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I've had no success at 2.5* or 3* in Metro-accessible suburbs of DC in both Virginia and Maryland (as well as DC proper) up to $100 for the first two nights of my stay (6/21-23). So I just decided to go with an excellent advance rate of $69 per night at a Holiday Inn Express in Camp Springs, MD, near Andrews AFB. I could get a 2* for less via Priceline, but who knows which one I would get (or how disappointing it would be) -- this hotel, at least, finished room renovations just a few months ago and is cloes to the Metro. Looks like there's simply not much availability via Hotwire/Priceline for weekdays in June, so I'm happy to have gotten one night at a Hilton, and the first two at what I hope is a clean if not posh place that's near the Branch Ave Metro station. I know this isn't a Priceline win, but I figured the data about my lack of success can inform others.

I'm planning a trip to DC from 6/21-6/24, but have been unsuccessful bidding up to $75 for near-suburb 3* hotels for the length of our stay. So seeing a $65 3* on Hotwire for the last night of our stay, I decided to split the bid, hoping to get a better price closer to our date for the remaining two nights (but not wanting to risk missing this opportunity). Starting my bidding for just the night of 6/23 at $40 in Alexandria-Mt. Vernon, then increasing in $5 increments with various combinations of Alexandria-MV, Alexandria-Pentagon, and Springfield, I got one night at the Hilton Alexandria Mark Center for $55 before taxes and fees. Now for the other two nights... :)

The description of the hotel doesn't match any, as far as I can tell, in Bethesda or Silver Spring proper. If I had to guess, though, I'd suspect that it could be the Holiday Inn in Chevy Chase, which falls into Hotwire's Bethesda-Silver Spring area. That hotel is rated a 2* by some, a 3* by others, and has gotten thoroughly mixed reviews on tripadvisor.com.