TvTrip.com - A Comprehensive Hotel Video Guide

Now that summer´s coming up it´s doubtless that there are myriads of vacations in the works. Nowadays trip planning is aided by travel sites like Expedia or Hotwire and also by those classic guides like Lonely Planet or Let´s Go Europe. TVTrip seeks to consolidate all the info you´ll need about a place into short, informative videos. Specifically, TVTrip features films of hotels. They have price guides, ratings, maps, and video tours of rooms and amenities. You´ll get to see each type of suite and room available along with shots of the exterior surroundings. Each video is accompanied by a short text description, a map, reviews, and a list of things to do near your hotel, with links to Eventful for more detailed information. TVTrip has got over 1500 videos with over 60 European destinations.

“Tvtrip is a new kind of website that uses video to provide travelers with the transparency they need when planning a trip. All of the videos available on the site have been shot by a team of professionals. We are neither a travel agency, nor part of any hotel chain and we do not charge any service fees to users of our site. The prices that are listed on the site are those of Tvtrip partners. We are an independent company which provides a quick, easy and trustworthy link to the best prices available. Tvtrip is not a booking agent.”

TvTrip does a good job of giving you a feel for each location. Their reviews and videos are very well done. There´s a good amount of info included, with geocoded Flickr photos and Eventful integration. Travelers will definitely enjoy the site.

A similar service, with a all too similar nameâ€"Trivopâ€"offers some competition. Trivop puts together deals with TripAdvisor. With TvTrip you have to go to another site to find deals and packages. So far, as each video takes a while to put together, locations are limited.