We originally booked the Courtyard by Marriott Marina Del Rey through the Marriott website with a AAA price of $166 for 8/16-8/19. We actually want it for 8/15 - 8/18 now but in order to change the reservation, the price will be $184 for all the nights. Even if we just cancel the one night, the other 2 go up (which makes no sense to me). So, I thought of Priceline since it is listed as a 3* hotel. But, I'm not having any luck and don't know how high I should go. My highest bid so far is $130 for 3* in Santa Monica and Beverly Hills areas. I saw in some posts that people added Lawndale. I don't see any hotels on Priceline for Lawndale, but if I add it to my areas the average nightly rate for 3* in those areas drops a good bit...which makes me think there may be some that I'm missing. How can I be sure? Is it worth attempting to add it and to go higher? My bid is still lower than what we can book it for otherwise, but I don't want to go higher and accidentally end up with something in Lawndale. Do you have any suggestions? We'd like to be near Santa Monica but don't want to go down to 2.5*.