| Travelers planning to visit Montreal can make | | | | details and the booking engine will display hotels |
| bookings in several ways. The Internet is a widely | | | | subscribing to the criteria. |
| preferred medium, because of easy access and | | | | Hotel websites also provide local information about |
| audio-visual information. Online photos and maps | | | | Montreal such as the best months to visit, upcoming |
| provide a comprehensive view of the various hotels | | | | events in the city, and important tourist destinations. |
| in the city and their locations. Some travelers prefer | | | | Discount rates are also offered online alongside the |
| contacting the reservation desks of hotels by calling | | | | normal tariff for different categories of rooms |
| up directly or by faxing the details. Some people | | | | available in the hotels. There is also a rating system |
| faced with a paucity of time prefer making their | | | | that allows hotel customers to rate the hotels based |
| hotel reservations through travel agents who can | | | | on their experience. Most websites also provide |
| provide personalized end-to end services. | | | | information relevant to a person traveling to Montreal |
| Most hotel websites offer a range of convenient, | | | | such as the distance of a hotel from important |
| value added services that make the online mode of | | | | locations, shopping places, dining choices and various |
| reservation preferable over any level of | | | | tourist spots. |
| personalization by travel agents. By simply entering | | | | While paying online, care should be taken to ensure |
| the requisite information such as duration of stay, | | | | that the payment mode is secure. Some hotels in |
| number of persons, type of room, preferred | | | | Montreal follow the policy of "no-refund" in the case |
| payment method and currency into an online form, a | | | | of bookings made online. Most hotels in Montreal |
| comprehensive schedule and reservation confirmation | | | | follow the internationally prevalent star-rating system. |
| can be obtained, if the hotel has space on the given | | | | French and English are widely spoken by hotel staff in |
| dates. This system is quite seamless and happens in | | | | Montreal. It is important to inform hotels in advance if |
| almost real time. Websites such as the provide hotel | | | | travelers plan to bring their pets along so that the |
| listings based on specific search criterion that can be | | | | necessary arrangements can be made. A choice of |
| input by a traveler. For instance, a traveler looking for | | | | smoking and non-smoking rooms is available in many |
| accommodation within a radius of 10 miles from a | | | | hotels in Montreal. |
| convention center or a shopping area can input those | | | | |