snowolf

Yes it is from Priceline "Name Your Own Price". I saw a PRICELINE EXPRESS Deal 4* in TS with $246, I thought it could be cheaper if I bid it. Since you told me because of the UN meeting the price in Manhattan might go up, I decided to take the deal.

The price I started from $205 and add 2 or 3 dollar each time. I guessed 4* hotels in other zones might not be as cheap as this one at that time, so I almost can add every zone as a re-bid zone. Anyway, I don't care if I get a room in MTE or MTW.

Maybe overbid a little bit because I start with this price..... :(

Refered to express deal...

Well, I thought it could be expensive so I start with $130...then I get it. So I think maybe I overbid a little bit...Do you think so? :(

refer to express deal. No overbid.

Refer to PRICELINE EXPRESS Deal $34 per night. No overbid.

Thanks for your help. I got two nights in TS Marriott Marquis for $230. No overbid. I accept the price. :)

Ok, thanks. So how about I rise my expect budget up to 250 dollars? Is it possible to bid two rooms in Manhattan? If so, could you help me with the strategy?

Thanks for all your help :)

Thanks for your suggestion. But how about the price in downtown? Even though I really don't want to live there because it is a little far away. But if the price in middle town will be as high as now....I will be forced to consider downtown. I never waited until the real last minutes, but from your experience, will the price be lower, t.ex around 2 or 3 days before my check-in date?

Thanks :)

This was the first time I use PRICELINE. The day before I won I tried until $150 in TS and MTW but not successful. So I start at $130 in MTE and I won. So I think maybe I overbid...

I would like to get a home no higher than $160 per night. I appreciate to stay in Manhattan for we will mostly visit there. Thanks! I will post my win seperately.

Start from $80 and each time add $2 more. Reference from Express Deal, there is a one 4 stars hotel in the same zone cost $106, so I thought around $95 could be fine. Then $92 is deal.

Question: Should I always look at Express Deal as a reference? If they don't have cheap price for Express Deal, doesn it mean I can't get a cheap price via bidding also?

Thanks for your answer!

I started from $85 and add $3 or $5 more each time. Choose up than 4 stars. When I added till $108, they asked me to add $30 more and deal. I checked Express Deal and one four stars hotel in the same same zone is $136, so I didn't accept it and then $115 was refused, $120 was deal.

Half a month ago I bided successfully in MTE, $130 get one night in Marriott which is four stars hotel. We now plan to go back to NYC between Sep 17 and 19. But I have tried many times in TS, MTE, MTW and MSG. Even $150 is not accepted for a 3.5 stars hotel. Since we will visit Manhattan in those two days, we don't want to live in Brookly or other far away place.

I wonder why I got such a cheap price before but now even Express Deal can be higer than $250?? Should I wait for longer time and see if they will have more discount or I will have the same high price later?

Thanks for your help!!