recent posts from BetterBidding.com http://www.betterbidding.com/index.php Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:32:43 -0500 30 http://www.betterbidding.com/index.php?showtopic=88320
Thanks!]]> Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:31:41 -0500 http://www.betterbidding.com/index.php?showtopic=88320 http://www.betterbidding.com/index.php?showtopic=88319
The hotel is a 3* and is located in Weston/ Plantation/ Davie on Hotwire.com and has the following amenities:

Fitness Center
Pool
Wireless Internet

Any help would be great- thank you very much]]> Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:31:00 -0500 http://www.betterbidding.com/index.php?showtopic=88319 http://www.betterbidding.com/index.php?showtopic=88301 Express By Holiday Inn Park Royal

Hotel rate per night - Hotwire hot Rate: $55.00
Nights: 3
Rooms: 1
Subtotal: $165.00
Tax recovery charges and fees: $35.17
Total price: $200.17

Amenities
Complimentary Breakfast
Restaurant(s)
High-speed Internet Access]]> Fri, 20 Nov 2009 12:09:39 -0500 http://www.betterbidding.com/index.php?showtopic=88301 http://www.betterbidding.com/index.php?showtopic=88318 I was able to get the Hilton for $40 for 12/3 to 12/6. Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:22:16 -0500 http://www.betterbidding.com/index.php?showtopic=88318 http://www.betterbidding.com/index.php?showtopic=85365
So, I used the link from betterbidding.com website to access PRICELINE and bid $65 for a 2 * hotel for one night. Based on the posts, there was a 2 1/2 * hotel that I wanted to make sure I did not get. This was done on October 8, 2009.

I won the Baymont Inn. With fees and everything, the final price was $81 and change. Sadly, this was more expensive than the hotel's own website. It also alarmed me that the hotel had some very bad reviews on the travel website alluded to earlier (#39 of 44 hotels approximately in Fayetteville - site says 50 total, but some are out of business). The hotel's website showed $78 for all rooms except their big suite, which I assumed I did not win; the room rate was actually $69, but the taxes were only like $9, making it cheaper than PRICELINE's final price.

Not entirely pleased for paying more for a room than "up to 50% less" for the room by using PRICELINE, I called Priceline to complain. After putting me on hold a few times and asking which website had the cheaper rate (the Baymont's own website, incidentally), the agent offered to credit me $11, though refused to change the hotel.

I was really hoping to get the TownePlace which I had won on priceline earlier in the year in Wilmington. Oh well.

We will see how this pans out. Perhaps the hotel will be better than the reviews indicate. This is the first time I've been really displeased with Priceline; the hotels it's picked for me in the past have been great and at great prices. At least they lowered the price a little bit. ]]> Thu, 08 Oct 2009 23:22:20 -0400 http://www.betterbidding.com/index.php?showtopic=85365 http://www.betterbidding.com/index.php?showtopic=88314
Las Vegas Airport Nov 24 - 29

Rejected $23 Full Size
Accepted $22 Standard

Bidding history over the past 2-3 weeks for the same dates and location (all failed):
Full Size $13, 12, 16, 19, 21, 22
standard 15, 17, 19, 22, 24
mid-size 18, 20, 22, 25

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Hartsfield Airport (ATL)
1031 Virginia Avenue
Atlanta, Georgia 30354
404-767-9000

Check-In Date:
Sat, Nov 21, 2009 / After 03:00 PM

Check-Out Date:
Sun, Nov 22, 2009 / 12:00 PM

Your Offer Price Per Room, Per Night: $46.00
Subtotal: $46.00
Taxes & Fees: $13.88
Total Charges*: $59.88
]]> Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:08:20 -0500 http://www.betterbidding.com/index.php?showtopic=88317 http://www.betterbidding.com/index.php?showtopic=88266
Started with 3 star options

$68 Beverly Hills
$69 Beverly Hills and Hollywood
$70 Beverly Hills and Hollywood and Santa Monica
$72 added Lawndale for an extra chance then was told to raise my bid by 22 bucks.

So for that price I switched to 4 stars, bid $90 Beverly Hills no bites. Bid $95 and added Hollywood and voila!

Looks like a great hotel, I'm splitting the cost with a friend so its great for both of us.
Only downside are the extras
Do you have to pay for the internet and spa?]]> Thu, 19 Nov 2009 20:25:19 -0500 http://www.betterbidding.com/index.php?showtopic=88266 http://www.betterbidding.com/index.php?showtopic=88315
Amenities:
Complimentary Breakfast
Pool(s)
High-speed Internet Access

Hotel
Hotwire hot Rate: $59.00
Nights: 1
Rooms: 1
Subtotal: $59.00
Tax recovery charges and fees: $14.12
Total price: $73.12

I gambled and lost. I went over the hotels in Ashland and tried to identify the hotels without a fitness center. Since this hotel does in fact have one, I ruled out the Days Inn as a possibility, and thought this might be the Ramada Ltd.

What's worse is that this win presented a situation I've been running into a lot lately - this rate is literally pennies lower than the lowest posted rate, and after I pay hotwire its fees, I am paying more money than if I booked direct.

I understand the risk/reward of hotwire, I like their customer service much better than Priceline and I'll keep playing the game. But, this time I drew a dud hand.]]> Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:43:42 -0500 http://www.betterbidding.com/index.php?showtopic=88315 http://www.betterbidding.com/index.php?showtopic=88313
This hotel features the following amenities:

Fitness Center
Restaurant(s)
Business Center
High-speed Internet Access

Price USD 59, sound like Sheraton Heathrow Hotel?

Thanks!]]> Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:26:25 -0500 http://www.betterbidding.com/index.php?showtopic=88313