Priceline Hotel: Chicago Visit

[bjmueller19]

I'm going to bid on a hotel on Michigan Ave. for this Saturday, the 13th. What is your advice on the best way to get the Sheraton Water Tower and NOT the Hotel Felix? Thanks for your help!

[AaronJB]

There's no way to target or avoid a particular property when bidding - if you bid for a particular star rating and zone, you have to be willing to stay at any of the hotels in that zone at that star rating. Hot.wire would be a better choice, as you can try to make an educated guess as to which hotels are showing based on the information given. Would other hotels be acceptable besides the Sheraton? What would be your desired budget per night for this stay?

 

Thank you for using the board's HOTWIRE or PRICELINE links to start your purchases and searches.

[bjmueller19]

Well, the most recent winning bids in the area I want to stay are the Hotel Felix and Sheraton Water a Tower, according to this site. Both are 4 Stars. I definitely don't want the Hotel Felix. Pretty bad reviews. I want to stay at $110 and under.

[thereuare]

If you change your HOTWIRE search to 2adults/1child there is a 4* hotel offered in the NMA-River North zone for $105/nite (your price may differ slightly) with a 4.0/5.0 Tripadvisor rating and:

Pet Friendly

Indoor Pool

Smoke Free

Fitness

Pool

Restaurant

Business

Hi-Speed Internet

... never any guarantees (as we can't see the hotel name either ;) ) but this amenity set has previously been seen with the Sheraton so that would be my best guess for this one.

As well, you can at least be assured that this is not the Felix since that property has a 3.5/5.0 TA rating and is therefore below the TA rating for this property.

I assume this works for your needs?

Please use the PRICELINE and HOTWIRE links on the board to begin your travel purchases... or thru our sister site MAPS and HOTELS.com for your regular rate purchases.

Let us know how it goes or if we can be of further help.

[bjmueller19]

Thanks for your help! We ended up staying at the Sheraton Water Tower I believe. I can't remember if we used the Express Deals or Name your Own Price. 

[thereuare]

Thank you for closing this thread with your decision.

 

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