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Booking a Hotel Room
For your enroute stopover in any cities outside Bhutan, try to reserve a hotel/place to stay well in advance. That way, you can shop around for the best rates. You can do that online from a full service travel website like Expedia, Orbitz, Travelocity, etc.. Most hotels require you to guarantee your reservation with a credit card, and usually charge a penalty if you fail to arrive without cancelling in advance.
Check out the following top travel sites first:
 Expedia (Click here)
A full service travel website with features to check out the best airfares for a particular route, as well as the availability of these flights. Using their fare compare tool, you can compare fares across different flights.
Orbitz (Click here)
Owned by the World's Leading Airlines, Orbitz brings you the latest in fare-finding technology, plus great values on rental cars, hotel rooms, and more.
Travelocity (Click here)
A full service travel website with slick interface, savvy tools and computerized reservation system. You can even reserve flights from a phone.
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Budgethotels.com
The site offers discounts on all the states of America and in 63 destinations worldwide.
Small Luxury Hotels
Some of the finest-quality hotels around the globe. SLH offers ease of booking and the familiarity of an international hotel chain. Each hotel is assessed and regularly checked to ensure that it maintains the standards.
Bangkok, Thailand
Amari Airport Hotel (Click here) (*) US$100 to $160
Tel: (662) 566 1020; fax: (662) 566 1941
This excellent four-star hotel is conveniently connected by air-conditioned walkway to Bangkok's international airport. The daytime (8 AM-6 PM) rate for travelers waiting for connections is approx. US$15 for stays up to three hours, and video screens in public areas display schedules of flight arrivals and departures.
The Atlanta (Approx. US$20)
78 Sukhumvit Soi 2, Bangkok Phone: (662) 252-1650; Fax: (662) 656-8123
The accommodations are simple, clean and spacious, with extremely reasonable prices. Most rooms have air-conditioning, balconies and personal safes.
Oriental Hotel (US$160+)
48 Oriental Ave., Bangkok Phone: (662) 236-0400; 71/537-2988 U.K. reservations; 800/223-6800 U.S. reservations; Fax: (662) 236-1937
One of the best hotels in Bangkok. They also have a helicopter service ($150) to and from the airport.
The Regent (Click here) (US$160+)
155 Ratchadamri Rd., Bangkok Phone: (662) 251-6127; Fax: (662) 253-9195
One of Bangkok's leading hotels.
Thai Hotels Association (Click here)
Find special offers and book hotels online from Thai Hotels Association website.
Kathmandu, Nepal
Hotel Yak & Yeti (Click here) (*) US$150+
Box 1016, Durbar Marg. Tel: (977) 1 248999; Fax: (977) 1 27781
One of Nepal's best 5-star hotels.
Radisson Hotel (Click here) (US$150+)
Box 2269, Lazimpat Tel: (977) 1 411818; Fax: (977) 411720
Holiday Inn Soaltee Crown Plaza (US$150+)
Tahachal, Tel: (977) 1 272555; 800/465-4329 (USA/Canada); 0800/897 121 (UK);
800/221-066 (Australia); Fax: (977) 1 27781
Kathmandu Guest House (Click here) (Apporx. US$30)
Thamel Tel: (977) 1 413632; Fax: (977) 1 417133
Delhi, India
Budget Inns ( Click here)
The site provides an entire list of bed and breakfast, inns and guesthouses in Delhi. It also has a map of Delhi, travel tips and reviews.
Hotels-Delhi.com (Click here)
Ambassador (US$80 - 175)
Sujan Singh Park, Cornwallis Rd., New Delhi Phone: (91) 11 463-2600
Fax: (91)11 463-2252
Hotel Claridges (US$80 - 265)
12 Aurangzeb Rd., New Delhi Phone: (91) 11 301-0211; Fax: 11/301-0625
Calcutta, India
Fairlawn (Approx. US$45)
13A Sudder St., Calcutta Phone: (91) 33 245-1510 Fax: (91) 33 244-1835
Hotel Grand (US$165)
15 J. L. Nehru Rd., Calcutta Phone: (91) 33 249-2323 Fax: (91) 33 249-1217
Park Hotel (US$100 - 165)
17 Park St., Calcutta Phone: (91) 33 249-7336 Fax: (91) 33 249-7343
Taj Bengal (US$165+)
34B Belvedere Rd., Alipore, Calcutta Phone: (91) 33 223-3939 Fax: (91) 33 223-1766
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