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bstay - Glad you got such a great deal! I ended up bidding on and winning a room at Pier 66 through SkyAuction for $97 - just got a confirmation number from the hotel so I'm happy now. Thereuare - I apologize, I didn't realize you might have an affiliate link to SkyAuction, so I didn't take that route - I will double check in the future. I have used SkyAuction before to purchase cruises, but never a hotel room, so that was new to me. I can tell this, and maybe help someone else. If you sign up as a new user with SkyAuction through the end of the month of September, they will give you $25 off your winning bid price. No...I didn't find that offer until AFTER I had won! LOL I could have signed hubby up at work and have gotten an even better price! Oh well...live and learn. At least I now have a room! Thanks for your help and time!

Thereuare - thank you for clarifying that! It will help as I continue to try and secure a room. You provided a link in another post to Quikbook, which lead me to Hotel Marketplace. Hotel Marketplace showed Pier 66 with a $106 rate for my date as 'Available'....until I was ready to purchase, then suddenly, I get a message that this hotel is sold out for my date. However, if ECT has blocks of rooms pre-purchased, then I would guess that might be my only avenue available. I've been checking Harbor Beach fairly regularly on ECT and get $237 - any idea if this might come down closer to my needed date of 11/5? I know there are absolutely no guarantees, and the rate just might go up, but I was wondering if anyone had seen such a trend? Thanks!

bstay - My date is further out. I'm looking for a one night pre-cruise stay of 11-5-05. I have checked the Pier 66 website and although they say they are sold out for that date, I can still get a rate from EasyClickTravel....not sure if that is a sure thing or not, it says available, but who knows! I looked on EasyClickTravel for your dates and here is what I found: Harbor Beach is $169.12 (if I could get that price for my date, I would snap it up!) Pier 66 is $132.35 - again, a good price - but their pool area is being revamped and I've heard it is a mess. Anticipated completion date is 10-25, but even the hotel will not confirm this date. For Miami - Eden Roc shows to be available at $192.65 Bal Harbour at $197.06 I'm wondering if I wait it out, if I can get a better price from EasyClickTravel for either HarborBeach or Pier 66...not sure if it would be a wise choice or if everything will be sold out by then....any ideas? I've never used EasyClickTravel before, so I'm not sure how available an 'available' notation on their site really is.

bstay - I'm not sure what your dates are, but I have bid up to $150 for a FLL beach resort without any luck. I'm guessing they are going for $175+ right now. I also dropped down and tried a 4* without any luck up to $100. Then I tried 3* downtown up to $100 without any luck. My stay is only for 1 night, perhaps that is another downside - and a Saturday stay at that. Good luck and if you are able to get a bid accepted, please be sure and post here. I've resorted to looking at EasyClickTravel now! :)