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  1. Welcome back! HOTWIRE links expire about 30 minutes after the search, so you can see by clicking the link above that it redirects to HOTWIRE's home page and we can't see any details of this hotel offer. Can you please provide the dates of your stay and some information about this property and we can confirm for you if it is indeed the Courtyard. Also, have you tried to use our sister site RevealHotels.com which, in most cases, will automatically identify the hotel for you. Please remember to return to BetterBidding and use the PRICELINE and HOTWIRE links on the board to begin your travel purchases... or thru our sister site MAPSandHOTELS.com for your regular rate purchases. Let us know further details about your travel dates and hotel description and/or how you make out thru RevealHotels.com
  2. Congratulations on your success! Hope this works well for your plans in the area and you're happy with the results. Thank you for sharing your win with the board. Please click the PRICELINE and HOTWIRE links on the board to begin your travel purchases. Enjoy your stay.
  3. Thank you for passing along this deal and for having your friend use the board PRICELINE link. Not only a nice deal, but puts the two of you within a stone's throw of each other, so should still be quite convenient for meeting up. Thanks again for the post and wishing you both a great time in Vegas!
  4. Congrats on the lower rate and kudos to you for sticking with it, continuing to check rates. We're probably 3-4 months away, but we do have plans to re-launch RateDrop which will do all of the monitoring for you! Hope your lucky streak continues in Vegas!
  5. HOTWIRE has some of the best travel deals since the name of the hotel is not revealed until after purchase... RevealHotels provides insight into which hotels are being offered. Please remember to return to BetterBidding and use the PRICELINE and HOTWIRE links on the board to begin your travel purchases... or thru our sister site MAPSandHOTELS.com for your regular rate purchases.
  6. Congratulations on your success! Glad to see you got a great deal at this 5 star property and the board was helpful with your purchase. Thank you for sharing your win with the board. Please click the PRICELINE and HOTWIRE links on the board to begin your travel purchases. Enjoy your stay and good luck in Vegas.
  7. Congratulations on your success! Hope you enjoyed your stay and thank you for sharing your win with the board, helping us add this property to the Lexington Hotwire Hotel List. . Hope your travels are going well.
  8. Thanks for sharing your win... hope you're enjoying your stay there and things are running as 'normal' as possible.
  9. Congratulations on your success and thank you for sharing the details of your win with the rest of the board! An excellent rate for a 5 star hotel in Vegas over the July 4th weekend! Please remember to return to BetterBidding and use the PRICELINE and HOTWIRE links on the board to begin your travel purchases... or thru our sister site MAPSandHOTELS.com for your regular rate purchases. Have a great trip and Happy 4th!
  10. Back in March i booked August and November flights... the first is fully refundable, the latter i get a credit to use for up to a year if i need to cancel. For August i figure i have nothing to lose, for November i know i can utilize the credit over the course of the following year (so again, nothing really to lose). Excellent rates for both!
  11. A very nice lesson for others! I always suggest booking RefundableRates... it never hurts, but it could help! Even if the rate today only looks 'ok', it may be a very attractive price later if rates continue to move higher.
  12. Welcome Back! Easy to ID this hotel using RevealHotels.com: 4* HOTWIRE Westminster - Broomfield for $79 Free parking Pet friendly Indoor pool(s) Smoke-free rooms Fitness center Pool(s) Restaurant(s) Business center Internet access ==> Westin Westminster is the best guess for this one PLEASE remember to conclude this thread letting us know your results and/or whatever you ultimately decide to do for this stay and to use the PRICELINE and HOTWIRE links on the board to begin your travel purchases. Good luck!
  13. Thank you for your recent post(s) and helping us add another property/description to the Tokyo Priceline Hotel List. Good to hear that this hotel was convenient for your needs and you had a nice trip! Please click the PRICELINE and HOTWIRE links on the board to begin your travel purchases. Safe travels!
  14. Congratulations on your success! Glad to hear you enjoyed your stay at this property and thank you for sharing the previous win, helping us add this hotel to the Munich Priceline Express Hotel List. Please click the PRICELINE and HOTWIRE links on the board to begin your travel purchases.
  15. Looks like a very nice deal. I'm sure hotel revenue managers are having a difficult time at the moment pricing rooms since they really don't have any track record to gauge on how quickly demand will come back. Nice job looking ahead and picking this up while you can.
  16. Congratulations on your success! Nice to see you received the hotel you were hoping for and that it was a nice discount vs. a AAA rate. Thank you for sharing your results and using the HOTWIRE links on the board to begin your purchase. Enjoy your stay.
  17. You can easily ID this property using the new features of our BiddingHelper tool: 1) search at BiddingHelper.com 2) click the PRICELINE RESEARCH tab 3) hover your mouse over (or click) the BLUE 'See Match from Hotel List' button For this 3.5* Flushing - Whitesthone offer for $104/nite: Pets Allowed Fitness Center Airport Shuttle Restaurant No Smoking Rooms/Facilities Free Internet ==> BiddingHelper.com indicates the Sheraton Laguardia East hotel Please remember to return to BetterBidding and use the PRICELINE and HOTWIRE links on the board to begin your travel purchases... or thru our sister site MAPSandHOTELS.com for your regular rate purchases. Let us know how it goes or if we can be of further help.
  18. Great... glad to hear it all worked out! Most hotels are being very accommodative given the unprecedented situation. Looking forward to helping with your future travel plans once this is behind us.
  19. Congratulations on your success! Hope you're pleased with the outcome and this hotel will work well for your plans. Thank you for sharing your win with the board and helping us add this hotel to the Seattle Hotwire Hotel List. Please click the PRICELINE and HOTWIRE links on the board to begin your travel purchases. Safe travels and enjoy your stay.
  20. It's your trip, so you know your needs best, but why stay in Brooklyn if most of your time is going to be in Manhattan? The only reason to stay in Brooklyn would be to save money, and maybe a deal comes along that makes a Brooklyn stay worthwhile (you should also consider Long Island City, Hoboken, and/or Jersey City if there is a hotel along the waterfront (not all Jersey City hotels are well located))... but generally speaking i think you have just as good of a chance of getting a deal at a Manhattan hotel for about the same price. The issue that may hurt you in finding a Manhattan hotel would be that most charge resort fees now, so if Brooklyn hotels are not charging a resort fee, that will be the primary difference when it comes to budget. However, i'll reiterate that staying in Manhattan should be worth a premium, imo, you don't want to spend 10% of your vacation time commuting... and if coming to NYC, 'the city that never sleeps', why are you looking for some place that is 'not as busy'... your hotel will be quiet enough to offer you respite from your busy days. If you're not sure if this was indeed the Hilton or not, start using our BiddingHelper.com tool in order to search as it will indicate the likely underlying hotel for each offer. Just as an example, this 3 star Lower East Side - Chinatown hotel for $80/nite (appearing to be the Wyndham Garden Chinatown) would be a better option and worth the extra $20/nite vs. staying in Brooklyn. It's not the most central location in Manhattan, but it would be a better and more convenient option. Please remember to return to BetterBidding and use the PRICELINE and HOTWIRE links on the board to begin your travel purchases... or thru our sister site MAPSandHOTELS.com for your regular rate purchases. Your thoughts?
  21. Welcome to BetterBidding! As this is low season in NYC (and hotels may be pricing aggressively based upon the current environment) why stay in Brooklyn... why not in Manhattan so you'll be more centrally located? I'm assuming you're considering staying outside of Manhattan to save money, but chances are you're not really going to be saving that much to make it worthwhile, imo. Since your options/decisions will most likely be based upon your budget, let's start with an idea of how much you're expecting to spend (per nite before fees/taxes) and we'll have a look at your options and take it from there.
  22. Welcome to BetterBidding! We're happy to offer our thoughts and any insight we may have, and if a specific answer is not available we can discuss how things have been handled in the past in similar situations (although this situation is more extreme/severe/widespread that what we have seen in the past). For starters, have you see this Priceline Coronavirus page and tried the instructions regarding hotel cancellations? (airlines are discussed first... hotels are listed about halfway down the page) Is there a satisfactory response there to your situation, if not, what is the name of the hotel that you received? Please remember to return to BetterBidding and use the PRICELINE and HOTWIRE links on the board to begin your travel purchases... or thru our sister site MAPSandHOTELS.com for your regular rate purchases. Let us know how you make out with the instructions at the link above and we'll take it from there... we're happy to offer more help/assistance any way we can.
  23. You're welcome... hope you're able to reach a satisfactory resolution. Let us know if/how we can be of further help.
  24. Hi Beav, good to see you and glad you stopped by the board! (although sorry to see your previous photo/icon missing... did we lose that in a board upgrade??) There really has not been that much discussion about Priceline Bidding coming back to the system, although the thought has certainly crossed my mind, but i think it is way to early to speculate. Whether bidding returns or not i do think there are going to be some incredible deals to be had in the not-so-distant future (and are already appearing for those who want to, or have to, travel... or are willing to plan travel well into the future). The hotel industry has been so strong for the last 10+ years, occupancy levels high, and fewer and fewer unoccupied rooms to fill at deeply discounted prices that it has made it more difficult for the opaque providers to offer the value they did nearly 20 years ago when most of started to get involved with Priceline/Hotwire (deals have still been available, but they have not been as prevalent and not the screaming deals they were when bidding/opaque first came on the scene. With global travel coming to an abrupt halt the balance of supply/demand has quickly reversed direction, and once people start to travel again we may be seeing lots of deals that were 'as good as the old days'. Hope you and your loved ones/family are doing well and that things return to 'normal' more quickly than is currently predicted.
  25. Have you see this page: Hotwire Coronavirus Travel (linked as it's constantly being updated, almost daily) The link above will give you the most up-to-date information, but currently Hotwire is adhering to the terms set forth by the hotel: The quote above from Hotwire further suggests: The quickest way to find out if travel plans can be changed without a penalty will generally be to check the airline, car, or hotel website directly. Many of our partners are updating their policies to align with changing travel restrictions, so make sure to check back regularly. I did have a look at the Scottsdale Plaza Resort and it appears that the hotel is still open and operating (if they were closed thru the end of April it would be much easier to know what would happen in this situation). As well, this page shows a list of hotels that are currently allowing cancellations: Hotels allowing Hotwire Cancellations The page linked at the end of the paragraph above does have a link to request canceling your hotwire reservation, but unfortunately it does not indicate what happens if you request a cancellation and the hotel is not honoring refunds... would they simply not process the cancellation and leave you with the option of using the reservation, would they process the cancellation while not refunding any of your money (taking away the possibility of still traveling should things improve or should you become more comfortable with traveling), etc, etc. With all of the above noted, i would first contact the hotel directly, let them know you have an upcoming reservation purchased thru Hotwire, you are concerned about traveling, as well as many restaurants and activities not being operational (you may also want to mention a specific event that you were planning to attend that is now canceled). Ask them directly what your options are. If they agree to cancel the reservation, inquire how it is that you will receive a refund (do you need to further contact Hotwire to process or will it be done automatically?). Also be sure to write down the names (and date/time) of anyone that you speak to that authorizes the cancellation. If they indicate that the reservation is non-refundable and can't be canceled, i would continue to monitor the pages at the links above to see if this property is added to the list of hotels that are allowing refunds. As well, continue to call the hotel every 4-5 days to see if their policy has changed or if you can get somebody there with a sympathetic ear to allow a refund. Good luck and let us know how you make out... or how we can be of further help.
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