Have you ever booked a hotel online thinking you just found a great bargain for a really NICE hotel but then you come to the place and find out that the hotel is in a seedy part of the neighborhood? Well, you might never have that problem again thanks to Orbitz. The No. 1 US Online travel company is offering Google Street View to its customers, allowing them to get a 360 degree street view of the neighborhood around hotels, restaurants and other travel attractions.

You can access the Google Street View Maps under the "maps and area info" of a hotel or location's page. Of course, Google Street View will only be available for places which Google actually documented so it may not be available for hotels in other countries or minor cities.