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Sorry about that - have updated that post (which was from 2009!).

Ended up with the Westin, Newport... sorry for the delay in responding..

I have been trying to book a hotel room in Las Vegas on Priceline using the Name Your Own Price option, and paying with an Australian credit card. Every time, it comes up with "Please tell us which credit card to use" - I have attempted to use a number of different cards and all get the same response. Any suggestions?

Yes we are more than happy to stay in other similar hotels in the area - probably top bid would be about $90 plus taxes.

HI I wonder if you can help me out with a bidding strategy. I am hoping to get the Hyatt Regency on the Hudson in Jersey City for 11th to 14th May. What should be my strategy for this? I have bid $72.00 for this on Priceline, (region 2, 3.5 star) which was rejected. Hope you can help!

Well I think we will in fact try to get a hotel in Manhattan as you suggest - we will be in NYC from 11th May (flying in from Orlando) and leaving on the Explorer on the 14th so we don't have a lot of time to have a good look around. Also, as the Aussie dollar / US dollar exchange rate is going to be near killing us, the cheaper the better (but not too horrible lol :) ) Actually our daughter works on the Explorer (in the casino) which is the reason for our visit - thought we'd better go while we have the opportunity - being from Australia we'd never generally go to the Caribbean!! As above 11th to 13th May 2009 (we'll be checking out 14th May) - and any help would be greatly appreciated!

Sorry - we're leaving from Bayonne (Port Liberty) on the Royal Caribbean Explorer of the Seas :)

HI all, hubby and I are travelling from Australia to the USA in May this year, and will be going on a cruise out of the terminal in Newark, NJ. We want to spend about 3 days before this looking around New York City, so wonder if it would be best to fly into JFK and base ourselves in NYC and then taxi to the cruise port, or fly into Newark and base ourselves in Jersey City and train? into NYC?? Any suggestions would be great!

I actually made a mistake when booking this as I needed 2 nights from 09/05/07 to 09/07/07 but was happy with the outcome as I also need the 18th to 20th although I could probably have started bidding lower in hindsight. Still haven't been able to get a room for the 5th to 7th - looks like this period is in demand and I will probably have to pay more for a 2 or 3 star!

Have continually bid for a hotel in the Hollywood area - bid up to $125 pn for 4 star, and $79 pn for 2.5 star with no luck. After searching the available hotels, these bids would theoretically get the Renaissance or the Holiday Inn Hollywood Walk of Fame. As we are after location more than anything, both of these are great (even if they are poles apart in quality!!) Any suggestions? Cheers from Australia! :)

Hi was this through Hotwire or Priceline??