Small Luxury Hotels vs VOLT Valet
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Small Luxury Hotels
Discover and book over 580 unique, independently owned luxury hotels worldwide. Find secluded, high-standard accommodations with personalized service. Access loyalty benefits and book your next stay with ease.
- Search over 580 luxury hotels
- Interactive map search
- Detailed hotel information
- Access SLH Club loyalty
- Download member card
- View rates and book
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The Small Luxury Hotels of the World™ (SLH) app is designed for independently minded travellers to book over 580 independently spirited hotels around the world. We’ve personally visited, verified and vetted every single one of our 580 hotels in more than 90 countries – each one is anti-chain and anti-same. With just 50 rooms on average, SLH properties are able to offer secluded, discrete options with the highest standards of luxury and guest wellbeing. - Easily find your perfect luxury hotel – search over 580 hotels by hotel name or destination using the interactive map - Find all the information you need about each hotel including rooms, restaurants, facilities, services and location - Log in to SLH Club to access loyalty information and bookings - Download your exclusive member card to your wallet - View rates and book in just a few clicks We look forward to welcoming you at one of our characterful hotels in the very near future.
VOLT Valet
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VOLT Valet provides EV owners with an elEVated parking experience at the airport. Here’s how it works: * Create an account, input your vehicle info and book your first VOLT Valet Experience! * You can see all your upcoming VOLT Experiences on the app home screen * On the day of your upcoming VOLT Experience you’ll see the meet up information for your vehicle drop-off * You’ll receive a 4-digit code which you will use to ensure a secure hand-off to our VOLT Valet when you are greeted at vehicle drop-off * Off you go to your travel destination! * When you return, your app will show details of your scheduled vehicle pick-up * You’ll be greeted curbside by a VOLT Valet and use the 4-digit code for the secure hand-off of your FULLY CHARGED EV! * Off you go to your next adventure!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: VOLT Valet at every 6 days against Small Luxury Hotels's every 2 months. VOLT Valet also leads on iOS requirement (12.4 vs 15.1). On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Small Luxury Hotels ships an update every 2 months, VOLT Valet every 6 days. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Small Luxury Hotels | VOLT Valet |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.3 (6 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 23.4% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 6 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 6 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 | 12.4 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 30 MB | 39 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Small Luxury Hotels of the World | VOLT Parking Services LLC |
Bugs and requests
Small Luxury Hotels
Reported bugs
113 issues- Kept getting kicked off when making reservations
- App is down for days
- No longer working
- Service is temporarily unavailable
- No option to log in or retrieve a booking
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- Does not allow you to login
- Very difficult to book rooms
- Would be a great app if you could log in, see your bookings etc.
- Can’t log in
- No way to log in once app is downloaded
- Need to be able to simply log in with your loyalty number
- Doesn’t allow you to login as an ‘invited’ member
- Still no members login
- Ongoing issue! If your already a member you can’t log in.
- User unfriendly
- Can’t log into my account
- Layout and design needs work
- Sluggish and overcrowded
- No Slh Invited ‘login’
- Poor functionality
- Not able to log in to account
- Only create a new account
- Cannot use email to create account as it already exists
- Does not load
- Spins
- Server down
- Can’t login
- Only ability to re-register, not access account details
- No where to log in
- Don’t want to register AGAIN
- No option to log in
- Only possibility to sign up
- Cannot log-in if you already have an account
- Mobile web site is far better
- Where do I log in?
- Crashes when joining club
- Service unavailable at the end
- Have to search each hotel for availability rather than entering dates
- Frustrating
- Still haven’t find where I can log into my account
- Only find option for sign up
- No log in for club members
- Full of errors
- Completely useless
- Cannot login
- Track membership details
- Only sign in, no log in
- Beta version?
- Can sign up to be a member, but no way to login
- Can find no way to log in as a member
- Set a new record, under 30 seconds from downloading to deleting
- Embarrassing app
- Dreadful
- Every time I open this app it crashes
- Bugs abound
- Crashes all the time
- Login system doesn't work
- Awful app
- Pictures obscuring text rendering it nonfunctional
- Time for an update
- Why can't I sign in?
- Why can't I look at upcoming bookings?
- Pictures load over the top of the writing
- Search by hotel type is useless
- Serious issues with this app
- Crashes
- Cannot see where the place is
- Picture loads over the writing
- Far from a luxury app
- Very slow
- Screens missing information
- Crashes
- Keeps crashing otherwise would be a good app
- Since iOS7 it keeps crashing
- Constantly crashes
- Major engineering fix it desperately needed
- Keeps crashing after navigating through app
- Burns!
- Crashed 5 times in the same # of minutes
- Crashing EVERYTIME I search
- Constantly crashes
- Impossible to book
- Booking function does not work
- Efforts to enter data get popups
- Booking doesn't work
- Booking option is there but doesn't work
- Pitiful excuse for an App
- Pictures incredibly slow to load
- Won't work and crashes by closing down
- App advertised as iPad app but it's not
- iPhone app expandable
- Screen resolution is poor
- Steps to find hotel info are not logical
- Quality control is lacking
- Pictures take a long time to load
- App keeps crashing
- Not working at all
- Horrible Navigation
- Design is poor
- Navigation unthinkable
- Serious functionality problems
- So slow in working
- Stalls, pauses
- Internet connection is the reason it can't get information
- Random bugs that cause the app to crash
- Kicks you out when you look at photos
- Very annoying
- Application hangs all the time
- Crashed every time I used it
- Crashes far too often
- Update to iron out the glitches is needed
- Keeps crashing on me
- Limited
Requested features
10 requests- Add loyalty card to wallet
- Digital membership card to Apple Wallet
- Fix login issues
- Make app user friendly
- Update the app
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- Improve app design and layout
- Allow login for existing members
- Add more UK hotels
- Improve search functionality
- iPad version
VOLT Valet
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Small Luxury Hotels
No in-app purchases
VOLT Valet
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Small Luxury Hotels free?
Is VOLT Valet free?
Do Small Luxury Hotels or VOLT Valet have ads?
Which is updated more often, Small Luxury Hotels or VOLT Valet?
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