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So you’re going to the Hills District of Sydney. You’ve chosen this destination and now you need to pick a hotel. Ten years ago, you ‘d have probably visited your local travel agent and relied on the in person guidance you were given by the so-called ‘experts’. The 21st Century way to pick and book your hotel is obviously on the Internet, by utilizing travel sites.
But how do you sort through the incredible choices on offer? And more notably, do you really trust the photos and descriptions of the hotels that they have awarded themselves with the motivation of getting reservations?
Traveler reviews can be valuable, but you need to exercise caution. They are typically prejudiced, often out of date, and may not serve your interests at all. How do you know that the features that are important to the reviewer are important to you? Then there’s the problem of the reviewer’s motivation. The more reviews you read, the more you observe how they tend to cluster at the extremes of opinion. On one end, you have upset reviewers with axes to grind; at the other, you have thrilled guests who lavish appreciation beyond belief.
You’ll not be amazed to discover that hotels often publish their own glowing reviews or that competitor’s line up for the chance to lambaste the competitors with bad reviews. It makes good sense to consider what is really essential to you when selecting a hotel. You should then pick an online hotel directory that provides up-to-date, independent, neutral info that truly matters.

Here are some of the key facts you should keep in mind: 

1. Location: if it matters that your hotel is, for instance, near to the theme park, or convenient for the airport, then location is vital. Any good directory should offer a location map of the hotel and its surroundings. There should be distance charts to the airport offered as well as some form of an interactive map.

2. Style: it is important to pick a hotel that makes you feel comfy – modern or conventional furnishings, local decor or international, official or relaxed. The ideal hotel directory should let you know of the choices readily available.

3. Restaurants, Coffee Shops, and Bars: local color is excellent but the hotel’s own restaurants and bars can play a vital part in your stay. You should be aware of choice, style and whether or not they are clever or casual. A great hotel report should tell you this, and particularly about breakfast facilities.

4. Bedroom Facilities: you should constantly carefully consider the type of facilities you need from your bedroom and find a hotel that has those you consider essential. The hotel directory should elaborate on matters such as bed size, Internet Access (its cost, whether there is WIFI or wired broadband connection), Complimentary amenities, views from the room and high-end offerings like a Pillow menu or Bath menu, choice of smoking or non-smoking spaces, etc

. These things really do matter and any good hotel directory should provide you this sort of guidance on bedrooms – not just the variety of spaces which is the usual option!

5. Children’s’ Facilities: more vital to the household traveler than business traveler. You should discover just how child-friendly the hotel is from the directory and make your decision from there. Something worth searching for is whether the hotel offers a baby sitter service. For business traveler wishing to escape children, this is obviously very appropriate too – perhaps a hotel that is not child-friendly would be something better!

6. Leisure Facilities: the site should offer an in-depth analysis of leisure services within the hotel – spa, pool, gym, sauna – as well as details of any other facilities close by such as golf courses.

7. Special Needs: the hotel directory site should advise the visitor of each hotel’s special needs services and accessibility policy. Whilst again this does not apply to every visitor, it is absolutely important to some.

Finally and most importantly, the quality hotel directory inspection team should have checked out the hotel in question on a regular basis, met the personnel, slept in a bedroom and tasted the food. They should experience the hotel as only a hotel guest can and it is only then that they are really in a strong position to write about the hotel.
with the above details, there is no reason why you shouldn’t find the best hotel in the Hills District of Sydney. Best of luck!

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