The Caribbean is much closer than what one imagines and to look for accommodation in any of its destinations can be something that can be done with complete comfort, from home, through Internet. There a large number of pages offer us the possibility of reserving the best room, just moving a finger.

The Caribbean at the Reach of a Clic

Trips have changed since we take the advantages of the information technologies. To navigate through Internet is not longer a metaphor of what we can do, when connected through our computer, we can also program a trip, without leaving our room, search any type of information and plan our destination and make the hotel reservation. The operation is very simple. With only choosing a country, you will have access to a map where to indicate the city you are interested in, to then keep on continue making choices where approximations on the price we are expected to spend, is specified; the type of accommodations preferred or the facilities available to enjoy your stay. The result of the search will lead you to a list of hotels more adjustable to your preferences. Among the most important servers, we can find well enrooted web sites already established in the cyberspace as www.hotelguide.com (see more information on this hotel guide in the bottom table) Also www.hotelstravel.com is an indispensable way to have access to the hotel chains on the web. Also www.all-hotels.com offers over 60,000 links with a similar system of locations, information requests and on-line reservation forms. To this type of web pages belongs www.travelweb.com, www.travelreservations.com, www.travelnow.com, among many othersh

The Caribbean & the Americas: Excellences’ Destinations All the web pages above mentioned also offer hotels for the Caribbean and the Americas areas. But there is no other specialized page on this area of obliged consultation as that of the Caribbean Hotel Association (CHA) www.caribbeanhotel.org. When choosing one, CHA offers us a page with different information points: a web page of general hotel information, services, a diary, business opportunities and the list of associated hotels. There a list is provided with the personal data of the person for establishing contacts and the hotel’s web page where additional information on the hotel is given to make the reservation. Where to Stay in the Caribbean www.wheretostay.com/islands/, is an interesting web page that offers partial lists on hotels, island per island and area by area as the general glossary from the a to the z. A universe in constant expansion that in a couple of years has been developed to approach it to the last corner of the land with a single click. Now and in line with the latest technologies, this will also be possible from mobile phones from the network, ready to receive data of the network. This advanced protocol is presented below.

Now you can choose and reserve the hotels of your destinations from home on the web page www.hotelguide.com. This cibernetics address has today over 60,000 addresses all over the world. Users can have the possibility through www.hotelguide.com of going beyond the borders of any country of the world before making any trip first, since it offers by means of photographs, a complete x-rays of the hotels where you want to stay. Thanks to this, you can get acquainted with the destination and in many cases is like a prevention tools against unpleasant surprises, deceptions, and what is more important, time, money and efforts can be saved. Hotelguide.com offers the possibility of reserving the hotel directly on-line, by just asking a reservation card which can be properly filled out that will immediately reach the hotel or rather a link with one’s own page on Internet. Likewise through our affiliation with a large on-line reservation systems as Amadeus, you can see on the screen the description of the rooms available for the travel date. You can also print the reservation card and send it by fax to the destination chosen. To help our customers to meet their priorities, hotelguide.com configurated its system from the users’ interests in such a way that they can see the requested hotel on the screen. Travelers seeking hotels with special services for the handicapped, can also find the best destination under the electronic address of the guide. Hotelguide.com is linked to an excellent system of maps where the affiliated hotels to the guide are located, thus providing tourists, business travelers or any seeker of information with the possibility of immediately seeing the location of the hotel within the most important cities and capitals of the world. There is no need to consult the currency values since hotelguide.com offers within its page, a currency converter of all the countries of the world. With the objective of being at the vanguard, hotelguide.com is already available on cellular phones in Europe (see the information at the end of the article) and soon in Mexico and Latin America. This commercial measure has been taken since despite the security allowed in Internet cards, 80% of the users continue making reservations on the phones. So if you live in Europe and are in a hurry before leaving, you can consult hotelguide.com from your own phone. From those who like to make a previous planning, hotelguide.com issues two times a year, a CD rom with all the information provided by the cibernetic page. The CD rom can be requested in our address along with a member card with which you can have discounts amounting to 40% in affiliated hotels to hotelguide.com. If you want to talk with specialists on travel and new destinations, if you want to chat and to request an advise, join our weekly Hotel Chat. hotelguide.com AG 2000 wish you a pleasant trip!

What is WAP? A protocol of wireless applications. In the present communication standards on Internet with digital mobile phones and other wireless terminals. WAP allows mobile devices such as phones that have access to information or services especially created in Internet. It also provides a fast distribution of information and services to mobile users. What do you need to have WAP sites in your PC? To see written pages in WML in your PC, you need to have a special navigator, usually named "WAP emulator". At present there are several emulators available and some operate better than others. However, a site can be seen in a different way in an emulator than in a phone. What do you need to receive WAP services? 1. A WAP mobile phone is required. 2. A phone equipped to send and receive data. List of Devices Some of the models that have WAP support are Nokia 7110, Alcatel Onetouch, Siemens S25 and Ericsson R380. They support: Internet navigation in text. Send and receive e-mails. Purchase tickets for the subways and theaters. Consult the traffic, etc. Services Offered by WAP WAP general information, portals. Economy and businesses News and communication Society and culture Leisure Informatics and Internet Education and consultations Purchases: Books, CD's, DVD's. Information points: draws, traffic, the weather and time. Sports Internet services: e-mail. Hostelry and tourism PERSONALIZED PORTALS 1.- Wap.com: Internet guide for mobile phones, with WAP services and links with WML pages of all categories. WEB:http://www.wap.com WAP: http://www.wap.com 2. Andanza.com: Gathers WAP necessary services to make any kind of consultations from mobile phones: lists, latest news, business, travel, leisure guides, chat, etc. WEB: http://www.andanza.com WAP: http://andanza.com www1.wapforum.org/wml/home.wml 3 WAP phones: Offers information on the services rendered by this type of phones. WEB: http://www.telefonoswap.com WAP: www.telefonoswap.com/ index.wml