photo credit: Andrew_D_Hurley With today’s economy, most people are trying to travel on a budget. While in the past, budget hotels mostly appealed to those traveling with families, backpackers, students, and groups, nowadays everyone is trying to find a good deal. Still, discount hotels don’t have to sacrifice quality just because they are more economical.

You’re planning a trip and you want to stay some place unique, different from the large chain hotels, and with local flavor. Finding these smaller hotels, inns and b & b’s can often be time-consuming and bewildering because there are so many properties out there, but no easy way to determine which ones are really [...]