What is the best directory to find hotels without having a booking engine?

James Deam: What is the best directory to find hotels without having a booking engine?
I am looking for a way to find hotels but I don’t want to book them online, I want to book hotels by either calling them or going to there independent website. The reason for this is I figured out booking engine sites charge more money for using them to book. I have saved substantial amounts of money by booking directoy from the hotels. What I am looking for is a directory just for hotels and most importantly has the hotels independent website and phone number, please help..!?

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Answer by Willeke
You can use the systems on internet to find hotels, read reviews and even see how much they would charge and if they have rooms available for when you want to go.
Then you make a note of the name of the hotel and use a search engine (google or something like that) to find the website of the hotel or a hotel listing for the town.
With that information you can phone them.

Of course, you can also just use Google to find hotels without using the booking sites, but I found they have useful information about the hotels, certainly when you find one that has reliable reviews.

The old way is to buy a guidebook, buy the one made for your kind of budget, and phone based on the reviews in that book.
For backpackers and budget travelers the Lonely Planet series are great, but if you like 4 star hotels they will not be as helpful.

Which site would be the best to start looking depends on where as much as how expensive. I would just spend an hour or so and do several searches, both using a booking site as first source and using a search engine without a booking site to.

Answer by liliya_y
Go check out this website it seems as though they have just started but I am sure it will quickly pick up. I read what they are about and they are not a booking engine or travel agent site they are a direct world wide directory of hotels. They say on about that the mission is to provide consumers with direct hotel contact information.

I fully agree with you, why should I pay more money to priceline and travelocity when I can just call the hotel and book directly. I wish more people new about this concept, its pretty sad actually. Anyways check out that site, seems like an awesome idea finally!

Answer by Johny Montana
You can look for top hotels under https://www.rocktheadored.com