It is classified as a 5* btw - sorry for not adding it to the original.
Check-In Date: Fri, 12 Mar 2004
Check-Out Date: Sat, 13 Mar 2004
Your Offer Price:
Personally my order of zones for London would be Mayfair/Soho, Westminster, Bloomsbury/Marble Arch and then Kensington.
Re prices, I think your chances of getting a 5* at $85 are extremely slim. Cheapest I've seen them go for was $95 as that was before the recent strengthening of sterling.
Good luck and I hope you enjoy your visit :)
I had similar issues with bidding 5* today in New York. Every bid went to email response, and on a few occassions I received the usual email and found out that my bid had been rejected, while priceline was telling me it was still searching in another window!
You can probably tell I'm not a golf player and was going purely on maps :)
I was able to book the Renaissance Orlando Resort for the equivalent of $69 for my trip in December. Although I did try and bid lower, this appears to be the priceline rate for this hotel. Not sure about what room/view we will be allocated, but I plan to ask nicely for an Atrium view when I check-in.
Could the The Century Plaza at is bpretty close to the Los Angeles country club.
Booked this for our 1st Wedding Anniversary tomorrow as both of us are feeling pretty miserable atm in the heat in London without air conditioning :)
Tried on Sunday and bid up to
I was lucky enough to get this hotel back in May for $65 even when availability was really tight due to the LA Screenings (website rate $295 prepaird).
I found that the vacation product served as a good indicator for when priceline had access to inventory. When there were no 4*s showing for my dates my bids of up to $100 failed - as soon as the Park Hyatt appeared available on vacation product, I was able to secure the booking at the then standard rate.
No idea what triggerred the hotel releasing inventory, but I would keep checking.
If it is showing as available on the vacation product, then I don't have a clue what is going on.
The negative that i have with splitting up 'busy' states is that it adds more confusion as to whether the city i'm bidding for lies in the northern/southern part of the state.
If I have bid/or am planning to bid for a location, I would have found out, at the very least roughly, where it was first. Splitting. at least the busy states, geographically would actually help as it would limit the amount of places I would need to locate on a map.
I also had no idea where Destin was and still wouldn't if another site hadn't listed it in Florida's panhandle. Without that split or if I had been reliant on text searches only my choices of journey break would have in all liklihood ben limited to Pensacola or Panama City.
Sorry - it was the University - State Capitol Area zone.
FYI the UK has identical zones for Tallahassee.
Yesterday, I ended up resurrecting a bid I had originally started on Friday for my 5 night New Orleans stay (bidding screen indicated that
Hotel Monaco New Orleans
Check-In Date: Thu, 18 Dec 2003
Check-Out Date: Tue, 23 Dec 2003
Your Offer Price:
Courtyard By Marriott Tallahassee
Check-In Date: Tue, 23 Dec 2003
Check-Out Date: Wed, 24 Dec 2003
Your Offer Price:
Both wins were single zone, first bids.
I've posted the taxes & fees in the priceline Florida section.
Check-In Date: Tue, 16 Dec 2003
Check-Out Date: Thu, 18 Dec 2003
Your Offer Price:
Renaissance Orlando Resort
Universal Studios - Sea World
Check-In Date: Thu, 11 Dec 2003
Check-Out Date: Sat, 13 Dec 2003
Your Offer Price:
When using both the "sherlock holmes" link from cleverbidding.co.uk or the link from ukfrenzy.co.uk, there is no longer any mention of
When bidding on the UK site, VAT at 17.5% is included, so approximate equivalent for a US bid would be $67.
Bid
Been trying to get this weekend for a while, but there are some big conferences on so availability has been tight. Previously no 4* in this area have come up when using the Vacation planner as an availability indicator - but checked this morning and saw the Park Hyatt as an option.
"won" on first bid - although judging by the tax it looks like I overpaid as the room cost priceline
Visit LINK <expired, link removed> for
New email today - still from $119
Code is now "Red 7"
Dates are:
March 5, 6, 9, 11, 12, 13, 16, 17, 23, 24
April 1, 2, 3, 9, 10, 17, 20, 21, 22
Check-In Date: Saturday, May 24 2003
Check-Out Date: Sunday, May 25 2003
Hotel Name: Courtyard by Marriott Toronto Downtown
Your offer price: $30
Number of Rooms: 1
Number of Nights: 1
Subtotal: $30
Processsing Fee: $5.95
Local Taxes and Fees: $1.48
Total Charges: $37.43
Check-In Date: Monday, May 12
Check-Out Date: Tuesday, May 13
Hotel Name: The Westin Los Angeles Airport
Your offer price: $48
Number of Rooms: 1
Number of Nights: 1
Subtotal: $48
Processing Fee: $5.95
Local Taxes and Fees: $6.65
Total Charges: $60.60
UK bidding help March 1-7
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Another conventional site to try is :
www.londontown.com
Please note though unlike many UK sites, their rates do not inlcude 17.5% VAT.