Blue Hippo Travel Announces Launch of Unique Hotel Amenities Based Travel Website
Now travelers can find just the right hotel based on the specialized hotel amenities they care about and the activities they enjoy.
BlueHippoTravel.com just launched a unique new travel site where travelers can find hotels based on unique amenities, activities, hotel types and travel magazine lists. Blue Hippo Travel also offers a last minute "sunny weather only" feature for sunny last minute getaways and a "plan a road trip" feature which integrates the unique hotel amenity feature with driving based trip planning.
San Francisco, CA (PRWEB) June 11, 2009 -- Blue Hippo Travel announces the launch of a unique new travel website featuring hotel amenities and activities based searching. Travelers can search by dozens of unusual hotel amenities from private plane access, outdoor showers, thatched roof bungalows, private hot tub, WiFi by the pool, hotel pools with thrilling waterslides and more. Search for hotels by a wide range of activities from mountain biking, snorkeling, skiing to yoga, monkeys and more.
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BlueHippoTravel.com is the only travel website on the internet offering these unique, searchable hotel amenity categories and the ability to find last minute travel opportunities based on weather forecasts. "We believe this will change the way people look for hotels on the internet," says Blue Hippo Travel founder and editor-in-chief, Laura van Hoff.
More than 1500 hotels have been handpicked by Blue Hippo Travel editors for these unique hotel amenities, with more hotels and categories added every day. The site also offers a full Sabre/Travelocity based inventory of more than 111,000 hotels worldwide for standard amenity searches and online booking with 24/7 support.
Travelers can also map their hotel results in a unique, Google map integration, with the ability to see all hotels in one easy view. Map pinpoints offer a hover feature to see a photo of each hotel on the map for easy scanning.
Islands can be easily found with the Find a Hotel by Island feature which is integrated with the unique amenity/activity database. "This makes it easy to find the right hotel on a particular island and is another unique feature of BlueHippoTravel.com," said van Hoff.
Handpicked hotels are also broken down into easily searchable hotel types such as Boutique Hotels, Eco Lodges, Sanctuary for Renewal, Spa Hotels, Adults Only Hotels, Romantic Escapes, Family Beach Hotels, Golf Hotels, All Inclusive hotels and more.
"This site came about because I live San Francisco, so of course we were looking for a sunny last minute travel escape to get out of the fog. As It turned out, finding a location for a last minute trip with a sunny weather forecast was no easy task! Everywhere I looked I found monsoons and hurricanes. Because of that experience, I decided to build my own perfect travel web site for myself, and figured there were many other people looking for a better way to find vacations and hotels on the internet like I was," says van Hoff.
This led to the sunny travel weather feature which shows a user nearly every location on the planet with a sunny weather forecast for the next 3 out of 5 days, with links to book hotels there with last minute pricing and an extended ten day weather forecast. Temperatures can be seen in 3 temperature ranges to find just the right spot for a sunny last minute getaway, so if a traveler is wanting to get out of weather too cold or too hot, they can find just the right location.
Blue Hippo Travel's exciting plan a road trip feature offers the ability for a user to enter in their starting location, choose a mileage range and select the hotels with the amenities/activities they would like to see on an integrated Google map. For example, if a family wants to drive up to 300 miles and is looking for a pet friendly, kid friendly hotel with a spa and golf, BlueHippoTravel.com will show them those hotels on a map with handy driving directions.
"The idea was to create the perfect travel site for myself in response to being unable to find hotels in the way I was looking for them, both by sunny weather forecasts for a last minute trip and by the amenities and activities I'm always looking for but have a hard time hunting down in an endless Google search. Hopefully it will save other people time and help them find the perfect hotel!" says van Hoff.
"BlueHippoTravel.com is the only travel website on the internet offering these unique, searchable hotel amenity categories and the ability to find last minute travel opportunities based on weather forecasts. We believe this will change the way people look for hotels on the internet," says van Hoff.
For additional information about BlueHippoTravel.com please contact Laura van Hoff or visit Blue Hippo Travel.
Contact:
Laura van Hoff, founder and Editor in Chief
Blue Hippo Travel
415-672-0269
bluehippotravel.com
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