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Where To Stay When You Travel In ASIA?

Updated: Aug 28, 2023

For us finding accommodation along the way is never a planned-out affair and we tend to only look one step ahead. Here are some of our favourite ways to find a suitable place to stay – whether it’s for a few days or for a few weeks.


These are the sites and tools we use on a regular basis to find and compare accommodation options.


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If you are travelling in South-East Asia, we have found Agoda to be most useful. They have established direct relationships for more hotels, hostels and guest houses than any other booking site in this part of the world and is by far our most used option when travelling in Asia.


They have a fantastic selection of hotels and guest houses with useful filtering options to fine-tune your search. The smartphone app is extremely useful and offers even more options for filtering your search.


AIRBNB

As a full-time traveler or nomad, renting a furnished apartment is a must and Airbnb is the most comprehensive listing and booking site for short to medium term apartment rentals in the world.




Prices, however, tend to be a little higher than what you could find in the local rental market due to service fees, but not having to learn the ins and outs of the rental market in a city where you’ll only stay for a few weeks or months usually justifies the higher cost. You can also get discounted prices by booking monthly or even weekly. And it also doesn’t hurt to negotiate a bit on the price, especially if you are staying for a while.



If you are booking more traditional accommodations, i.e. hotels, hostels or holiday apartments, Booking.com should be your first stop. We use them all the time for ‘home-stay’ options in South East Asia as they have by far the best inventory worldwide, and hotels listed on the site are not allowed to sell rooms at a lower price elsewhere.


HOSTEL WORLD


Hostelworld is the number one resource for researching and booking hostels all over the world. They have a database of seemingly every hostel in existence with accurate ratings and reviews from real users, with a very easy booking system to boot.









TRIVAGO

In addition to Booking.com we usually check Trivago for hotel prices. It’s quick and easy to do a sanity check, just to make sure we're not overpaying when booking somewhere else. They compare the prices of all major (and not so major) booking sites and in the past, we've saved up to 30% by doing a quick search on Trivago. It primarily features hotels, but there are also some hostels and similar listed.


FIND YOUR

WHERE-TO-NEXT

DESTINATION

Advanced real-time filter by visa, region, value, weather & activity

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PLAN YOUR TRIP

VISA SERVICES

Let iVisa take the pain out of travel planning and assist you with electronic visas, Travel Authorizations, Visas on Arrival, and even Paper Visas. They can also help with Health Declarations and Embassy Registrations. If you're from the US, they also provide a One-Stop Shop to renew your Passport securely and error-free.

FLIGHTS
Find a cheap flight by using Skyscanner or Momondo. These are our favourite flight search engines. They index other travel websites and airlines across the globe to easily find you the best deal.

ACCOMMODATION

Booking.com is our number one resource for researching and booking accommodation. In addition to Booking.com, we have found Agoda.com to consistently returns the cheapest rates in Southeast Asia. 

TRANSPORT

DiscoverCars.com is a leader in online car rental bookings; we compare car rental deals from many companies so that you can choose which is best for your trip. 12Go connects the world door-to-door, from transfers to flights, under the same user-friendly ticket.

INSURANCE
Travel insurance can protect you against unexpected illness, injury, theft, and cancellations.

Need more help to book your trip?
Check our complete resource page for all the best companies to use when you travel. You will only find the companies we use ourselves.

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