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Thanks for those tips. I'll make sure I go there. Thanks for hard work and this great forum!

I tried it again today and went up to 135 USD, and guess what? I got a hotel! It is the Tudor Hotel at United Nations. It is rated as 3* on Priceline. I checked your priceline hotel's list for New York and this hotel is not there. You might want to add it. It is on the Midtown East zone. Something happened to me today also that has never happened. Priceline gave me a message saying that they could not get an answer for the price I asked and said they would probably have one within 15 minutes. This happened 2-3 times. Maybe it is just traffic congestion on their site? Again, thanks for the help. The Tudor Hotel At The United Nations Midtown East 304 East 42nd Street Your Offer Price Per Room, Per Night: $135.00 Subtotal: $1,350.00 Taxes & Service Fees: $259.84 Total Charges*: $1,609.84

Thanks for helping me. But I could not get a hotel within 120 dollars. I guess I will just keep on trying for a couple of weeks. If I cannot get any I might stretch my budget a little more and see if I can get one. If not I might just go with The Pod.

I took a look and I'd rather stay in a hotel between Times Square and Central Park (I know I can't really get one like that using Priceline, but if I can get a better price than I would be willing to do that tradeoff). I'd say I would end up choosing it if I can't get anything on priceline within my budget, so I would like to try priceline first. I forgot about Times Square. I am willing to use it also. So it is 4 zones that I'm willing to accept a hotel there: Midtown East, Midtown West, Times Square and Upper Midtown - Central Park South. I checked priceline and I have 2 zones without 4* and 3* hotels, so I can use as free rebid. Again, anything (3* or 4*) within 120.00 USD would be great in those areas. If 3* or 4* are not a realistic thing for this price, I would have no problem trying for a 2 or 2.5 in those 4 areas. But since I still have 1 month to go, I can keep on trying to get the best deal. Thanks.

Thanks for the help. I just realized that this budget would not get me any hotel in that area. I checked it better and (with a little help from my father hehe) I will be able to go up to the 120s price range (maybe even stretch it a little bit further). I checked the rates for the Midtown area and the 4* are in the 300s and the 3* are in the 240-280 price range. While most of the 2* are less than U$200.00. Maybe via Priceline.com I might get a hotel within my budget?

I tried it again and won at 70.00 USD. Used the same strategy just changed the values, I started at 60.00 instead of 50.00. Hotel Intercontinental Dallas Galleria - Dallas North Your Offer Price Per Room, Per Night: $70.00 Subtotal: $280.00 Taxes & Service Fees: $50.72 Total Charges*: $330.72 Used the savingsbarn.com link to start the bid on priceline.

Hi, I'm going to New York and will be there for 10 days. I would like to be in the 50-80 dollars per night range. Midtown East, Midtown West, and Upper Midtown-Central Park South are the regions I would like to stay. For this price range I might only get a 2* hotel, maybe 3*, but that is not really a problem. I would prefer to bid for 10 days in the same hotel, but if that will drastically make it harder for me I could split the bids... but first I would like to bid for the 10 days I will be there and see if I can get something. May someone help me build a bidding strategy? Thanks.

I tried on my own, using a strategy previously posted here but could not get a hotel...

Hi, I'm going to Dallas on these dates (02/14-02/18) and I'm looking for a 4* hotel in the Galleria - Dallas North area. I checked and it seems I can probably get one like that on the 50-70 dollars range. I would love to get any 4* under 65 U$, so may someone help me with a plan here? Some rates for those dates: Hilton Lincoln Centre: 119.00 USD per night (on the official Hilton's site) InterContinental: $176.75 on Travelocity.com / 196.50 on Orbitz.com / 176.00 on Priceline.com Thanks.

thereuare. Here is the deal. I tried to bid for a Boutique hotel, and got the Warwick Regis Hotel in the USW Zone, for 115 U$/night for all the 7 nights. Checked the hotel's own website and the rates for this hotel for those dates are in the 200s so I think I got a good deal. Thanks for helping me on this bidding process.

No good with all of the above. Tried for the Fisherman's Wharf 4* hotels, went up to 120 U$ and couldn't get a deal. I'm going to try for the Boutique hotels now at the USE Zone and the USW Zone. For the Boutiques hotels, do I have the same free reb-dis as bidding for 4* hotels? May you help me here with a strategy. I want to bid in the USE and USW Zones for Boutique hotels. If I get an upgrade to a 4* hotel it's not a problem, so I think I will have a lot of re-bids. Thanks.

Thanks, so far no good with both the 1st and 2nd strategies for the USE and USW zones. :) Also, thereuare, if you want, move this topic to the Priceline section, since this became a Priceline topic.

Ok, I decided. I don't have a problem with the USW zone. So I will start looking for the USW Zone. I went up to the 130 U$ range today on USE and could not get a hotel. I'm okay with the USW. May you help me again on a strategy thereuare? Should I start the bid with both the USE and USW zones? Thanks.

Sorry for the double posting, but I have read some things about Saturday Night check-in on Priceline. To make it even worse, I am a Saturday Night check-in customer. I need a rom from 07/14, Saturday, until 07/21. Anything about this issue? What's the problem with check-in on Saturdays?

So the hotels would have to wait until June 29th to release their "on hold rooms", right? The second convention will end their reservation period at February 8th. I think I'm going to keep on trying on the USE Zone until this date and up till my 120 U$ limit. If I can't get anything, I might start looking elsewhere. If you want I can keep on updating this thread with the results of my bids. But this will probably make this a huge thread since I will be bidding daily. Do you prefer that I only update this thread if I win? Or post every bid result? Thanks for the help.

The first convention, the one with the 50000 attendance, will be on Moscone Center, and they will start the registration and visitor housing at January 29, 2007. But they don't say until what date they will accept reservation for the convention. Here is the list of the hotels accepting reservation for this convention: http://www2.cmrhousing.com/semi_s3/compone..._Hotel-List.pdf From that list, they say that you have to cancel your reservation until June 29th. Does that mean this is the cut-off date? And the 15000 attendance convetion will accept reservations until: "Online registrations will be accepted until February 8, 2007."

Ok, it's open now: Selected 4* USE, Bid 70 -> Rejected Added Re-Bid 1, Bid 80 -> Rejected New Bid: Selected 4* USE + Re-Bid 2, Bid 90 -> Rejected Added Re-Bid 1, Bid 100 -> Rejected New Bid: 4* USE + Re-Bid 3, Bid 105 -> Rejected Added Re-Bid 1, Bid 110 -> Rejected New Bid: 4* USE + Re-Bid 2 + Re-Bid 3, Bid 115 -> Rejected Added Re-Bid 1, Bid 120 -> Rejected :) :) I took a look at the USW zone, and noticed it does get into the Tenderloin area (although not in the center of it). I would still prefer in the USE zone, since there are a lot of great hotels in this area, and I think I could not go wrong bidding on that area. Do you think it will be a waste of effort if I keep on trying the USE zone? Since I'm more than 5 months from my trip, I have a lot of time to bid. I'm very new on this, I don't know if I might get a chance later? What do you recommend me to do? Keep on trying on the USE? Or go with the USW and just hope for the best? hehe Thanks a lot for your help.

Thanks thereuare. I tried to bid again, but it said that I need to wait until 24 hours since my original bid. That period should end within an hour or so. Just a few questions: Should I login on Priceline before bidding? I always log in. But does it make any difference? Also, when using the Savingsbarn.com link. I go there, and then just click on the Also Available: Priceline Hotels link, and then just start my bids normally. Is that right? Thanks for the help theuare, I will be back with the results in a moment.

Hmm I think the best thing to do is try to bid for the entire stay first. If I cannot get anything, then split the bids. I went to SF last year, but stayed there just 2 nights. I stayed at the Civic Center, Holiday Inn. I have read some guides and people say to avoid the Tenderloin area, which is near the Civic Center. Does the USW embrace the Tenderloin? If yes, then I don't want it. If not, I don't think that will be a problem. This is the plan: Bidding up to 120 U$ on just the USE. If I can't get anything, and USW does not embrace the Tenderloin, then try the USW also. If there is a risk of being in the Tenderloin area, then try to split the bids on the USE area. If I can't get a deal there, add the Fisherman's Wharf area, or start looking for a 3* in the USE.

OK, this is my main plan right now: I will try right now up until 120 U$. If I can't get anything I will try to split the dates in 2. Let's say, 14/07 - 18/07 and 18/07 - 21/07. If I still can't get a good price then add USW and try for the full 7 nights. If I can't get anything in the 120 U$ limit, than split the dats with USW and USE. I'm coming back to edit this post, if I can get it within 120 U$. EDIT: Hmm I didn't know about the service fee Priceline charged... So actually a 110 U$ per night bid, goes up to the 130 U$ range... I think that a limit of 130 U$ is a bit too high... I think I can go as high as 120 U$. Also, should I buy the 5 U$/night insurance? Can you help me on building a strategy for splitting the bids in two? The perfect deal would be less than 100 U$, but I don't know if I will be able to get it. I think the best thing to do right now is try to split the dates. Do you think I can get those 2 bids for less than 100 U$? If I can't get anything in the 90s U$ range, I will try with USW also. Thanks.

Bid History: Selected 4* USE, Bid 75 U$ -> Rejected Added Cathedral Hill (Re-Bid 1), Bid 80 U$ -> Rejected New Bid: USE + Civic Center Area (re-bid 2), Bid 85 U$ -> Rejected Added Re-Bid 1, Bid 90 U$ -> Rejected New Bid: USE + South San Francisco (re-bid 3), Bid 95 U$ -> Rejected Added Re-Bid 1, Bid 100 U$ -> Rejected New Bid: USE + Re-bid 2 + Re-bid 3, Bid 105 U$ -> Rejected Added Re-Bid 1, Bid 110 U$ -> Rejected None were accepted. I'm also open to splitting the bids if I can't get a good deal. Ideally, it would cost me less than 110 U$ per night. BTW, I'm using the SavingsBarn.com link. Thanks for the help thereuare. EDIT: I just realized there are 2 major conventions in SF on those dates. One has an attendance of 50000 :) This will be on 07.17.07 - 07.19.07. Also the other big convention will have an attendance of 15000. This will be on 07.18.07 - 07.21.07. This is the site I used to check it: http://www.sfcvb.org/convention/calendar.asp Could this make it much more difficult for me? Thanks.

Sorry for not posting earlier. Here is the deal: I want a 4* in the USE zone. I would like to bid up to my limit on this zone. I will set my limit at 130$, but if this does not buy me a room I will increase it, for about 150$. Also I have read a lot, and I fully understand the free re-bid things now. I also read about the permutation thing which would get me 7 free re-bids. I have done some research about the lowest retail prices, on each hotel's own website, and here they are: From 07/14/2007 to 07/21/2007: LeMeridien.com: $199.00 Hilton Financial District: $224.10 InterContinental.com: $169.00 Westin St. Francis: $239.00 Mariott.com: $189.00 GrandHyatt: $247.50 (St. Regis) Palace Hotel: $209.00 CliftHotel.com: $245.00 I would split my bid if this gives me a great chance of getting much better prices. Thanks for the help.

Hi, I'm new to Hotwire and Priceline, and I would like to find a 4* in the Union Square East with a reasonable price. I'm going as high as 130$ as of right now, but maybe a little bit more if that's what it takes to buy a room. But of course, the less the better. I know it's right in the middle of the summer season so this might be a difficult one. And I need it for 7 days. I might try to split the bids but I would like to test the full 7 days first. Any help on what I could possibly get? Do you think 130$ (or less) might be able to buy me a room for 7 days on a 4* in SF USE? I already read and understand about free re-bid zones and I think I got it, so feel free to post like I was a experienced user. If not on USE, I'm thinking about in the Fisherman's Wharf zone, but that's just if I can't get anything in the Union Square East zone. Thanks in advance.

Thanks thereuare. I'm new to this world of bidding so I am still learning. I just learned how to bid on Priceline, and I have read some good stories about people getting great hotels way cheaper. I think I'm going to wait a little more and see if I can do something on Priceline as well. Thanks for the answers.

Hi, I'm new to using HotWire's service and new to this forum. I was looking for a hotel and found this. It seems like a good deal: $92 Retail: $186.14 You save: $94.14 51% Savings Those are the amenities: Shuttle, Fitness, Pool, Restaurant, Business Center, Golf Nearby I went to the Hotel's list here on the forum and it really seems like Sheraton but I want to know for sure. Also is this a good hotel? It seems too great to be true hehe Anyone had problem booking this hotel through HotWire? BTW, I would stay there from 07/14/07 - 07/21/07. Thanks for the help.