ChampagneHo

Thanks Aaron!

Here are the amenities for River Terrace Inn:

Hotel Amenities

    Free parking
    Free Internet
    Smoke-free rooms
    Fitness center
    Pool(s)
    Restaurant(s)
    Business center
    Internet access
    Spa services

Thank you for all your help and yes I did use the HOTWIRE links on this site!! :)

I am thrilled with this hotel, I stayed here a while ago and loved it.  Considering it's going for at least $342 a night, I feel quite lucky!!

I actually thought the amenities hinted at the Andaz (using the bidding helper tool) because it mentioned the roll in shower, but I guess not, and that's ok too!  I don't know what else to post here so if you have any more things you need for me to post, please let me know.

PS, I kept losing all my priceline bids, and was up to $240 on a 3.5* and just gave up.  I really did well with Hot.wire  :)

Just an update.   I couldn't get a good price for 4* or even 3* so I checked out Hotwire and won. I will post my winnings in the Hotwire section.

For Priceline I bid from $100 to $230 on 4* and then $100 to $240 on 3.5* and all got rejected (I only wanted North Downtown Napa or Upper Napa Valley).

Thank you again for your help :)

Ok thank you. 

I'm having a hard time asking the right questions I guess, or being clear.  I've done this before, via your site, and it was back in 2007.  So I am familiar with the basic concept again, now, I am not familiar with the possible wins in Napa.  I guess I was trying to figure out how to figure it out. I will try to do some bidding tonight and see what happens.  Thanks again!  I will post the win if it happens.

Hi thank you for answering!  I can't figure out the multi quote thing...

Anyway, sorry about not writing out all the zones, I only mentioned the 2 I was interested in: 

Zone 4 - 4* hotel in Napa Downtown North - Andaz or River Terrace

Zone 9 - 4* hotel in Upper Napa Valley – Harvest Inn

The rest have only 3.5 stars or less, a lot to list..

Ok, so my question about 3.5 stars being a bad idea.... I was so tired.  What I meant was are they too close to 4* that something could move around from 3.5 to 4 or vice versa?  I guess it doesn't really matter.

I only looked at PRICELINE EXPRESS and hotwire to check retail rates, I didn't realize they would list the same hotels.  I'm having a hard time with this part - comparing what I might get with what they let you know.   I 'll check them again.

I brought up all the 4* hotels in napa on PL and there are a LOT more than the 3 we thought of.  So are you saying I could win any of these?  Other than the ones in downtown south, not interested in that area.

Max bid will be about $260 ish.  My friend is going with me, and she is a little more open about this, but I want a better deal.  So we could go as high as $300.

I came up with a bidding plan for this, but I'm nervous that the three 4* hotels will not be what we think they are. 

These are the 3 that we want and are hoping for:

Zone 4 - 4* hotel in Napa Downtown North - Andaz or River Terrace
Zone 9 - 4* hotel in Upper Napa Valley – Harvest Inn

Also the retail prices, yikes! They are SO high.:

PRICELINE EXPRESS shows them at $382 & $482 and $497

Hotwire shows them at $382 and $616

There aren't a lot of current Napa wins on the board, so I'm not sure how else to gauge this.

1. Should we start our bidding at $100 or is that laughable?
2. Do you think these are the same hotels or very likely the wins, if we win?
3. Is it a bad idea to use 3.5* zones as free bidding zones when we want 4*? (see below).  I was concerned that some of the hotels we want could be shifted around and ones we weren't interested in moved up, but that's the risk, right?  Is it better to have fewer free rebid zones and lower the stars?  (does that even make sense?  it's way past my bedtime!)

Thank you for your help :)  I promise to update with a win, if we get it!

see below for bidding strategy I copied the ABCDEF template from the boards here.  I feel confident I set it up right, but who knows?

A = 4, 9 = want these two zones and only 4*
B = 1 = free bid zone 3.5* and below
C = 2 = free bid zone 3.5* and below
D = 6 = free bid zone 3.5* and below
E = 7 = free bid zone 3.5* and below
F = 10 = free bid zone 3.5* and below

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AB 4, 9, 1
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ABF 4, 9, 1, 10
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ABD 4, 9,  1, 6
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ACD 4, 9,  2, 6
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ADE 4, 9,  6, 7

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