whammy1

I realize that I didn't bid the best way but I tried. Last year I rented a midsize SUV through Priceline for roughly the same time period for $15 a day over 10 days through Avis. What a deal. This year I tried to get the same price. Our trip to Orlando this year is from April 24th to May 5th. My first bid was on February 6 for $15 for a midsize suv and then $15 for a minivan and was denied on both. Then on March 3rd, after looking at many other winning bids on the board I offered $25 for a midsize SUV and was denied. Getting closer to my vacation I got down to business. On March 26th I offered $19 for a midsize SUV, $25 for a minivan then $23 for a standard SUV and got denied on all. On the 27th I offered $24 for a standard SUV and denied. On the 30th I offered $25 for a standard SUV and got denied. Today, April 1st I offered $21 for a midsize SUV and got accepted through Budget???!!! Wait a second, I offered $25 for a midsize suv a month ago and they denied me and today they accept $21. I guess inventories have changed. Right after I got accepted they asked if I wanted to upgrade to a minivan for $9 a day. I did need the extra space and took the sucker bet. Still a decent deal but I just noticed someone posted a minivan to MCO the week before we are there for $25 a day. First accepted deal through budget was $21 a day for a midsize SUV for a total $356. Upgraded to the minivan for the extra $9 a day ($30) for a total $476. All through Budget

I needed a larger car for our family trip to Florida. I made some bids two weeks ago, sorry that I can't remember what they were, and got rejected on all of them (but they were much higher and for a lower class of car). I saw in a recent posting that the rental prices had come down and just tried for a mid SUV for $15 and was accepted. Total was $165 plus taxes for $274.75 with Avis. Funny thing is I had just checked on pricing from Avis for the very same car using my corporate discount. That was $407 or $37 a day plus the taxes for a total of $530. That's a 48% in savings. Huge win!!! I guess the only thing holding me back from total jubilation is the fact that my bid was accepted on the first try. I'm just plain greedy. :lol: Hope this helps someone else. Thank you Better Bidding!

Started out my bidding on 12-8-11 at $150 using the Resort selection in Poipu, Kauai which was rejected. Added Princeville, since they do not have any resorts, at $160 and was rejected. Waited another day and bid $170 and was rejected and again added Princeville at $175 and was rejected. Priceline never offered any other pricing. I waited another day and bid $180 and got it!!! $180 x 8 days plus $226 in taxes for a total of $1,666. The lowest price online that I could find through many avenues was $259 a day. Neither price, the $180 or the $259 included the 13.5% hotel tax or the $25 a day resort fee. I saved $79 a day because of BetterBidding!!! Amazing. It was because of BetterBidding that I was able to find out that there is only one resort in Poipu, the Grand Hyatt and none in Princeville which helped me bid securely for the property that I wanted. Thank you very much!

I won a rental for a week out of JFK. I was tired when I made the reservation and didn't realize that on my return date I had 3am and not 3pm. I called Priceline and they said they couldn't help at all and to work it out with Avis. I called Avis and they gave me two options. Come in and exchange the car for a lower discounted rate or extend the rental at the prearranged Priceline rate which was $58 for the day and return the car at 3pm. I paid the higher rate bc, like you, it just didn't make much sense to return the car 12 hours earlier. I am angry that the system even let me return a car at 3am but it was my mistake and Priceline didn't care. My error so I paid the price. FYI.

Hi all, this was a tough auction. I am picking up the car at FLL and dropping it off at TPA for a total of 13 days over Christmas. After reviewing the message boards I decided to start my bidding at $12 a day. On the second day, PRICELINE indicated the "Good chance" price of $17 but I didn't take it as I thought it was too high at the time. I stuck to the Betterbidding process of raising my bid $1 at a time. Over the following two weeks my bid had gotten as high as $21 a day with the "Good chance" level up to $36. For some reason yesterday I put in a price of $17 and they accepted the price! I do not know why it happened this way but I would assume that the rental companies have certain sales at different times and I must have hit the sale yesterday. Either way, I am extremely happy with the price considering when I checked my Preferred rate at Avis was $642 for the same rental. Therefore, I won for $17 a day a 13 day Compact rental with Alamo picking up at FLL on Dec. 16 and dropping off at TPA Dec 29 for $372. The breakdown is $221 for the rental and a whopping $151 in taxes and fees. Thank you Betterbidding and members for helping me save a huge $270!!!

I won a bid from PRICELINE today for Kona airport pickup with a convertible for 5 days at $34 a day through Alamo. Oct 4-9, 2006. I didn't check the boards to see if this was a good price but it seemed fair to me. Good luck.

I did not bid on Priceline but received the local rate directly from the hotel of which they are having a Fall special at $159 a night with a room upgrade. Therefore, I would bid lower right now on Priceline than what most posts show of $185. I am staying Oct 3-9, 2006. Good luck.