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Posted On Aug 16, 2007 in

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Vibe AgentA couple of days ago an invite landed in my mailbox. Hurray! I fumbled around in the site a bit. I think at present VibeAgent is the ultimate Web 2.0 hotel site. It is worthwhile visiting!

VibeAgent is a community that shares hotel reviews on the one hand and combines that with best price searching on the other hand. It names its members as Agents, who write reviews on the same.

The site has teamed up with an impressive list of travel and hotel portals at the back end, like Price Line, Booking.com and many others. If you want to write a review about a hotel somewhere, VibeAgent comes with an impressive list of hotels in the area you chose. All automatically and truly Web2.0 alike. At this stage 83.000 hotels are accessible.

You wont be able to trace any advertising on the site, which brings out a big advantage as for instance on TripAdvisor a lot of bandwidth is taken by all the ads.

On the other hand it acts as a Meta search engine for all the providers of accommodation. A sort of portal to the portals.

I noticed it has a big advantage above other sites that generate user reviews, if you participate you can communicate with the fellow reviewers. Hopefully that filters out the biased reviews. In the meantime the number of invitees is growing exponentially to a couple of hundreds. I am curious to see if they can meet up the requested bandwidth ultimately.

How will VibeAgent manage to cover its costs? It will receive a percentage from the bookings made.

Well we will see and I will keep you posted.
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Posted On Aug 09, 2007 in

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Vacating.netSpend a week in a vacation rental and see what is near you. Slow down, immerse yourself in the local culture and avoid the fast pace of rushing from one guidebook "must-see" to the next. A great way to travel!

The website Vacating.net is a new portal offering details of vacation rentals and holiday homes across Western Europe. Use the site to search for vacation rentals in Austria, Belgium, France, Germany, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, Switzerland, United Kingdom and plan a holiday.

The objective for this portal is to allow house-owners to rent out their properties themselves, without having to pay a fee to a travel agency. On the other side, vacation seekers use this website to search and book vacation rentals in Western Europe, without having to look at annoying advertisements. A win-win situation for both – the vacation seeker and the holiday-home owner.

The site is well planned and displays all the locations that have a holiday rental using Google Maps. Further to this, the ‘Quick Search’ option and visuals on the home page make the search more decisive at the instant.

There are some great deals to be found on Vacating.net. You can choose from a range of economic and expensive stays. There is also an interesting extra curricular activity section that tells of available activities happening around stay, so you are aware of them in advance and can schedule to attend them before you get there.

One of the best features I liked about Vacating was that the registration is free and it lets the owners of the properties get in direct touch with vacation seekers, letting them save on the fees to agencies.

You can look at pictures of the property and places around it. You can read about features of the rental home in detail, like a modern kitchenette and other extra and pictures of the interiors, thus giving you a clear-cut idea as to what you will be getting.

The website is very transparent compared to other similar sites and carries no advertisements.
If someone is looking out for vacation rentals around Europe, you can refer them to http://vacating.net. This is one great website that caters to all your vacations. You can opt for luxury in the most lavish way, or you can opt for budget vacations depending on your budget and plans. You name it and they cater to it.

One of the most complete websites that I have come across, it is very soothing to eyes, classy and informative.

I hope they extend this service to include all of Europe and gradually, make the website global.
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