I'm doing a search for 11/5-11/7 in SLC Downtown areas. The Hotwire Easy View has a 3.5 star for $74 and it suggests it's a Hilton or Marriott.
When I go to Hotwire, it states it is a boutique hotel (listed under amenities on EZ view as well) and I'm quite confident it's the Peery Hotel, which BB has located in Downtown South. The Hotwire map clearly puts the Peery in the north, and thus I think that's a correction to be made, and I also don't believe either the Hilton or Marriott are "boutique" hotels.
In fact, when I click on book now, Hotwire tells me to hurry up and that the last person got the Peery Hotel.
Also, when I try to book from the easy view screen, and fill in all my information (and login) to hotwire, it will never finish the transaction.
If I start this from the Hotwire Tab in BetterBidding, it goes thru no problem. I've reported this before.
Hotel Amenities:
Free Internet
Pet friendly
Boutique hotel
Airport shuttle
Fitness center
Pool(s)
Restaurant(s)
Business center
Internet access
Golf nearby
Well, I went back this morning and there was a 3.5* resort with following amenities:
FULL AMENITIES: Free parking, Free Internet, Resort, Smoke-free rooms, Fitness center, Pool(s), Restaurant(s), Business center, Self-service laundry, Internet access, Golf nearby, Kitchenette, Accessible path of travel, In-room accessibility, Wheelchair accessible, Accessible bathroom, Accessible parking, Roll-in shower. It was the Orange Tree.
appreciate it. I never seem to find the easy bid from the front page! Blind I guess....
The only thing missing from that is the Hotwire "recommendation" information. I tend to use that filter from the get-go.
3-star Condo
North Scottsdale, AZ
Dates: 10/24 one night
rate: $111
Amenities:
1-bedroom suite
Full kitchen
Air conditioning
Laundry in room
Children's activities
Fitness center
Pool(s)
Business center
24-hour front desk
FULL AMENITIES: Free parking, Resort, Casino, Fitness center, Pool(s), Restaurant(s), Business center, Internet access, Golf nearby, Tennis nearby, Spa services, Accessible for visually impaired, Accessible for hearing impaired, Accessible path of travel, In-room accessibility, Accessible bathroom, Accessible parking, Roll-in shower
Went back and looked. It just had those 6 listed. It does have the following accessibility details:
accessibility for visually impaired
Accessible bathroom
Accessible path of travel
This choice gave me a choice of beds as I needed to make sure we had 2, which in SF is sometimes a challenge.
Listed amenities: Free internet, Pet Friendly, Boutique hotel, Restaurant(s) internet access, fitness center
Was 98% sure this was the property being offered thanks to other threads whereby BetterBidding staff had suggested it was likely, but no previous wins were reported. The description and amenties (especially the bed choices) lined up so I was able to save about 15-20%.
Free parking
Free Internet
Beachfront hotel
airport shuttle
Fitness Center
Restaurant(s)
Pool(s)
Self service laundry
Internet Access
Golf Nearby
Tennis Nearby
Spa Services
Last minute deal: Free breakfast Free parking Free Internet Pet friendly Fitness center Pool(s) Business center Self-service laundry Northwest Austin zone
Started with a 3-star bid around $95 and rebid just adding a zone at a time (3 of 4 have 2.5 and 3 star hotels). No luck up to $115 final bid. Closed browser window and restarted process from betterbidding link again and repeated said strategy above using 2.5*. 4th and final bid was accepted increasing $5 each time.
linked to HOTWIRE from this site.
Free Internet
Pet friendly
Indoor pool(s)
Fitness center
Pool(s)
Restaurant(s)
Business center
Internet access
Accessible for visually impaired
Accessible for hearing impaired
Accessible path of travelIn-room
accessibility
Wheelchair accessible
Accessible bathroom
Accessible parking
Roll-in shower
That's the full list of amenities.
Also, "last person got ......" was a clue and thats all I meant to imply Since no condo of any rating had ever been reported here as a win, and then I saw that the last winner with that rating won this property, that's a good clue.
I saw it had 100% appoval on only a few reviews. Went to Trip Advisor and saw similiar high satisfaction rating including a complaint from someone who stated they booked it thru hotwire.....
So while it wasn't guarranteed, I had a good clue given above. In the worst case I was prepared to take a deal others have raved about, whatever condo property it was.
The reason I was focused on this property? I want a view from my room. A "beachfront hotel" is no guarrantee of a view. However this property states on their own webpage that every room has an ocean view.
this one came up and so did a little message stating the last person who bought got "littlr creek cove". no previous wins reported but my research stated it shouuld be good so I went for it.
Amenities:
Free parking
Free Internet
Beachfront hotel (website states all units have an ocean view.
Full kitchen
Internet access
Golf nearby
Used BB HOTWIRE link as always.
Free parking Free Internet Pet friendly Airport shuttle Smoke-free rooms Fitness center Pool(s) Restaurant(s) Business center Self-service laundry Internet access $66. Saw what I believe to be same offer on PRICELINE EXPRESS deals for $62 but didn't show user ratings. Hotwire showed 85%, Needed airport shuttle and all airport area hotels were offered >$100 so this looks great.
linked to PRICELINE from this sight.
Didn't bother with a comprehensive bid strategy because I didn't have a lot of time.
Started with one of the Midtown areas and $165. Added MSG area at $172. Then added another area at $177. Finally added Empire State Bldg area at $185. Won.
Used the above link for HOTWIRE. This was for 3 people, not 2 even though there will be two adults. I wanted to increase the odds of having 2 beds rather than 1 king (which from their website is an option).
The rate for 2 was about $9 cheaper than rate paid.
Amenity list:
Free parking
Pet friendly
Indoor pool(s)
Fitness centerPool(s)
Restaurant(s)
Business center
Self-service laundry
Internet access
Accessible for hearing impaired
Accessible path of travel
In-room accessibility
Wheelchair accessible
Accessible bathroom
Accessible parking
used the link to HOTWIRE on this page.
Didn't catch the amenities, but it's the only 4-star west of the strip (Palms is 4.5 star). Knew what I was getting and that's a fair price!
$22 resort fee expected.
used PRICELINE link above. Started bidding at $75 and adding free rebid zones. Got to $90 with a miss and then won with $93. Best offer on Hotwire had been going up all day from low $90 to $107 at time of winning bid, the day before checkin.
Linked to HOTWIRE from Betterbidding.com
amenities:
Pet friendly
Boutique Hotel
Fitness Center
Restaurant(s)
Business Center
Internet access
Spa Services
In-room accessibility
Accessible bathroom
Handicapped parking
Also noted that the Priceline.Express deals for the Sheraton and Little America were each about $10 than what Hot.wire was offering, but I felt the Monaco would be a better value (free happy hour included btw).
Saw this listed on Priceline.Express for (I think it was) $74. Pretty sure it was Sheraton. Didn't see any 4-stars on Hotwire, and wanted to avoid the Little America which is a 3.5 star on Price.line and 4-star on Hot.wire.
Started bid at $63. Got a reject and counteroffer in mid $70's. Raised to $65 with a free rebid (added an area without a 4-star) and was rejected. Repeated at $68.
Used the HOT.WIRE link on this site:
Near Beach
Smoke Free Rooms
Fitness Center
Pool(s)
Restaurant(s)
Self service laundry
Internet access
Tennis Nearby
Accessible for the blind
Accessible for the deaf
Accessible path of travel
In-room accessibility
Wheelchair accessible
Accessible bathroom
Handicapped parking
Roll-in shower