1st bid - $80 Woodley Park/Dupont Circle, accepted
Omni Shoreham Hotel
2500 Calvert Street Northwest
Washington, District of Columbia
202-234-0700
Check-In Date: Thursday, July 29, 2004
Check-Out Date: Tuesday, August 3, 2004
Your Offer Price: $80.00
Number of Rooms: 1
Number of Nights: 5
Subtotal: $400.00
Taxes and Service Fees: $64.70
Total Charges: $464.70
No, that's not what I mean at all. I am only bidding for the Woodley/Dupont Circle area for hotels with 4*. I believe there are only 2 properties that fit that criteria. The Omni and the Westin Embassy Row. The earlier poster suggested that PL users rarely get the WER, but can get the Omni. I am going to try and get the Omni at $80 and $85 - if I get the Omni, I win. If I get the Westin, well, it isn't what I wanted, but it is a good deal - minus a pool. Or, I don't get a hotel with any of the bids I enter and then I will forget PL and try to get a hotel elsewhere.
Isn't that the way it works? If it doesn't, can someone explain my faulty reasoning before I take the plunge?
Thanks - and sorry if I totally am misunderstanding the process.
Emily
If it works, I'm done. No more hassle looking for a place. If I don't get it, I'll look for another hotel.
Emily
Hi again everyone -
I think I want to try and get the Omni Shoreham for under $100. Thanks for all of the feedback on whether it will/won't work. If it doesn't, I'll keep looking. If it does - GREAT. Now how do I do it and get the best chance of winning it?
Emily
Hi -
I'm relatively new to your boards and not 100% sure how to beat the system with Priceline. My mother and sister are coming to Washington DC for a baby shower on the first of August. They need a hotel from July 29th - August 3rd. Both of them insist they need to have an outdoor pool and that the hotel be "nice." Right. They also want to pay $100 or less each night.
The baby shower is in Olde Town Alexandria, VA.
I know the Wardman Park Marriott and Omni Shoreham in Woodley Park, Washington DC meet both of those requirements. If I have such narrow search criteria - can I really get a deal with PL? And are either of these hotels in their system? If anyone can help me figure out how to (if it is an option) bid to get one of these during that period I would most appreciate it.
Thanks in advance -
Emily
4* Baltimore (Inner Harbor - Downtown) Renaissance
in Priceline Hotels - Maryland
Posted
Just got the Renaissance Harborplace Hotel. Tried at $75 and was rejected. Added the southwest zone but kept only 4 stars (there aren't any there) and got it at $80. Thanks for the help. When I got rejected the first time I panicked. And then I figured out the zone/star thing. That's really the only place I would want to stay & it worked out!
Check-In Date: Saturday, June 11, 2005
Check-Out Date: Sunday, June 12, 2005
Hotel Name: Renaissance Harborplace Hotel
202 East Pratt Street
Baltimore, Maryland 21202
410-547-1200
Summary of Charges
Your Offer Price: $80.00
Number of Rooms: 1
Number of Nights: 1
Subtotal: $80.00
Taxes and Service Fees: $18.07
Total Charges: $98.07