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Planning a weekend trip for an engagement party. Need 4 Rooms.

Original budget was $150 for 3 star in the Mid-town area, realized that was not going to happen, included Financial District, and realized it would likely take up to $200/nite.

$200 is out of my budget, so I will start looking in Jersey or near LGA.

I was bidding using the betterbidding PRICELINE link.

Title Should Read: Help Identifying 4-Star Hotel in Times Square

Fitness Center

Business Center

Internet Access

$384

Thanks.

Hotels are crazy expensive that weekend in New York

If you need to add more nights, Priceline also offers the service of adding more nights. This feature can be accessed through their "Customer Service" Link located on the Acceptance page underneath the "Reservation and Billing Information", once in the "Customer Service" page you can click the "Can I add nights to my hotel reservation?" link, this link will allow you to add more nights to your reservation if there is availability.

First bid was accepted at $46. Bid for a friend who has a Med School interview the next morning. Location seems very convinent as it is located directly within Union Station.

Courtyard By Marriott Toronto Downtown

Downtown Toronto

475 Yonge Street

Toronto, Ontario M4Y 1X7

416-924-0611

Pretty expensive for the Courtyard.

Bidding details:

1st Bid: $35

2nd Bid: $38

3rd Bid: $40

New Bid: $42

2nd Bid: $45

3rd Bid: $50

Renaissance Marriott Fallsview

Niagara Falls

6455 Fallsview Boulevard

Niagara Falls, Ontario L2G 3V9

905-357-5200

1st Bid: $58

2nd Bid: $64

I had also tried bididng for 3* and 2.5* properties as well:

3*

1st Bid: $45

2nd Bid: $50

2.5*

1st Bid: $45

Would have liked to wait a little longer before going this high, but those travelling wanted to confirm something right away.

Started bidding at $150. Made numerous bids and different date and room combinations, but nothing was accepted till I bid $210. Previous rejected bid was $205. Still represents a considerable savings over the $259 rate offered on their website.

Started bidding at $99 and made incremental bids up to $135. I think the previous low bid was $130. Rates were showing $169 on Venetian website.

Hotel Name: De La Ville Intercontinental Roma

Via Sistina 67 69

Rome, Italy

390667331

1st Bid: $190

2nd Bid: $200

3rd Bid: $206

4th Bid: $210

Booked this for a friend. Rates on website site were about $450US, so 50% off normal rates.

I like the Circus Circus over the Boardwalk as I can cancel the Circus Circus while with Hotwire i'm pretty much stuck.

I am thinking there is a lot of the inventory that the convention is holding, they will release closer to the date of the show if they any extra rooms, and hopefully at that point prices will come down a bit and maybe i'll have some luck with Priceline.

Thanks for the feedback.

Coincidentally, I had already booked this 3 star "Off the Record Property" at ECT last week not knowing it was the Circus Circus. Once I booked and realized it was the Circus Circus, I cringed and immediately thought of refunding it once the exchange rate improved a bit and I could make back the foriegn exchange fees on the credit card transaction. But if you think that $150 must not be a reasonable offer, I might just hold on to it for the sake of having a backup. I love the fact that you can get a full refund with ECT.

Since my cousin and I are attending the conference at the Convention Centre and are on somewhat of a budget we wouldn't mind staying in the Convention Centre area if it might translate into considerable savings. We wouldn't mind going down to a 2.5* in the Convention Centre zone as they all seem like decent non-casino type hotels (excluding the LV Hilton).

I'll be heading down with my cousin from March 14th - March 18. It's a super busy week in Vegas during this time. March 13th is the Nascar race, March 15 - 19 is the CONEXPO convention with an expected attendence of 135,000 people, and March 17th is the start of the NCAA Basketball tournament.

We're looking at either 4* or 5* on the strip. I have a budget of about $150 US per night, which may seem out of line at the moment.

Current rates:

5*

Venetian

429/429/429/429

Bellagio

No Rooms Available

4*

MGM

No Rooms Available

Bally's

No Rooms Available

Treasure Island

299/299/299/299

Westin

399/399/399/399

Aladdin

299/299/499/499

New York New York

229/339/429/429

I am really to start bidding immediately. Thanks!

Last rejected bid was at $120.

they have the one on:

149 East 39th Street

New York, New York 10016

212-661-2100

This is the one I stayed at in '03.

1st Bid: $55

2nd Bid: $57

3rd Bid: $60

4th Bid: $63

Friend needed 3 rooms for the final night.

First bid at $61 accepted for the Murray Hill East Suite Hotel.

Thanks.

I have stayed there once before in October of 2003. Impressed with the size of the rooms for NYC standards and my room also included a kitchenette which was an added bonus.

Friend bid on this for NYC:

Maxed out bids at $105 for 01/14-17 for all zones expect for Downtown for a 4*.

New Bid at for 01/14 to 16

All zones except for MTS, and DT. Accepted at $125 for 2 nights, and 3 rooms.

Started bidding at $55. Added a few re-bid zones and ended up getting the Hilton.

Your Offer Price: $63.00 (US dollars)

Number of Rooms: 1

Number of Nights: 1

Subtotal: $63.00 (US dollars)

Taxes & Service Fees: $13.23 (US dollars)

Total Charges: $76.23 (US dollars)

Thanks.

Bidding for some other friends for NYE. Surprised and shocked to see this come up.

Bid:

DT $75

DT BR $85

New Bid:

DT $95

DT SC $101

DT SC BR $110

Congratulations, you got your price of $110 for a 3-star hotel room.

Intercontinental Toronto Centre

Check-In Date: Friday, December 31, 2004

Check-Out Date: Saturday, January 1, 2005

Downtown Toronto

225 Front Street West

Toronto, Ontario M5V 2X3

416-597-1400

Your Offer Price: $110.00 (US dollars)

Number of Rooms: 2

Number of Nights: 1

Subtotal: $220.00 (US dollars)

Taxes & Service Fees: $29.54 (US dollars)

Total Charges: $249.54 (US dollars)

I'm already staying at the Novotel, or I would have got some rooms for my self at this place. :)

Got this for a friend.

Started bidding at $45:

Rebid: $50 Add Scarborough

Rebid: $51 Add Brampton (Hoping for the Intercontinental that was showing up a few weeks ago)

Rebid: $54 Add Toronto East

Rebid: $57 Add Don Valley

Rebid: $60 Add Markham

May have overbid by a $1 or $2 but am totally satisfied by the result.

Your Offer Price: $60.00 (US dollars)

Number of Rooms: 1

Number of Nights: 1

Subtotal: $60.00 (US dollars)

Taxes & Service Fees: $12.93 (US dollars)

Total Charges: $72.93 (US dollars)

I started to bid again. I am bidding for one room this time just to get an idea of what is available. At $90, they offered me to raise it $22 for another chance. I haven't gone ahead and bid again but this is telling me that something should be accepted in the $100 range.

Thanks for the suggestion, I will pass the info along to the person I was bidding for.

The user may want to try EasyClickTravel.Com, they currently have the Thirty-Thirty Hotel (3*) on request for $99. I am not sure how lucky your chances are on getting this rate, but its worth the try.

If the user wants to confirm something right away they have a 2.5* property for $289 per night.

The link above is one that supports betterbidding.

As I back up, I have booked through www.lastminutetravel.com.

They were offering the Novotel Downtown for $99 US per night (with taxes $111.40). I booked 3 rooms at this rate. They allow me to cancel the reservation 72 hours prior to check-in without any penalty.

I was wondering if beterbidding has a referral link we could use for this site.

These hotels are all for friends who plan to be partying downtown on New Years, so I don't think they'll be in any position to go anywhere else... :)

But if someone just wants to spend a night out on New Years, I will recommend the Renaissance in a second for $36. Thanks.