Mandagirl

Hi

We are trying to bid on a hotel in Toronto, with no luck. We noticed a better deal using the new PRICELINE EXPRESS as I also have a promo code saving 10%. Bringing the price down to about $99

The dates are March 29 - April 6th, and the hotel we are trying to figure out is a 4 star, downtown Toronto South with these ammenities:

Pool, pets allowed, restaurant, business center, fitness center and bed choice available

Any suggestions?

Once we try to bid we will use the BB PRICELINE link

Thanks

Thanks so much for the heads up Kinet! We didnt really want to stay at the Sutton (we have before and its ok just not as central as we wanted) for the end of May. Now that we know its closing and employees are very unhappy I'm glad we aren't booked there. I doubt that any issues you have while there would be dealt with

Can anyone help with what hotel this is?

4 Star

downtown West

Fitness, Restaurant, Business, Spa and Internet

Recommended 75%

I am thinking it may be the Sutton Place and we prefer to be down lower

Im wondering if they are currently basing room inventory for the whole month. It seems like all of May is high yet there is only the one big conference. I check several sites and so far not really much luck anywhere. Kicking myself as the Hyatt was $111 and we waited too long to book. Im not a fan of the Metropolitan or Delta Chelsea so I would prefer not to go down to 3.5

I dont mind the Radisson on the waterfront but I dont think you are as likely to win that one.

I know. And there is another site I use (LMT) and for some reason about a 3 week period in May the prices are high, yet before and after they aren't too bad. We will wait a few more weeks but if prices don't come down we will stay in Niagara Falls or something (obviously not an option for you)

We have been trying for May 29-June 2 for quite a while now. We are already up to $110 and nothing. I have no idea why prices are so incredibly high for May all of a sudden. Normally I have no trouble finding a hotel for $100 max.

Good luck

you arent the only one. We've been trying for several dates and no luck ( I have another thread) We've pretty much stopped trying to bid on priceline

Aside from PL I think tripadvisor is the BEST site out there. We went to Miami last year and we were looking for hotels. All theese places looked fine on websites but the pics were so scary. Some I literally gasped looking at the pics - blood on the walls, sheets ripped to pieces, brown toilets, Im shuddering just thinking of it

LOL there is no way I would have been able to stay in a room like that

Deleting cookie, temp files etc didnt work. Restarting the computer did

BTW..just a thought. I did a lot of research before and seems like prices (at least for Toronto) go down by the month. I looked at the prices for March 30 then compared them with April 1 and March was much lower. I copied down some prices so I will try testing it out tomorrow as its the first of the month

hahha so unless it changes today or tomorrow, you can throw that^^^ idea out. I checked again today and the prices for May didnt go lower. In fact I think some for June actually went higher :)

Deleting cookie, temp files etc didnt work. Restarting the computer did

BTW..just a thought. I did a lot of research before and seems like prices (at least for Toronto) go down by the month. I looked at the prices for March 30 then compared them with April 1 and March was much lower. I copied down some prices so I will try testing it out tomorrow as its the first of the month

This is a great find..only having an issue now (and a friend wass having the same problem on the weekend) No matter what dates I put in for hotels Im not getting a result. Everything is saying results not available. Flights, etc all work fine

Suggestions? I contacted the fb page for LMT but not sure if they will reply

Yes and for whatever reason there isnt one hotel offered in the downtown

Cool...I didnt realize this site was associated with Travelocity as well. I saw a few secret deals there but was leary as I didnt know anyone who used it.

Are there any lists to possibilities as to what hotels you are getting?(like there are for Hotwire/Priceline). We were thinking of bidding on a 3.5 star as no luck with Priceline. There are 2 available and from what I can tell it looks like Travelocity deals with 3 hotels that are 3.5 in toronto (Delta Chelsea, the Metropolitan and umm forget the 3rd, I think it was a hilton garden). Sadly the icons are the same for both and I would much prefer the Met over the DC

Really we are not picky. Sheraton is probably our best option as its closest to every thing but other than that its not important. I guess for now we will stay with 4* and then drop down if need be. I know the 3.5 is the Delta Chelsea and to be honest Id almost rather a 3 star instead. I guess for now we will keep bidding ( or is that a waste of time if we dont go much higher than say $85 for now?)

Thanks for the help

Either way is fine to be honest. The south is a bit easier for the last portion of the trip (June 28-July 1) but for the first part its not a big deal. We were adding in north as I saw a few people had won the Marriott on Bloor for $55 (although they bid in November)

What is your suggestion? Also we can always wait a while, its not like the trip is in the next month

We are hoping to keep it at max $100. We dont mind dropping down a star if we have to, but if we drop down then we want to keep it to downtown south

We are trying to win hotels on

June 17-20 and then again June 28-July 1. Basically we have been bidding mainly on the first date and once we get that we will move on although we have bid on the later dates as well. We would prefer the Sheraton for the later dates but it isnt necessary.

Anyways we have been bidding for a while with no luck.

June 17-June 20

Downtown South $55 rejected

Downtown South, Downtown North $57 rejected

Downtown South, Downtown North, Toronto West $59 rejected

Downtown South, Downtown North, Toronto West, Toronto E ast $61 rejected

Downtown South, Downtown North, Toronto West, Toronto East, Toronto Airport West $63 rejected

Downtown South, Downtown North, Toronto West, Toronto East, Toronto Airport West, Vaughan $65 rejected

Downtown South, Downtown North, Toronto West, Toronto East, Toronto Airport West, Vaughan, Brampton $ 70 rejected

Oh and Im looking for June 17-20 and June 28-July 1

No the G20 was last year. But prices during the month of June seem so high and there is nothing special going on. Im wondering if they are using last years rates to calculate for this year. Im seeing 4 star won for $65 in both May and July and we have bid over $100 and still no luck. I know those bids were made in November but Ive never had this much trouble winning a bid before

We have been trying now to get a hotel in Toronto in June and having no luck. I see both May and July hotels are being won for half of what we are bidding. Do you think the prices they were getting last year during the summits is why the bids aren't being accepted?

We just got Sheraton downtown on Friday August 6th for approx $90 US. We do need one more stay in August in Nova Scotia and we will link to PRICELINE through here for that one.

Im kind of disappointed we got the Sheraton for both dates as I have stayed in it before and I truly dont think its a 4 star but its ok. We wont be in the room a long time anyways.

Sorry the date was July 23 for one night.

We also cant use the US Priceline as he is using his debit card to make the purchase, not a credit card which is something solely in the UK I believe. (trust me other purchases I have made and will make in the future once he has a card will be made through this site). I rent quite a few hotel rooms per year.

Also Im not sure of the US fee. He bid

So we just over paid on a hotel because my boyfriend is impatient :)

Bid on a 4* Toronto South - bid

I have stayed in the Sheraton and it was ok...nothing special for sure. My stay was tainted though as it was NYE and it was chaos. I also didnt enjoy being told who was and wasnt allowed in my room. Unless we wore a special bracelet all night we werent even allowed back in the hotel.

If you can get a better deal at Renassiance Id take that for sure. One good thing about the Sheraton is that its close to Nathan Phillips Square and Eaton Centre. If you dont like to walk down to Rogers Center then it may be tricky as there is no transportation on University Ave. There are other street cars around.

That works fine if we can pay with one and use another to check in

LOL we sound like kids but its just that he is from the UK and credit cards dont seem to be as popular over there so hes never needed one. For stuff like this they use debit cards. He came here in December through Expedia and never used a card for the flight or hotel