Track hotel prices with these online tools

Most web-savvy travelers are familiar with various websites that let you track and compare airfare prices. (Think Farecompare.com, Farecast.com, Yapta.com, plus the major agencies like Travelocity.com and even airline sites.) Now come two online tools that help travelers track hotel prices.

Yapta has just introduced a feature that allows consumers to sign up for price tracking on specific hotels. Search the site for hotel availability on specific dates, then sign up for notification if rates drop on a specific hotel that interests you.

Hotwire.com has long offered a similar tool for hotel and car rental rates, but it doesn't disclose the name of the hotel or vendor until after you book. The site has just added a monthly hotel report (www.hotwire.com/hotelratereport.jsp) that highlights the U.S. destinations where rates have dropped the most over the past 12 months -- translation, where you're most likely to find good deals. (Top 5 on the current list: Las Vegas, Phoenix, New York, Montreal, Orlando.)

Also just launched from the people at Kayak.com: TravelPost.com, designed as a one-stop-shopping hotel site with reviews, content and rates on more than 140,000 hotels from over 200 travel sites. Consumers can book directly with the hotel or via other websites.
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