Ameneties were:
Airport Shuttle, Restaurant, Pool, Fitness Center, High Speed, Business Center, Laundry
I was really hoping to avoid the Sheraton and get the Wyndham Garden Inn, but I didn't succeed. :)
$19 Mid-Size
$17 Compact
$15 Economy
I won't add many details as the previous reviews covered it, but I recently got back from 8 nights at this property and was thrilled with my stay. I will work hard to get this hotel again the next time I go back to Orlando.
Let me start by saying that I travel for business a lot and spend lots of nights in hotels all over the world. When I get lucky on price I get to stay nice places, but often have to settle for 2* hotels. On this trip I needed to be in Norfolk, not my favorite place in the world. I used Priceline to look for 3* hotels in downtown Norfolk and got the Radisson.
As soon as I told the customer that I was visiting that I would be at the Radisson he told me "No don't stay there, it's an awful part of town and the hotel is a dump."
Unfortunately, he wasn't too wrong. This hotel is in the midst of a renovation. Talking to the staff the renovation is concentrating on the public areas and not the rooms. However, the rooms need work bad.
Room Positives:
Room Negatives:
Hotel Positives:
Hotel Negatives:
Overall this hotel doesn't come close to the quality I expect from a Priceline 3* hotel. It isn't even as clean and nice as the 2* hotels I've gotten from priceline. I'll be sure and do everything I can to avoid staying at this or any other Radisson in the future.
--Louis
Bid $115 on USE Failed
Bid $125 on USE/FW Failed
Bid $135 on USE/USW/FW Failed
Bid $155 on USE/USw/FW/Cathedral Hill and got
Club Quarters
Based on the amenities on Hotwire I believe that it was $170 on there. Orbitz shows $180.25.
Nope, No car.
Still looking for advice on this! :)
Sorry about the 3.5* confusion, too much time spent on Hotwire. In any case I'm willing to accept a 3 or 4* in any of the zones if I can stay under $120 night. Price is actually more important than location as long as it's either FW, USE or USW. I'd obviously prefer a 4*, but have had good luck with 3* in the past so I'm willing to go to that level if necessary.
So, its: Quality, Price then location.
--Louis
You should ask for help for an area that is new to you or if there isn't much bidding history. If you're using this site to do research i would also hope that you think about helping to support it as well :)
You are right, I have done quite a bit of research recently using the site, so I have had made a small donation via Paypal.
Thanks!
--Louis
Need some bidding advice. I need a hotel in SFO from 10/14 thru 10/22. I would like to get a 3.5* or better and don't want to spend more than $120 per night. My areas of preference (in order) are:
1) Fisherman's Wharf
2) Union Sq East
3) Union Sq West
Thoughts on how to bid this would be appreciated.
--Louis
Bid $47 for a 2.5* on 10/7 for a one night stay on 10/7/05.
Immediately accepted. Unfortunately there wasn't a lot of history on this area to base a bid on.
Got:
Amerisuites Dulles Sterling
$47.00
+ $12.27 (taxes & fees)
= $59.27
Woops, sorry about that. It was for a stay of 10/14-10/22/05.
4* Santa Clara:
Bid $75 Rejected
Bid $79 Rejected
Added San Jose
Bid $89 Rejected
Got for $100 + taxes & Fees = $117.77
Rating: 3.5*
Amenities showing: Restaurant, Pool, Gym, Golf, Tennis and Business Center
Was looking for one night, 10/6/05. Had no luck.
Waterfront 2.5* @ $50 rejected
Waterfront & Annapolis Downtown 2.5* @ $59 rejected
Waterfront 3* @ $92 rejected
Waterfront 3* & 2.5* @ $95 rejected
Bought on Hotwire. See post there.
I bid on Sept 26, 2005.
Started out with a bid for $45/night 3* Downtown Norfolk....rejected
Free rebid Chesapeake - Bowers Hill $55- accepted
Radisson Hotel Norfolk
Your Offer Price: $55.00
Number of Rooms: 1
Number of Nights: 3
Subtotal: $165.00
Taxes & Service Fees: $33.43
Total Charges: $198.43
$109 + tax was the best rate on the Radisson site.
First set of failed bids:
$55, $65, $75 & $85 for 4* in IAD Area
Second set of failed bids:
$55, $65, $75 & $85 for 3* in IAD Area
Added Fairfax:
$55, $65, $75 failed
Successful at Fairlakes Hyatt (Fairfax) at $82. Nothing even close showing on Hotwire.
5* @ $99 Failed
5* @ $109 Failed
5* @ $119 Failed
I thought I might get it since it was a Tuesday-Thursday. In any case I found a nice players club code on the boards and used that to book the West Wing @ MGM Grand at $59 for Tuesday, $79 for Wednesday and $109 for Thursday. The room is very nice and I'm happy with the hotel and rate.
--Louis
Got a full-size with Avis for $17/day for 9/29-10/05. This was $2 less per day than the offer that came up when I booked my hotel in Orlando.
Previous failed bids:
$14 Mid-size
$19 SUV
$20 Minivan
Offers from hotel bid:
$14 Compact
$19 Full-size
$16 Standard
$17 Economy
$20 Premium
$25 Convertible
$27 Minivan
$37 Luxury
This was my first bid based on reviewing some history on here.
WDW Zone
Resort
9/29/05-10/05/05
$83/night * 6 nights = $498 + taxes = $572.85
I'm totally psyched as I'm attending a conference and the "special" conference rate was $197 per night with a max occupancy of 1!
Never Mind! I couldn't wait so I went through a bunch of old posts and took a shot. See my next post for what I got.
Hello folks, I'm looking for some bidding advice for the Orlando area with stay dates of 9/29-10/05. I'm looking for a 4* (actually looks like in this area it would be a "Resort" rather than a 4*), and am willing to stay in any of the following zones:
Kissimmee, Disney World Vicinity and least favorite but OK Universal/Sea World.
I'm looking for some bid amount and strategy advice.
Thoughts are appreciated!
--Louis
In the past I never had a good way to guide my bids, so this was the method I used. Now that I've found this board, I will certainly use it to a much larger extent. I guess what counts is that normally I would have been happy with the hotwire price so I was thrilled to get it for nearly 20% less than that. Most of my purchases are for hotels in NYC or rental cars at MCO or PBI so that's what I've been using for those.
Thanks for the feedback.
--Louis
I was my first bid at the 3* level. It was not a same day bid.
Resort Orlando (WDW) Hyatt Regency Grand Cyprus
in Priceline Hotels - Florida
Posted
Bid 1: WDW Area -- $80 Rejected
Bid 2: WDW Area + Free Rebid (Kissemmee) -- $90 Rejected
Bid 3: WDW Area + Universal -- $98 Accepted
Hyatt Regency Grand Cypress
Number of Rooms: 1
Number of Nights: 4
Subtotal: $392.00
Taxes & Service Fees:
$61.86
Total Charges: $453.86
Best available directly through Hyatt.com was $198/night
Once again I was a dolt and forgot to start at SavingsBarn (doh!)