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The incident with our travel agents NOT being able to get us a confirmation at the Shangri La while I could easily reserve rooms in the EXACT same hotel for the EXACT same date got me thinking....it probably IS a lot easier to book our hotels online.....

Nothing could be easier than making hotel reservations than at Hotel Reservations.com and other such sites. It makes booking hotels, rental cars, flights and other vacation packages a breeze. Unlike other booking sites, the Hotel Reservations home page gives an option for users to choose a country where they're from, and the currency of choice for the transaction/s.

Only thing is, the Philippines is not one of the choices. Good thing that I have a US credit card and I can easily make reservations for hotels, flights, even rental cars.

Sites such as these will definitely be useful for me, as I am one of the few people in our family who is in charge of making travel plans for the entire family. With a family as big as ours, making all sorts of travel arrangements is not easy. There are different schedules to consider, different kinds of rooms to book (i.e., regular rooms, suites), different kinds of flight class (i.e, economy, business and first class). Having great online reservation sites are definitely a piece of cake!

For people who are not used to making online transactions, sites such as these are secure. Just look for that little yellow padlock on the bottom right of your screen, and you are assured that you are transacting safely.

Next on our list for travel are Lola's 88th birthday. We are currently considering Shanghai or Beijing, New Zealand, or Australia. Looks like China will be a pretty expensive option, so I'm still going to be searching for rates for Australia and NZ. Besides, it's a LOT COOLER down under than it would be by the Great Wall!

Another item on our family's travel list is for our Dad's 66th birthday. We want to go on a cruise, and I'm hoping this site will be able to give me some options at the very least. We haven't been on a cruise in several years, and we want to be able to go on one again for sure.

This July, we will be stopping over in Hawaii with Dad before we continue on to the US mainland to celebrate our 10th wedding anniversary. We're definitely going to be needing hotels and a rental car at the very least. So I'm definitely going to be surfing online for the best prices out there!