Ashley M. Biggers (@ambiggers) has been a professional travel writer for five years. She earned her master’s degree from the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication.

An increasing number of travelers are using their smartphones and tablets to book hotel rooms perhaps a day or so in advance or even when they’re already in town. There are myriad opinions on free ...

If you're feeling spontaneous and want to head out of town for a last-minute getaway, you'll need some help finding affordable airfare and hotel rates on a whim. There's a good chance you won't be in ...

With so many flight booking apps for iPhone and services to choose from — all promising they can save you big bucks — it's easy to get overwhelmed when planning your next trip. So we've collected the ...

Can you really get a good deal on a nice hotel by making a reservation on the day you want to stay? According to a handful of apps where users can book discounted same-day hotel stays, the answer is ...

Photo Credit: L2 singled out the Virgin Hotels app as an example of a particularly good hotel mobile app thanks to its multi-purpose functionality. Virgin Hotels Most of the hotel apps out there ...

Is there enough growth in the last-minute or same-day hotel booking app space? With HotelTonight raising $45 million in Series D funding earlier this month, the consensus amongst the Silicon Valley ...

Thanks to the popularity of smartphones and new technologies like 4G, mobile gadgets are pushing forward the trend of online travel management and becoming another reservation tool. Jiang Jun, general ...

When it comes to booking a hotel, is there ever a tried-and-true “best” way to do so? As we found out last week… not really. There are just so many apps out there and hotel options also start popping ...

More than half of all hotel phone bookings are made the same day Imagine this scenario: You're at a party and you've had a couple of cocktails and you don't want to make that 45-minute journey home.