I haven't used Priceline in at least 5 years so I'm looking for advice. I'm looking for a room 3 nights, Fri 10/21/11 - Mon 10/24/11, French Quarter only. Budget is about $150 per night. I want to stay in a nice place, at least 3 stars. A representative slection of prices for those dates that I see are: Crowne Plaza $233 Wyndham $223 Marriott $317 Holiday Inn $269 Ramada $262 French market Inn $155 Chateau Dupay $169 Prices were all from Orbitz. So far I put on a few low bids I knew would not be accepted to re-familiarize myself with the process. I bid up to $82 on a 4 star and $77 for a 3.5 star. My questions is when should I start bidding seriously? One consideration is that there is Saints home game Sunday night, Oct 23rd. One hotel, the Omni, had no availability for my dates, and that was on the hotel website itself.