Falls, yet have resort-like services and amenities. This second type of resort hotel is likely to center on spa treatments, though full resorts typically have spa services as well.

For your next resort vacation, why not stay at one of the leading resort hotels for that area? Not only can you book rooms closer to the activities, but many times there are several package deals so that you can save additional money on car rentals, sightseeing excursions and other local services. Resort hotels are also more likely to be higher grade hotels with full service and amenities. There are certainly a higher percentage of five star hotels among resort hotels than without the ‘resort’ classification.

There are some invaluable website travel services where you can compare the packages and prices of several different resort hotels all from the comfort of your home or office computer. I have not found a top notch, resort hotel specific travel website yet, and results for resort hotels seem better accessed by searching for “resort hotels” and adding the location name as well, such as “Phoenix” or “phoenix, Arizona”. This will pull up many comparison resort hotel websites specifically for your chosen destination.

When in doubt, you can always try one of the large travel websites, such as Travelocity or Expedia. Though it will take a little bit of fancy search filtering, you should be able to come up with a list of resort hotels for given locations as well. In fact, this option may be more fruitful, as you will be able to pull borderline hotels that may not be classified as ‘resort hotels’ per se.