About hotelicopter

What We Do

hotelicopter is a hotel search engine.

We help you decide where to stay for your next trip, and where you can book it for the best available price.

We feature over 160,000 hotels on our platform, twice as many as the leading online travel agencies.

When you perform a hotel search on hotelicopter, we go out and compare rates and availability in real time from over 30 leading travel sites and thousands of hotel web sites. The rates and availability displayed on hotelicopter are exactly what you’d find searching each individual site.

After we search all these sites, we sort information into a simple, easy to use format so you can quickly find the perfect hotel for your needs. Our location, price and category filters are the best around, and help you instantly narrow down your search results to only display hotels that meet your specific criteria.

We also show you where you can book your room at the best available rate and take you directly to that site’s check-out page to complete your transaction. Voila! You just searched over 30 travel sites all at once to find the perfect hotel at the best available price!

Oh, and sometimes, our imaginations get the best of us and we create elaborate hoaxes that get lots of attention.

What We Don’t Do

One thing hotelicopter is not is an online travel agency. We don’t sell hotel rooms directly or hold any inventory. Unlike those other sites, we show you search results unbiased by paid placements, and are 100% focused on matching you up with the best hotel for your needs. Instead of getting paid to prioritize one hotel over another, we get paid when we help facilitate a successful match, no matter which hotel you choose or where you decide to book it.

What You Should Do

Don’t waste any more time searching multiple travel sites trying to find that great deal or hidden gem. We’ve got it all here on hotelicopter! Have some feedback for us or a specific feature request? We always want to know what you think - if you’ve got something to tell us, don’t be shy - send us a message. And if you like us, connect hotelicopter with your facebook account (through the link at the top of the homepage) and introduce your friends to hotelicopter too - we’d love to help them find the perfect hotel for their trip!

What Inspired Us To Do What We Do

hotelicopter was founded by two business school students from the University of Virginia that wanted a better way to research and book hotels online. hotelicopter is based in beautiful Charlottesville, Virginia.