I want to let my readers know about a hotel site started by a friend: it’s called DealBase.

I normally don’t do reviews, but I got a chance to poke around on the site and here are my initial thoughts:

The site is very simple: it tells you where to find good deals on hotels throughout the U.S., Mexico and the Caribbean. It shows you deals at tens of thousands of hotels – and this is the important part – these are not just paid “advertiser” deals, these are real deals, every one of them. Just like FareCompare, DealBase does not play favorites.

Best part: any hotel can say its rooms are on sale – but DealBase will tell you if a hotel’s deal is a legitimate sale – if you really will save you money off the regular rate. If the deal is not good, DealBase lets you know that, too – by labeling it an “UnDeal”. Even better: DealBase tells you, percentage-wise, exactly how much you’ll save with the rate they show you.

Plus, you can look up hotels by class (4-star, etc.) or filter by price, and more. I gave it a whirl by simply looking up hotels in the “Los Angeles area” and I saw some real bargains – all at very nice places.

Am I impressed? You bet. Do I have a financial interest in DealBase? No, I do not. Do they get some link juice? Why of course.