either BOOKING.COM or Hotels.com.

What about domestic travel? Of course, Trip Advisor again! But actually when I travel inside Japan, I’d rather check out Jalan first. Comments and ratings left to each hotel registered at Jalan are trustworthy. What I like about Jalan is that I can save points which I can use for my next reservation through Jalan. This means I can get discount just because I make a reservation through Jalan first of all, and also that I can have my points deducted from total amount of payment. The points are valid for about 2 years. In order to make reservations through Jalan, membership registration is required. I also enjoy their email newsletters even while I cannot afford anything.

*Disclaimer: the image is from one of Jalan’s email newsletters.