For booking hotels/motels which is the best servce to use: Hotels.com/Orbitz/travelocity (first time using any?

the mentioned websites are reliable and you will be very pleased by their service! I can also recommend you to use expedia.com, booking.com, hitrooms.com. I like all of them mainly because of the price they offer which is quite reasonable as for me! If you want, you can check them and make your decision. It is quite easy to use these sites, you just have to choose the period and the destination and they do everything else for you! Good luck and hope that you will pick the best offer for you!