andrewfom

Here are the amenities as shown by Hotwire before the purchase: Airport Shuttle Fitness Center Pool(s) Restaurant(s) Business Center Self service laundry Internet access Accessibility Accessible for the blind Accessible for the deaf The BiddingHelper.com showed a few more non-essensial amenities that didn't add any additional useful information that would help identify the hotel. But anyway, from the previous postings to this forum I knew that most likely it would be Crowne Plaza so the forum was indeed quite helpful. I bid on 4/19.

The dates are 8/5 - 8/6.

Started the bidding at $120 in zone 6 (Mayfair - Soho) - got a counter offer at $161. Added free re-bid zones (1, 2, 3, etc) one-by-one and incremented my bids by $5 each time (I used the permutaion bidding system - closing the browser after each unsuccefull bid). Got a one-time offer from Priceline twice (!) to raise the price by $22 and re-try, which I rejected (and I was right - this saved me $12 on their first offer, the second one would even put me over the original $161 counter offer). The rates at this hotel start at 195 pounds/night on its website for the date in August I booked the room for.

I tried July 1 through July 4.

4-star hotel in Union Square West at $90/night Has Pool, Restaurant, Business Center, Fitness Center Ranked "Cusomer Favorite" Is that the Hilton? (note that similar Renaissance Parc 55 Hotel that someone found yesterday for $102 doesn't have a pool).

This was on Hotwire. The amenities listed for this hotel (Munras Lodge) were: Complimentary Breakfast Golf Nearby Given the crazy prices at other hotels and motels (even at ** ones) in Monterey/Carmel this time of season, $96/night seems to be a VERY good price for a 3-diamond (AAA-rated) hotel. :)

I booked today (7/21) for 8/17-8/19 a 2.5 hotel in Monterey at $96/night and it happens to be: Munras Lodge 1010 Munras Avenue Monterey, California 93940 http://www.munraslodge.com/ The lowest I could find for 8/18 elswhere was $199 Here is a link to my post: HOTWIRE HOTEL :)