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Ya $205 for a 3.5*. Expensive time to travel! :) How can I improve, would you mind giving me some guidance on what I could do better? Two beds would be preferred but one bed would be fine for us as long as it's a Queen or King bed. So if the Roosevelt is $207 why were none of my bids accepted? You would think one of my higher bids would have been accepted since it wouldn't have been much of a discount off that price!

WOW! Thank you both so much for your posts! As mentioned, I am new to this game so I appreciate all the advice I could get. Too funny my nephew is obsessed with trains and they just took a trip to Seattle earlier this year for the same reason...trains! :) We want to stay in downtown Seattle. We were thinking Bellevue and renting a car but renting a car for 5 days is $$$ too! So hopefully with your knowledge and help we can win a hotel in downtown seattle at a discounted rate! I will go read all the posts you suggested but in the meantime, I took a stab at bidding for a hotel last night and didn't get a winning bid. I started at $150 (just to see, but knew I probably wouldn't win but hey doesn't hurt to try right?) and ended up at $205. Still didn't win. I did my research before hand and added in all the zones that didn't have 3.5-4* ratings each time I re-bid so I knew I was safe not getting hotels in those areas. I did: 4* $150 Downtown - Pike Place - Retail District - Convention Center $165 - rebid zone 8 $175 - rebid zone 9 $180 - rebid zone 12 (added 3.5*) $185 - rebid zone 10 $195 - rebid zone 14 $205 rebid zone 16 Am I doing this right? $205 was way higher than what we wanted to pay but I kept trying to see. We want to stay under $180 if possible. Adding 3.5* is totally fine with us too because we realize we won't get a 4 star at that rate.

And you would mind explaining to me a little more about how to re-bid zones? I'm not sure I fully understand the strategy on this. I read on one blog to research the areas you don't want to stay in and that don't have whatever star rating you want and ad those in first, as each bid is rejected so you know you won't get hotels in those areas. But then after reading a few posts on this website I saw you suggested going straight down the list...add zone 1, if rejected add zone 2, if rejected add zone 3, etc. Excuse me if I sound completely lost but I am haha!

Thank you for your response! Can you suggest another area that would be a good place to stay in that price range where we would still get a decent hotel possibly 3.5* in a good area, walking distance to downtown Seattle?

Hi! I'm new to hotel bidding and was wondering if you could help me. We are looking for a 4* hotel in Downtown Seattle. (Downtown - Pike Place - Retail District - Convention Center) Renaissance Seattle Hotel. Travel dates are June 11-June 16. We really don't want to spend more than $150 a night so were hoping to get a good deal on a nice hotel in a good part of downtown Seattle. We have two little ones and want to make sure we are in a safe area but we don't know what areas are safe! The purpose of this trip is to site see but also for our nephew's high school graduation. We will be needing a rental car for one day to drive to North Bend for the ceremony. I read some sample strategies on other posts and was oping to get the same help :) Any help would be appreciated! Thank you! Liz Oops meant to write "New" to Priceline in the Title. Sorry!