i-escape.com is an independent, highly researched interactive travel guide and free online booking service.
Set up by Laila Ram and Nikki Tinto, the site features small hotels, guesthouses, retreats, eco-lodges and private rental properties all personally visited and reviewed in detail with photos to match.
It is this depth of review that I find so useful as it is independent and obviously 'personally visited' rather than a press release from the property in question.
Having used the website to book hotels myself, I can totally understand why it was recently awarded the best online booking service in the Guardian/Observer Travel Awards. i-escape.com finds the best places to stay and then makes booking them hassle free!
It continues to add stylish places to stay from around the globe and with a monthly newsletter to look forward to, I am inclined to agree with Liane Katz from the Guardian who writes "i-escape.com is one of my favourite websites for finding stylish hotels from around the world".
To see for yourself, visit www.i-escape.com