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Yes, I will do this. Yeah, totally! This kind of situation is momentary or the prices always go up? Thanks!

EDIT: I just realized that I have post in the wrong forum. Please move to the Pricelina forum. Hi guys! Im searching for a 4* hotel in Vienna from 11 May to 15 May in the zones City Center - Opera - Ringstrasse Boulevard - Museum District and city center - stephanerstadt - inner ring, using the re-bid zone Margareten Quarter- Museum of Economics, starting from $60. Today I bid until $80 with no sucess. I dont care for amenities (wifi and breakfast is a plus) but I choose to find a 4* hotel in order to get one with 7+ ratings from customers. Cheers!

EDIT: I just realized that I have post in the wrong forum. Please move to the Pricelina forum. Im looking for a 4* hotel in Prague in the zone Old Town Square - Astronomical Clock, starting from $70, using re-biding zones: Podoli - Vysehrad, Prague National Gallery - Holesovice Station, Prague North, from 7 May to 11 May. Today I have tried until the bid got $100 but with no success. Cheers!

Hi guys, Today I´have tried to find a 4* hotel in Amsterdam in the zones Royal Palaca-Central Station, Jordaan-Canal Belt West, Canal Belt East - Plantage, Museum Quarter - Vondelpark using the re-bid zones Haarlem - Heemstede, Hilversum, starting from $ 100 to up to $ 170, with no sucess. Should I increase even more the bid value? I was planning to decrease to 3* hotels? I´m afraid to get a hotel with low rates from customers (I dont care for stars, just to cleaningness and basic stuff). Thanks!

3 and 8? You mean 3 and 5 zones, right?

Today I have tried to find Amsterdam (max $ 150 bid), Prague (max $100 bid) and Vienna (max $100 bid) hotels but wasnt successfull. Tomorow I will try again.

Hi thereuare, I will start to search for 4* in the cities below. Prague Zone: Old Town Square - Astronomical Clock Starting Bid: $60 Vienna Zones: City Center - Opera - Ringstrasse Boulevard - Museum District, city center - stephanerstadt - inner ring Starting Bid: $50 Budapest Zone: City center - Great sinagoge Starting bid: $ 15 In every city, I will add re-bid zones and increase $10 in every bid. What do you guys think? Any suggestions and tips (including more zones) are welcome! Thanks!

Yes, I´m ready to include these areas and I will substantially increase the number of bids per session. My maximum bid is $190, since is the price that I will pay in my backup room (with cancellation free of charges) that I have booked. Also, this room that I have already booked is a simple room, much worse them a 4* hotel. But since I will only travel in May I think I have plenty of time to keep biding, trying to save some money. In my other cities, in order to decide my starting bid price, I search a "Hot Deal" in Hotwire.com, get the minimum value for a 4* hotel in my desired zones and use 60% of the price as my starting bid. What do you think? This way of deciding the bidding value is ok? Also, I have one concern about the hotels quality: I´m searching for a 4* hotel in order to get a quality hotel. I don´t need fancy things, just a clean room with shower (wifi and breakfast is a plus). All the 4* hotels have this, right? Thanks!

Ok thereuare! I already booked a hotel (with cancellation free of charges) for about $190, so I will increase the bid values weekly and add Canal Belt East - Plantage and/or Museum Quarter - Vondelpark zones, and keep trying every day. If in two weeks I still can´t get a hotel, I will increase the values even more. Thanks thereyouare, your tips are priceless!

Hi thereuare! Since I want a 4* hotel, I found out that the zones Haarlem and Hilversum only have 3* hotels, so I use them as my re-bid zone. Anyway, I did as you instructed but unfortunately I didn´t managed to the a room. What can I do now? Retry the exact same steps or should I increase the values? Start the bidding value in $100, maybe? I checked out the Canal Belt East - Plantage and/or Museum Quarter - Vondelpark zones and they look nice, but I´m afraid that the hotels are located in the borders of these zones. Can I use the strategy that you had previously show me on other cities? Thanks for the tips!

Thanks thereuare for the tips! I will follow your gidelines and, if not successful, I will add Canal Belt East - Plantage and/or Museum Quarter - Vondelpark to the zones. Thanks again! PS: I have butterfly in the stomach right now but I´m anxious to get my hotel! :P

Sorry, the zones in Priceline are: "Jordaan - Canal Belt West - Ann Frank House", "Royal Palaca - Central Station - Dam Square". I have read the article about the re-bid strategy and I will increase the bid value to $ 70 and start to use it. Thanks a lot for the quick reply!

Thanks thereuare for the quick reply! I just realized that I made a mistake with the websites names (priceline and hotwire). The zones in Amsterdam that I´m willing to accept are: Royal palace - Central Station - Dam Square, Joordam - Canal Best West, Canal Belt Central - Flower Market. I decided to start with a low bid value ($60) because I have a lot of time before my travel and, since I´m planning to increase $5 every 24 hours, I was expecting to bid $176 in 20 days. The hotel of $175/nite was a 4 start on HOTWIRE.com and I was hopping to get a better deal on PRICELINE. And you bet I will return to BetterBidding and use the PRICELINE and HOTWIRE links on the board to begin your travel purchases! Thanks!

I´m searching for a hotel in Amsterdam (in the central areas) from 3 May to 7 May. It´s too early to places bids in hotwire.com? 1) Amsterdam, Netherland 2) Zones: Royal palace - Central Station - Dam Square, Joordam - Canal Best West, Canal Belt Central - Flower Market 3) 3 May 4) 7 May 2018 5) 1 room 6) 4 starts, minimum 7) Lowest available rates found: U$ 200 (U$ 175 Priceline.com). I´ve checked the prices for at least 4 stars hotels on Priceline and the minimum price was U$ 175. Nonetherless, in May 2017 there as a winning bid (link bellow) of $89 (Hotel Vondel, 4 star hotel, "Museum Quarter - Vondelpark" area). https://www.betterbidding.com/index.php?showtopic=219324 So I´m planning to start bidding in hotwire.com with initial value of U$ 60 (minimum 4 star hotel) and, while I don´t get a successfull biding, I will increase U$5 per day (up to U$ 190 max). What do you guys think? Meanwhile, I booked a place in booking.com (free of charge for cancelation) in case I don´t get a place on hotwire or priceline. I always click on the www.priceline.com and www.hotwire.com link when searching. Sorry for my bad English and thank in advance for the tips! :D Best regards, Adilson