Venere.com

Why book ahead of time? Have you ever wanted to fly by the seat of your pants and not plan every leg of your trip ahead of time? If you've got the right tools, this flexibility can be yours. At first glance, Venere is just another site that allows you to book hotels in Europe. However, Venere's extensive range of hotels allows you to choose from simple, affordable hotels to lavish, expensive ones, in every European nation.We've used Venere on many of our trips, and its great selection of hotels and ease of use has allowed to book our hotels the night before we arrive in a particular city. On several of our more recent trips to Italy, we've decided to forego booking hotels until we arrive in the country (since we usually have a place to stay for the first couple of nights.)

We just hop on Venere once we've decided where we're going next, and find the cheapest, highest rated hotel at our destination. In our experience, we've saved quite a bit of money and have been happy with our choices. Plus, this flexibility has allowed us to change our trip to do something fun with our friends, or cut a few days out of our plans to hit up a small town in between big cities.

So, the next time you're in Europe, live on the edge and book your hotels at the last minute. Check out Venere and see where you end up.