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So you’re going to the Hills District of Sydney. You’ve selected this location and now you have to choose a hotel. 10 years ago, you ‘d have most likely visited your local travel agent and relied on the face-to-face advice you were provided by the so-called ‘experts’. The 21st Century way to choose and book your hotel is of course on the Internet, by utilizing travel websites.
But how do you sift through the incredible options on offer? And more significantly, do you really trust the photos and descriptions of the hotels that they have granted themselves with the inspiration of getting reservations?
Traveler reviews can be handy, but you need to exercise caution. They are often prejudiced, sometimes out of date, and may not serve your interests at all. How do you know that the features that are necessary to the reviewer are necessary to you? Then there’s the problem of the reviewer’s inspiration. The more reviews you check out, the more you observe how they tend to cluster at the extremes of viewpoint. On one end, you have upset customers with axes to grind; at the other, you have thrilled guests who lavish praise beyond belief.
You’ll not be shocked to find out that hotels sometimes publish their own glowing reviews or that competitor’s line up for the chance to lambaste the competitors with bad reviews. It makes sense to consider what is really important to you when selecting a hotel. You should then choose an online hotel directory that gives up-to-date, independent, unbiased information that really matters.

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

1. Location: if it matters that your hotel is, for instance, close to the amusement park, or convenient for the airport, then location is paramount. Any decent directory should offer a location map of the hotel and its environs. There should be distance charts to the airport offered along with some kind of an interactive map.

2. Style: it is important to choose a hotel that makes you feel comfy – contemporary or traditional furnishings, local decor or international, formal or relaxed. The ideal hotel directory should let you know of the options offered.

3. Restaurants, Coffee Shops, and Bars: local color is great 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 wise or informal. A good hotel report should tell you this, and especially 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 important. The hotel directory should elaborate on matters such as bed size, Internet Access (its cost, whether there is WIFI or wired broadband connection), Complimentary facilities, views from the room and luxury offerings like a Pillow menu or Bath menu, choice of smoking cigarettes or non-smoking rooms, and so on

. These things really do matter and any decent hotel directory should give you this sort of advice on bed rooms – not just the variety of rooms which is the typical option!

5. Children’s’ Facilities: more important to the family tourist than the business tourist. You should discover just how child-friendly the hotel is from the directory and make your decision from there. Something worth looking for is whether the hotel offers a baby sitter service. For the business tourist wishing to leave children, this is of course very relevant too – perhaps a hotel that is not child-friendly would be something better suited!

6. Leisure Facilities: the site should offer a comprehensive analysis of leisure services within the hotel – spa, pool, health club, sauna – along with details of any other facilities nearby 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 definitely crucial to some.

Finally and most notably, the quality hotel directory assessment 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 info, there is no reason why you should not find the very best hotel in the Hills District of Sydney. Best of luck!

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