Hotel searching via internet

What most made us laugh was the small print on the screen "maps are provided as an aid in planning, we are not responsible for the acuracy".


This hotel is supposedly in downtown Delhi in the hustle and bustle of the old city ... but according to the web locator its in the middle of nowhere! Of course, we won't be staying there!.

Searching for a hotel (without travel agencies) for the first few nights in Delhi has been a painstaking experience, as prices indicated for mid range hotels in guide books, then turn out to be four times as much when i ask them to email me the rates! Must be different rates depending on which part of the world you come from! Paying 150-250 dollars for 5 star is not really backpacking style, so we turned to the internet to find our first home in India.

After writing to 5 or six of our chosen places, and not getting a reply back, i found a real little gem, the Hotel Polonia, http://www.princepolonia.com/ in the central but noisy street market area of Delhi. The fact that its 25 dollars a night for a deluxe (whatever that will mean by Indian standards) means that its far more in our price range. Besides the photos look good on their web page and love the explanation behind the hotel's existance if you get to read it.