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I thought about it and your right, not worth the risk. I pulled the trigger(of course using your HOTWIRE links) and did get the "Days Hotel Singapore at Zhongshan" . Thanks Till the next one.

Ok, I found the easy view and found Novena area that has 3.5* for 64USD during my dates, the hotels it had listed look good. So I guess I could just do HOTWIRE and hope I get one of those hotels, but of course I would like to try to bid on PRICELINE see if I can get something like those hotels a bit cheaper. So how do I go about doing my bidding strategy, now that I would like to try to do Novena area and pay no more than 64USD.

Where is easy view? I checked out the priceline hotel list but, sadly it is not very complete for singapore. I checked out the 3* hotels in "little india" and "Novena" and if I got those hotels I would be happy with them. Of course like you said there is no way to be 100% certain, so maybe cut it down the middle and try for 3.5 star hotels in little india, chinatown and novena and maybe top budget 65USD. Does that sound double?

hmm, I am not sure yet. What would be the best site to use to see what a 3*, 3.5* and 4* hotel look in each area that I could possibly get with using price line. This way if I can see if I am getting good value for the extra money.

Ok, well I thought that might give me sense on what hotels are being won and can give me a starting point for the bidding. I think I will do PRICELINE first and if I can't win with a decent bid then I might switch to HOTWIRE. the zones I am looking at are Chinatown Financial Novena Little India I am looking at 3 to 4 star hotels and I would say my cap would be like $75USD / night

I done some research(not sure if it is good), what I did was I went to HOTWIRE and looked at the "hot deals" that fit in my budget (No more than $100 CDN). I went into each one to see what was won last tried to visually match up if hotwire and priceline zones matched up recorded the hotwire rating and the google rating for that won hotel recorded the cheapest price that google was telling me for that won hotel recorded the cheapest hotel with the same or similar rating as the hotwire hotel that was won. In some cases though hotwire would rate it like 3 stars and google rating was 1 star

May 4th to May 7th, 2018 I been trying to do some research to get an idea what each star rating costs on hotwire. Like for instance on hotwire a 3star hotel is $63 CDN and sometimes they show a winning hotel which I then look up against other and the cost was like $104 CDN. I am trying to use this information to make a bidding strategy but one thing that confuses me is when hotwire told me which hotel was won at that star level I did a search of all hotels in that area with the same star rating but sometimes priceline will only have 3 and 4 stars but the hotel that was won on hotwire was 3.5 stars so now sure how priceline would rate it as 3 or 4.

Hey Since I really don't know which hotels are good or not in Singapore(most look good in their photos then when you get there they could be crap). So I am thinking of using hotwire or priceline to bid. I just have no clue how should I proceed. I hear pretty much anywhere in Singapore is good location as transit is good so right now I don't even have an area where I want to be at. I am looking for nothing too fancy maybe 3 star to 4 star hotel that is no more than like $75 USD. Can someone help me out on how I should setup a bidding strategy.

Yea, I heard of that place. It is something I want to try to go to if I have a chance.

Yea, free breakfast is not a make or break thing for me as like you said there probably good places to eat. I just thought I missed something as the OP seemed to be talking that they have breakfast with it.

Yes pretty happy, though got one more question maybe you guys can answer. I went to hotels.com to check what the hotel is going for which is $84 but what I find weird is the taxes and fees are lower. How can that be? My taxes on PRICELINE ---> Taxes & Fees:$37.68 Hotels.com (same days) --> Taxes and fees$28.23 PRICELINE EXPRESS(3 star Tigard) ---> $38.91 ($1.23 more though hotel price is $84 which is $29 difference in price) HOTWIRE for their 3 star Tigard area ($84/ night) is the worst @ $64.44 in taxes and fees

I been trying for a few days a well, never used PRICELINE bidding before so I was nervous to do it. I was trying for 3.5* as well and got up to $79 and at that point with taxes it was getting to expensive. When I saw your post and saw the hotel you got and it looked fine to me. I was a little bit worried about the "internet" as 3* did not list free internet but after looking at the hotels in the Tigard area, not one of them did not have free internet so I thought the chance was low of a hotel these days. I started my bidding at 50, and then went to $55 for next bid and got your hotel. . Though did you get breakfast included in yours? I did not see that.

Ok So I decided to try my luck with a 3 star hotel in Tigard area. I did a bid of $50 and got rejected. I bid $55 and it got accepted! I am pretty happy with this $90CDN per night for me. I got the same hotel as the other guy: Courtyard By Marriott Portland Tigard And yes I went through the board PRICELINE links.

How about if I did 3 star in Tigard area? What you figure I would pay for it? Saw someone got a night for 57/night at Courtyard By Marriott Portland Tigard. I looked it up seemed like a decent hotel, Has free parking, internet. The only thing I noticed is on priceline the 3 star hotel area does not guarantee internet. Is there actually hotels that still don't offer free wifi? Otherwise I am looking at doing the $84 deal from hotwire. Seems like the next best option as it comes with free parking, breakfast and internet.

How many days you been trying? Also 3 start or 3.5 star? you title and body is different.

I don't understand what you mean "When you bid, you have to be willing to accept any hotel at that star rating in that zone"? Is it not the same thing for both HOTWIRE and PRICELINE EXPRESS? I am accepting any hotel at that star rating in that zone.

Well I think what you presented is an option. Though I think I might as well try bidding for the 3.5* in Tigard to $84. Probably wont' get it but no harm in trying. If I where to bid on 3 star hotel in Tigard I guess it would be possible to get that hotel? As it seems you are recommending to just do Hotwire. Is it because you belive that is the cheapest rate I will get or does that area not have good hotels for priceline bidding?

I got up to $79 and it started to get to expensive with taxes(for some reason I thought since portland was no sales tax, there would be no hotel tax too) So I pivoted and started trying for Tigard area for 3.5* as I had 10 bids according to my calculations. I started at $50 and went up by $3 for each rebid. I am sitting at $77 and it failed. They offered me $91 and I would get it and $103 for my original area. The PRICELINE EXPRESS deal for tigard is $84 for 3 stars(no 3.5 stars). I really thought I would get it for $77 as now I am $14 dollars away from their $91 price which I am not sure is really a good deal or not.

What do you mean? double check that nothing has changed? What should I be looking at(other than star rating). So if I do the re-bid strategy I will still get the free parking at the hotels in my zone. The flaw just a visual one? Or does it mean no guarantee in amenities anymore.

Looks like we will be going Dec 24th to Dec 27th. Oh, you can now bid every 2 hours. I thought it was still every 24 hours. If it gets to $95 then there is no point might as well use PRICELINE EXPRESS deal then. To be clear, I first Bid I do zone 15(the zone I want), if I fail then I do zone 15 & zone 14(highest star rating is 2.5 stars) and I should only get zone 15 since I am looking for 3 star hotels. I just want to make sure as when I check both zone 14 & 15 the "free parking & all other amenities" disappears from the 3 star zone and I just see some "8" rating. Is this normal? Is there a reason why my links where removed in my other post?

Maybe $85.

Ok looks like we are going. Dates December 24th 2016 to December 27th, 2016 I am looking at 3 start hotels in the NorthWest Portland area(15 on their map) as this is the closest area and star rating that offers free parking. I am not sure if I did this right but I tried to map out the hotels on bing maps(priceline seems to use here maps) <links removed> I then went through each of hotels in the area and <links removed> I then looked up how much each of those hotels would cost and how much the express deal in price line for that area and star level is I thinking now to start my bid off at $71.

Never, ended up going.

I never ended up going to Reno. Can't remember the reasons why anymore. I keep wanting to use HOTWIRE / PRICELINE but never get a chance to use it for one reason or another. The new trip I am thinking of doing though I might have a chance to use it(I hope). I am thinking of Dec 24th to Dec 27th. I not sure how much to bid yet. What I sort of done so far was I went to Bing Maps(it seems like PRICELINE maps use here maps). I searched for all nearby hotels in the "northwest" district and then on that map circled approximately the area as I saw on priceline. This gives me about like 4 to 6 possible hotels. Was going to look at the prices and do an average or all the hotel prices and then maybe start at 40% less of that average and go up from there. I looked on pricelines express deals and the 3 star hotels was listed at 94USD and on hotwire that district area seemed to be 87USD. I was first focusing on how to do the bidding, as like I said got a bit concerned when I added the other district that only had 2.5 star max and in the district I wanted "all the amenities disappear". Was not sure what that meant. If it meant that the "free parking" that I am interested in was no longer guaranteed or if that's just how the system just show amenities when 2 districts are chosen. I still have to talk and confirm with my gf about everything though before I even attempt to bid. But before I talk to her I want to show her a list of possible hotels we might get.

Hi I think I am going to try to bid o PRICELINE. I been looking at strategies to rebid before 24 hours. I am looking at Portland Oregon Northwest Area(labeled 15 on their map). I am looking at 3 stars hotels. I looked at all areas and found that only 1 area has something that has no 3 star hotels(2.5 and below). So according to the strategy I get one extra bid per 24 hours. As first I bid on the one area I want at 3 stars and if I lose I then add this other area in but don't check anything(just leave area 15 check). This way it will just look at Northwest area gain. Is this correct? If so the one thing that concerned me is when I was just doing a sample test. I check both are districts and only checked 3 star area. I noticed that all the amenities for the 3 star area disappear and only had a rating of 8. Is this normal for the amenities to disappear when you do this?