I followed the instructions I saw for bidding and I kept adding $5 every day, starting from $45 up to $70 and my bid was rejected. Finally I called the hotel and booked directly for one night just for today. I'm going to try again today for $80 to see if I'm lucky. I'm guessing if I put 2.5 stars, it will pick the stars higher also. For some reason, I'm not lucky as others who got rooms for $45 and $50. I want the room in this area so that I can avoid taking rental car which will save me a lot of money. I'm wondering if priceline have any rooms available during this time in any of the hotels out there and if not how do I know? I called Holiday Inn express, they said they have only 3 rooms left for today at the same time when I login to priceline it shows that a winning bid of $51 for 2.5 stars in Trumbull-Shelton. I'm not sure what I'm doing wrong. Can someone share their thoughts on how I can get a successful bid?