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Amenities: Free parking, Free Internet, Pet friendly, Indoor pool(s), Smoke-free rooms, Fitness center, Pool(s), Restaurant(s), Business center, Self-service laundry, Internet access, Golf nearby Accessible amenities: Accessible for visually impaired, Accessible for hearing impaired, Accessible path of travel, In-room accessibility, Wheelchair accessible, Accessible bathroom, Accessible parking, Roll-in shower

This one isn't on the hotel list yet (unless I missed it ). Amenities: Free breakfast, Free Internet, Pet friendly, Indoor pool(s), Fitness center, Pool(s),Business center, Self-service laundry, Internet access, Kitchenette Accessibility: Accessible for visually impaired, Accessible for hearing impaired, Accessible path of travel, In-room accessibility, Accessible bathroom, Accessible parking, Roll-in shower

This was a new one - not yet on the Better Bidding hotwire hotel list for this area. Here are the amenities that showed for the Comfort Inn Matthews - Charlotte, booked today: Free breakfast Smoke-free rooms Fitness center Pool(s) Business center Self-service laundry

HOTWIRE had a 4* (looked like the Sofitel) in the same zone for $70, so I was willing to go to $63 on PRICELINE (my arbitrary amount). Started bidding at $46, kept adding non-4* zones until I hit it at $60. As always, I used the betterbidding HOTWIRE and PRICELINE QuickQuote links above to get started.

Bidding on both Bloomington areas. Rejected on $40, $41, and $42 before $43 was accepted. Happy with this price. Hotwire had the Raddison MoA (apparently) for $57 for the same night. I think that hotel is a bit nicer (still 3.5*), but I'm happy to spend the $15 on something else. Used the BetterBidding link to start my bidding, of course.

Great tip! Thanks very much...I'll be traveling w/ my family and that would be perfect.

Amenities listed... Smoke Free, Airport Shuttle, Complimentary Breakfast, Fitness Center, Business Center, Laundry Facilities, Hi-Speed Internet, Golf Nearby

Amenities listed: Smoke Free, Fitness Center, Pool(s), Restaurant(s), Business Center, Hi-speed Internet, Golf Nearby This hotel is all suites, though it wasn't listed in the amenities. Only about 10 miles from O'Hare. Very happy with this price...and glad to support this site by using the betterbidding HOTWIRE link.

Got the Holiday Inn Express in Onalaska for $65/night. The amenities listed were: Smoke Free Rooms Complimentary Breakfast Fitness Center Pool(s) Business Center Laundry Facilities (self-service) High-Speed Internet Access Golf Nearby And of course, I used the betterbidding.com HOTWIRE link when I booked.

Started bidding today at $60 on 4* Downtown Minneapolis. Added zones one at a time and made bids of $64, 66, 68, 70, 72, 74, 76, 78, and finally hit on $80 and got the Minneapolis Grand. Have stayed here before (thanks to priceline) and my wife loved it, so we're happy to have gotten it again on what seems to be a fairly busy night for downtown hotels. Started our bidding using the betterbidding PRICELINE link. Happy Bidding all... -Tim

I've had success with this hotel in the past...never paid this much, but I can't complain - still more than half off. The nice thing about bidding for a 4* in the twin cities is you can currently bid 13 times a day - lots of zones, and only 2 offer 4*'s I started bidding at $42, then 44, 46, 50, 52, 54, 56, 58, 60, 62, 64, 66, and then hit it on my last chance with $70. Of course, I used the better bidding PRICELINE link to start with. -Tim

Bid History (2 rooms): $38 - 3* Madison East Was offered opportunity to bid the same request at $49...opted not to do that. $40 - 3* Madison East, South (no 3*'s in South) Check-In Date: Monday, March 24, 2008 Check-Out Date: Tuesday, March 25, 2008 Crowne Plaza Madison 4402 East Washington Avenue Madison, Wisconsin 53704 608-244-4703 Your Offer Price: $40.00 Number of Rooms: 2 Number of Nights: 1 Subtotal: $80.00 Taxes and Service Fees: $19.56 Total Charges*: $99.56

Right again! I decided to book this one, final price was $42/night, and it did turn out to be the Hilton Garden Inn - Hoffman Estates. And of course I used your HOTWIRE link to make my purchase. Looks like a nice hotel, and the price is definitely right. Thanks for all your help!

Hotwire gave me an offer of $44 for a 3* hotel in Hoffman Estates for 4/8/08 - 4/11/08. Listed amenities are: Fitness Center Pool Restaurant Business Center Laundry High Speed Internet I don't see an exact match on the IL Hotwire hotel lists. Anyone have an y other info? Thanks a lot!

1st bid = $85 (Millenium Park, Loop, Grant Park) rejected 2nd bid = $90 (above + NMA River North) accepted Quite happy with the price. But I'll need to find cheaper parking than what they charge at the hotel (something like $40 or $50).

I'm impressed...good call. :) It did turn out to be the Hilton Minneapolis and Towers. I was at my office this afternoon and saw the price had dropped to $59. When I got home it had gone back up to $63, so I pulled the trigger. Looks like a nice place, and within easy walking distance of the Theater we're headed to. And of course, I used your HOTWIRE link when I made my reservation. Thanks for your help.

1 night - February 9th.

Stayed here for a wedding in December. Booked the room on priceline and it has made me nervous about using Priceline again. I thought this place was very bad. First room they put us in stunk of smoke (i had called to request non-smoking) and the carpet was covered with an astonishing number of stains. Not just a few...literally dozens...have no idea what it was. So I grabbed the phone to call the desk to ask for a room change and the phone didn't work. They did move us to a better room, but it still was in rough shape, and quite dirty. The whole place felt that way. I will definitely avoid ESA anywhere I travel now, based on this one experience.

3.5* Minneapolis (Downtown) and the rate for Feb. 9 is $62. Labeled a "customer favorite". Ammenities: Fitness Center Pool(s) Restaurant(s) Business Center High-speed Internet Access I checked the hotel list here on the forum and the only 3.5* for downtowm mpls is the Millenium, but the ammenities list is sightly different. I haven't done this enough to know how typical that is. Any help? Thanks!

Just returned from this trip, my first experience w/ Hotwire, and stumbled onto this great forum while making some future plans. I tried Priceline (my usual route) first for this reservation...sorry, don't remember details of my bidding. Decided to give Hotwire a try and ended up with the Country Inn & Suites South (there is another one further north in town) for $79/night. Amenities listed were: Complimentary Breakfast Fitness Center Pool(s) Laundry Facilities High-speed Internet Access The interesting thing was this: The details page for this deal listed a "retail" price of $219. When I found out the hotel, I checked their website and saw that their rates didn't go above $95 (unless you got a suite or some add-ons). I emailed Hotwire customer service to tell them how ridiculous it is to claim that this hotel has a "retail" price of $219, no matter how they figure it. They explained how they figure it, and gave me $25 credit. Definitely worth the effort of sending the email. And now I know not to put *any* stock in the "retail" price they list. Hope I included all the pertinant info here. Again, this is a great forum...I'll be using it a lot in the future.