"With 35,000 hotels in it's database and an ability to update availability instantly, TravelNow.com offers the most hassle-free reservation system online.

While many rates matched the cheapest ones we found calling the hotels directly, the site also features special deals and rates from consolidators- usually some 15 percent better than the lowest corporate rate- for over 7,000 hotels.

Better yet, once you reserve a room, agents are at your beck and call 24 hours a day on a toll free number. Lost reservations? TravelNow.com will find you another hotel and even pay the difference if it costs more. "