Illinimom

I got the Inter Continental for $140 - with tax and fees, total is $165.95 Amenities listed were: Restaurant, Pool Fitness Center and Business Center We're chaperones for my high school's prom at the hotel that night. The cheapest rate I could find online was $209 plus tax. I'd been checking Hotwire and the rate was $179 - it dropped yesterday. Thanks for the accurate description list - I got what I hoped for!

On Hotwire I'm getting a 4 star Customer Favorite at $150 for July 12-14. After my failure last night in booking on Priceline, I went ahead and booked directly through the Westin and got a room for those nights for $199. I have already used Hotwire several times so the coupon code wouldn't work for me. When I tried July 12 - 15 on Hotwire, I only come up with a 3.5 star Customer Favorite Downtown for $138. There is a Boutique Hotel available in the Space Needle area for $98 for that time period...any idea which hotel that may be? Our son is staying in housing in that area while in training for his job so we wouldn't mind being there. When I did my rebidding, I added one zone at a time, each time upping my bid by $4 or $5 (starting with Downtown only). I stopped when the only areas left were Bellevue and Lynwood as I believed they would have 4* options which I did not want. Are you a Seattle expert as well as a Priceline/Hotwire expert? We are driving to see Mt. St. Helens one of the days. Do you recommend a ferry trip to Victoria or is a one day trip too short? Wine country? Olympic National Forest? Again, thanks for your help.

I added all areas, one at a time, except for Bellvue and North-Lynwood as I believe that they have 4 star hotels and we were trying to stay downtown. I started with the 7/15 - 7/17, and then for 7/12 - 7/15. Thanks for the quick response (and in spite of our Big 10 loyalty differences!)

We'll be in Seattle for 5 nights and I considered staying downtown for only 2 or 3 nights to keep costs down (we're using Marriott points for the other nights). I read the bidding procedure suggested on this site and started by bidding for a 4 star in Downtown area for the first 2 nights at $96 and added areas upping my bid until I reached $120. I then changed dates for the last 2 nights and repeated the sequence; again I had no success. Is it worth trying again after 72 hours? How high should/could I expect to go? Thanks for any advice.