Travel apps and websites garner you rates, maps, more
Eurocheapo.com offers candid reviews of cheap lodging options. Credit: Eurocheapo.com
Get your travel-tech on with these apps and websites:
APP Hotel Tonight (available iPhone and Android)
LOWDOWN Last-minute booking deals at hotels in selected major cities. Go on the site after 12:30 p.m. for deals that day -- the Hilton St. Charles in New Orleans for $135, for example, or the Hyatt Place Ft. Lauderdale for $75. Hit it right, and you can save.
WEBSITE room77.com
LOWDOWN This is a very helpful hotel search site. It has the usual rates and maps, but it also offers advice, tips about certain rooms, and a tab called "rooms and views" that shows you what the view is out the window of certain rooms. No more views of brick walls.
WEBSITE eurocheapo.com
LOWDOWN Candid reviews of cheap lodgings in Europe. Remember, you get what you pay for. For example, it gives a big thumbs-up to the "quaint charm" of the $118-a-night Hotel Astor in Munich, despite admitting its seedy location, with "nowhere to run from the sex shops and strip bars in this part of town."
APP TCM Hollywood Tour (iPhone and iPod Touch; 99 cents)
LOWDOWN Extensive tour of 100 Hollywood locations connected to famous Tinseltown moments, stars, homes and films. Each site has photos, video clips, maps and a history.
WEBSITE cayole.com
LOWDOWN Search quickly for trips on multiple cruise ship lines. The purposely stripped-down site makes for a quick search and shows deals that are comparable to others online.
