swamphox

Tried on and off for a few weeks to get a room in The West Palm area and Jupiter area for under 60. Could not get anything at the 2.5 star level. I am sure the requests were off the chart in that area for the Art festival and the 300+ artist alone trying to get a room. Got a 3* in Stuart less than 10mi from Jupiter, 3* Best Western for 55 a night. Second try after initial 50 dollar bid. Was expecting to go much higher that is why I was going in 5 dollar increments. Probably could have been lower. Happy with my bid on this one for FL in early March 2013.

Priceline wanted to discourage me to not bid so low. I was trying to get downtown for this price at a 3.5 star but after a few days of bidding I got nowhere. So I will take a 3 star for 45.00 a night.

I am new to this and I did have a little time so I bit low, 75.00 and it was rejected. There are 4 areas to bid on in Suffolk County, Medford, Riverhead and a couple other in the area. I am now running out of time and I will need to book a room soon. Strategy advice if any?

I am new and I need a room on Aug31-Sept2 Near The Hamptons on Long Island. Very limited in the amount of Hotels available. I have placed a bid and was rejected. I increase my zone and was rejected again. I understand that I need to wait 24hrs. After that 24 hrs can I change everything about my bid in that area? Is my only option from here to go up in price? I don't really understand strategy here in getting the best rate. Is the best way to go by rebidding and increasing the bid amount? If I don't get a winning bid as I approach the date I need is the amount of a winning bid only going to go higher? Thanks for the help!