Camden Maine Lodging, An Overview of the Lodging Available to Those Visiting Camden

Let me reveal to you some secrets about Camden Maine Lodging, some that may apply to all lodging searches.

camden-maine-lodgingThe Visual Thesaurus, a great online thesaurus defines “lodging” as "housing structures collectively; structures in which people are housed." However oddly enough, it does not include as synonyms the words "motel", "hotel", "bed and breakfast" "B&B", "camp ground" (arguably a lodging) "cottages", or "resort". Despite that fact, when most people search the internet using the words "Camden Maine Lodging" what they are looking for is a place to stay for the night in Camden Maine which might include any of those types of lodging. Incidentally, we define Camden as one of the prettiest most characteristically charming Maine sea coast villages.

Camden Maine, considering its sparse population has an abundance of book stores, churches, restaurants and "Camden Maine Lodgings". The choices of lodging in Camden Maine run the gamut from business class travelers' style hotels that sleep dogs, to antique hotels of yesteryear, lodging within historic homes, motels, traditional, and as add ons to other buildings, individual cottages, and camp sites. So what is the difficulty in finding a place to stay in Camden?

The scoop on searching for Camden Maine lodging using their favorite internet search engine or online travel agents

Searching for Camden Lodging using Online Search Agents

Using online search agents to find Camden Maine Lodging. Perhaps you use one of the online travel agencies; That's right: Expedia, Travelocity, Hotels.Com, Priceline, Hotwire, Cheapair, -, even TripAdvisor (get the "truth" and go?) and many others that attempt to appear to be expert or neutral are anything but. They are online travel agencies who get a commission every time you book through them. So what does that mean to you the consumer of Camden Maine Lodging? A few facts about how those systems work: online travel agencies give top billing to the lodgings that give them the most commission money.

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So what does that mean for the traveler looking for Camden Maine lodging? You may search on Expedia or Travelocity, Hotels.com or others using the words "Camden Maine Lodging" and they will give you the results of those lodgings that have offered to share the most of the lodging room rate with them. So, if the lodging miles out of town offers Expedia 40% of the booking rate, then they are listed top, regardless of whether or not they are what you might think of as a Camden Maine Lodging. So if the Camden Windward House, which is right in town within walking distance of everything doesn't offer 40% of their room rate to the agent, you won't find it until you page down a few times, and then without a picture or any fanfare. You may say, so what? I'm getting a great rate! I don't mind driving to dinner and everything else.

But think about the whole commission-rate thing: If you owned that lodging, and you had to give 40% of your rate to the online travel agency, would you offer the same rate to Expedia as you offer to people booking with you on the phone or on your own website? Or would you increase the online travel agent's rate 40% so you would be able to get your room rate, and still pay the commission? You figure it out! Be wary of exaggerated offers of how good the deals are. You may think that you are getting a really good rate on a Camden Maine lodging, only to learn that when you travel to Camden, looking for the lodging you booked, following the map or the gps directions, you drive right through Camden, and keep driving ten or fifteen miles, only to find that when you look at the hotel's rack card, you see you're paying 40% more than you had to. For that rate, you could have stayed right in town! So much for letting Captain Kirk make your reservations for you! Also examine whether or not the lodging has the amenities you seek. Camden Maine lodgings come in all varieties which is great, because some people need a lot of luxuries, and some are into the truly historical experience. Both are great lodging experiences, but you should find the one you prefer.

I'll Check with the Chamber of Commerce

A great example of a directory of "Camden Maine" Lodging can be found in our own Chamber of Commerce Website. As you can see below, many of the lodgings listed are not even in Camden Maine and or nowhere near the Village district.

How About Google, They're Neutral? Using a Websearch to Find Camden Maine Lodging

Google and others do a great job at trying to figure out which sites actually offer what you are looking for in the way of Camden Maine lodging. However, they are not a guaranty of finding what you are looking for. It is up to you to vet the results for any Camden Maine Lodging search. Also, search engines can be gamed. Just do a search using the words "search engine optimization" to see all the people offering services to get you to the top of Google, Yahoo and others for the words "Camden Maine Lodging". The optimization folks claim that even if you are a New Mexico Lodging, they can use their black art to get you to the top of the Google natural search results for Camden Maine Lodging if that's your fancy. Google does a great job of detecting most of these schemes, however there are still results that might surprise you.

Just about every Maine Lodging, whether they are near Camden Maine or not use the words "Camden Maine Lodging" somewhere on their websites. Some even use pictures of Camden Maine to advertise their lodging, even though they are nowhere near Camden! Some add links to bogus networks of lodgings to try and boost their relevance in to the words Camden Maine Lodging. The Windward House website tries to offer relevant useful content instead. We do indicate if there are other places of interest that we are near in order to invite comparison, but we would never claim to be a Bar Harbor Inn. We try and include only places that are nearby, and then explain why someone searching for "Rockland Maine Lodging" (a ten minute drive south of Camden) might want to stay at the Camden Maine Lodging Windward House. This is the reason you may come across a natural search result for a place in Rockland even though you want to stay in downtown Camden Village or vice versa. So you have to investigate the search results to find a true Camden Maine Lodging. Pay Per Click ads are another source of information on Camden Maine Lodging. Those are the ads that appear in search results that say something like "Sponsored Links". The way that works is Camden Maine Lodgings and other lodgings and Maine businesses who think those searching using the words "Camden Maine Lodging" might be interested in their service or product pay for the right to have their advertisement appear in the Sponsored Links whenever you type in the words "Camden Maine Lodging". This is fine, but just be aware that when you click on the advertisement, you might not be taken to the website of an actual Camden Maine Lodging.

Okay, So I Really Really Want to Be In Camden Maine in a real Camden Maine Lodging, What's Available?

Well here's the good news! If you have decided that you would like to stay in Camden, there are many Camden Maine lodgings to choose from. Since many of the fine people who run those Camden Maine lodgings are our friends and neighbors, we will not characterize or criticize them. However, here is an incomplete list of Camden Maine Lodgings that are close to the Village Center ( Camden Maine Lodging that is actually in or near the Village District of Camden):

For more information on choosing Camden Maine Lodging see "Choosing a Bed and Breakfast"

The results of a Google search for Camden Maine lodging returns approximately 199,000 results! Could it be possible that they are all lodgings located in Camden? Note the sponsored links on the right and the "natural" search results on the left and bottom.

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