I used the Orbit app to book a hotel room. Worked great! Tammy On 12/31/19, Sieghard Weitzel <siegh...@live.ca> wrote: > I usually use Expedia as well and always found it quite accessible. > Whichever app you use I suggest that you don’t wait until the last minute, > download the app now, sign up and you may even want to add a credit card to > make it easier when you book a place. Quite a lot of hotels you can book > without prepaying, but sometimes you may get a better deal if you pay via > the agency whether it’s Expedia, Booking.com or Hotels.com. You may even > want to download all of the major apps like Expedia, Booking.com, > Hotels.com, Kayak or Get A room and play around with them to see which one > you like best, then delete the ones you don’t like. > Most of these apps offer last-minute deals so Anna’s suggestion to drive and > book 2 or 3 hours before you know where you end up may work out well. > Lastly, if you find a hotel which seems like a good one it doesn’t hurt to > call them, tell them you will be arriving soon and were about to book a room > with Expedia (or whatever app you decide to use) and ask if they can give > you a better rate if you make the reservation directly with them. You may > find that most larger chain hotels like Best Western, Howard Johnson, > Sandman and so on don’t care whether you book directly or via an agency, but > if they are smaller independent places they may offer you a slightly better > deal because that way they save themselves the fee they have to pay to the > agent. > > Best regards, > Sieghard > > From: viphone@googlegroups.com <viphone@googlegroups.com> On Behalf Of Anna > Dresner > Sent: Tuesday, December 31, 2019 8:42 AM > To: VIPhone Mailing List <viphone@googlegroups.com> > Subject: Re: Hotel booking app > > Hi Joe, > > Booking.com<http://Booking.com> is reasonably accessible. I still need help > making sure the hotel or motel is in a convenient place, but I can work with > most of it independently. > > Best, > Anna > > > > On Dec 31, 2019, at 11:10 AM, jkt4...@gmail.com<mailto:jkt4...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > Good morning, > > We are driving from Northern Minnesota to Tucson, Arizona in a couple of > weeks. I’m looking for recommendations on an accessible hotel booking app. > I’m totally blind if that matters. I’m using an iphone8. We are thinking > we’ll just try to find a room when my wife gets tired of driving. This is > our first attempt at the snow bird thing. We already have housing arranged > in Tucson but nothing for the road trip. > > Thanks for any help, > Joe > > -- > The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone > list. > > If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if > you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or > moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. > > Your V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor. Mark can be reached at: > mk...@ucla.edu<mailto:mk...@ucla.edu>. 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