How Do You Decide?

La Levantina, Venice Italy

How do you decide where to stay? That's a question I get asked after every trip.  The answer:  Research, research and research some more.

I'm not a big chain hotel kind of girl when traveling because I prefer to give my money to the locals in any given town we visit and there are literally hundreds of apartments, B&B's and small inns available, especially overseas, for reasonable prices.

I have used sites like booking.com, Airbnb, hotels.com, and tripadvisor.com to help me find what I'm looking for.
There are some things to consider while researching:

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