Where to Stay
Actually planning on spending more than one day in Delaware? There's
quite a large selection of web pages pointing to hotels, bed and breakfasts
and even a few camping sites for those who love the outdoors. This stuff
is always changing, so drop me a line if you have a change request. I
appreciate the help in keeping these pages a useful resource.
Entire State Indexes
The links below point you to additional pages throughout the state. Some
of them are provided by third party reservation services, and others by
the chains themselves. Therefore, some properties are actually listed
in more than one index. It might actually pay to "shop around" and check
them all.
TravelWeb lists both chain and independent hotels. It apparently takes
reservations and confirmations on-line. Above link is a pre-programmed
search for Delaware area locations.
At least I hope it is. Seems like they change their programming every few
months forcing me to recode the URL to make it work.
Links are included on the page to
go to their home page or for more information. [first reviewed: 02sep96;
url-updated: 30mar97]
Travel Now is another third party reservation service, listing about 30
properties of various hotels throughout Delaware last time I checked. They
also claim to allow you to reserve a room on-line. [reviewed: 02sep96]
Individual Hotel Information
If I was using stars to rate sites, this one would get rate near the top.
Not only does it give links to check room and hotel information, but
also has a lot of good information on area tourist attractions. There are
also pictures of the property and rooms. The Brandywine Inn is located
on Concord Pike, north of Wilmington on U.S. 202.
[reviewed: 02oct96]
Choice Hotels includes hotels under several different property names.
Select the one you are interested from the above selection box, then
press the search button. All the options have been pre-programmed for
you, as always, to help you find Delaware info fast!
The site advertises room availability and reservation service. Many locations
offer discounts for Internet reservations! However, when I first tried
it, I find the reservation page a bit hard to find. When looking at the
property info, click on "rooms" or "room info" to check on availability
and optionally book a room. [reviewed: 02sep96]
Hampton Inn - Newark has the distinction of being the first hotel in Delaware
with a web page that I found. It was in the earliest of the Delaware indexes
a long long time ago (er, 1994!). Both links take you to property information
and allow on-line reservations. Unfortunately, they are not using a secure
web server, so sending credit card info to them over a non-secure channel
is about as risky as letting a clerk in the store run it and not getting
the carbons (ie, not too risky, but if you're paranoid...) [reviewed:
02sep96]
Hilton's two Delaware locations have web pages on their corporate server.
You can find out about the hotel's facilities, room amenities, recreational
activities, map and directions to the property, and special offers. On-line
reservations, pricing, and room availability pages are available through their
secured web server. [reviewed: 02sep96]
Holiday Inn web site allows you to check room availability, get pricing,
and optionally make a reservation. The server doesn't appear top be a
secure server, so I'd recommend skipping the last step if you're
paranoid. Press the button above to search Holiday Inn's Delaware
hotel database. (It's a bit anti-climatic though. I'll spoil it by
letting you know they only have three locations
in Delaware; Concord Pike, Downtown
Wilmington, and exit 3 of I-95 near Newark). [reviewed: 04sep96]
Short description of properties with map of location. No on-line reservation
capability, although you can book Sheraton over Travelweb (see above).
[reviewed: 14dec96]
The above pages are usually put up by each property on its own, without
help from a corporate owner (indeed, since many of them are privately own).
Therefore, they usually don't have fancy capabilities like on-line
reservations.
Bed and Breakfasts
For a personal touch, consider a Bed and Breakfast. I personally recommend
a B&B down the beach during the off-season to help calm the nerves!
Located in Lewes. I spent a really nice night there during February, '96 so I
can personally vouch for how nice it is. The web site contains pictures and
info about the property, and tourist information about Lewes.
[reviewed: 16oct96]
Very attractive web page, with several pictures of the property. The joint
even includes a pool, which many B&Bs don't offer.
[reviewed: 03jan97]
Camping
Not many web sites that talk about camp sites, I'm afraid.
Five state parks have camping sites available. This web page gives you
very minimal information on each site and a phone number to call for more
information.
RV park, no tent camping from the looks of their page. Rates published
on the page. No on-line reservations, although an e-mail address is
available to get more information. [reviewed: 02sep96]
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All reviews, comments, and opinions are the sole opinion of the author.
Inclusion of sites on this page (or others) do not mean that I endorse
the sites. Commentary is meant as a guide only. For example, indications
that a site accepts reservations does not constitute a guarantee on my
part that it will actually work or that I've verified the service. It is
just from personal observation while visiting the site.
Comments about this page are encouraged, as well as ideas for new links.
Please send e-mail to Ken Weaverling at
weave@hopi.dtcc.edu.
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