janetk

we'll see you there! we'll be there that nite also- but you got your room for $1 less than we did!

After multiple failed bids over the last few days, starting at $40 and working my way up, won Sofitel O'Hare for 1 nite 7/30/08 for $66 for the nite. Regular rate is $205/nite.

Holiday Inn Express Deerfield Deerfield Area 2600 Lake Cook Road Riverwoods, Illinois 60015 847-374-0260 Your Offer Price Per Room, Per Night: $40.00 Subtotal: $80.00 Taxes & Service Fees: $17.33 Total Charges*: $97.33 Tried $32 and $36 previously Best online rate is $89/nite.

On hotwire for dates 8/15-8/18, 2007 Lists 3 star hotel in louisville east/jeffersontown for $49 a nite amenities include: complimentary breakfast, pool, high speed internet access, fitness center, and business center any help is appreciated!

ugh what a terrible stay- I posted an updated hotel review based on our last, and I mean LAST, stay at the country inn elgin. they are a pox on the country inn family.

we wanted to go to the cinco de mayo fest in elgin and gave the country inn another shot thru priceline. our stay was once again horrid. My mother emailed management with our concerns, and their response was "you get what you pay for." I would warn others not to bid 2.5* in elgin. stick with the 3* holiday inn. here is the response of management: I am so sorry to hear that your stay with us over 5/4 and 5/5 were less than perfect. After looking at your reservation on our system, I did notice that you made your reservation through a third party website such as Priceline or Hotwire. When you book through these sites, you are guaranteed the rate, not the room type. When we have these reservations, we accommodate your requests for smoking or non, and room type if we can. Unfortunately in your case, we were sold out of nonsmoking rooms, therefore your family was moved to smoking rooms. If you would like to guarantee your room types in the future, I recommend booking at a hotel's website or by using the 800 number regardless of hotel. It may cost a little more, but if you are sensitive to smoke it would be worth it for you. I understand that the pool was very full over the weekend. We do not host birthday parties at the hotel, we only allow those registered guests to use our facilities. There was a mother who booked two rooms on Friday night who had 6 young girls here for a party, but again, they were guests of our hotel. It is unfortunate that they were not respectful to the other guests who were using the pool. I do not have a security guard who patrols the hotel on the weekends, and maybe that should be something for me to look into in order to keep guests under control. We had a wedding, and two funerals in house the weekend you stayed with us, so there were more children here than usual. As for your room not being cleaned while you were out on Saturday; the hotel was sold out the night before, and the housekeepers get to each room as quickly as they can. If the housekeeper said that you had a DND sign on your door in the morning when they went to clean your room, and you did not, then I apologize for that. Sincerely, Molly Hanson Molly Hanson General Manager Country Inn and Suites by Carlson-Elgin, IL 847-426-6400 phone 847-426-6410 fax

after 2 days of bidding finally won in elgin: country inn and suites 2 nites, 2 rooms regular rate thru website is $85 per room per night Your Offer Price: $38.00 Extend Your Stay Number of Rooms: 2 Number of Nights: 2 Subtotal: $152.00 Taxes & Service Fees: $27.40 Total Charges*: $179.40 Used SB Link

never mind.... tried again tonight. started naperville 2.5* at $38, was offerred counteroffer bid of $49, rejected this, added algonquin and bid $40, rejected, and for one last bid added aurora and offerred $42, accepted. used sb link courtyard by marriott naperville Lisle - Naperville - Warrenville 1155 E Diehl Road Naperville, Illinois 60563-1487 630-505-0550 regular rate thru courtyard website was $99/nite. Your Offer Price: $42.00 Extend Your Stay Number of Rooms: 2 Number of Nights: 2 Subtotal: $168.00 Taxes & Service Fees: $29.42 Total Charges*: $197.42

I have been trying to win on priceline 2 rooms for 2 nights 6/15-6/17, 2007 in naperville. I know it may be too early and inventory may not be loaded. I saw country inn and suites on hotwire for $61. I would like to pay no more than $40, and only want 2.5* or 3* in naperville/lisle/warrenville area. I have been starting my bidding with 2.5* in naperville area, then use my free rebids in aurora and algonquin to raise my bids. I started bidding at $26, and capped off at $40 without any success. Anyone have suggestions on when (mid may?) I should bid, and how much? Thanks!

I have been trying for this stay for weeks. With the 1 rebid 2.5* zone for Lincolnshire I had to keep trying every 24 hrs or so. I have been trying unsuccessfully with $35, $38 and $40, but was finally successful with $42 per room for 2 rooms for 1 nite. Used Savings Barn Link. Rate for this nite is actually only $75 a nite for AAA, $84 regular rate, but the $45 is still better than the $99 per room we were going to pay at Marriott Lincolnshire, plus we get breakfast. Your Offer Price: $42.00 Extend Your Stay Number of Rooms: 2 Number of Nights: 1 Subtotal: $84.00 Taxes & Service Fees: $17.96 Total Charges*: $101.96

Won 1 room at Courtyard by Marriott in Rockford Started 1 nite 3/17 at 3* for $50, rejected Added 2.5* at $40 rejected Added 2nd nite of 3/16, raised rate to $45, accepted. Used SavingsBarn link Your Offer Price: $45.00 Extend Your Stay Number of Rooms: 1 Number of Nights: 2 Subtotal: $90.00 Taxes & Service Fees: $19.34 Total Charges*: $109.34 Best rate for these nights through hotel was $94 a nite.

Crowne Plaza Madison East 2 nites over memorial day weekend, 5/26-5/28/2007 Used SavingsBarn Link Your Offer Price: $55.00 Extend Your Stay Number of Rooms: 1 Number of Nights: 2 Subtotal: $110.00 Taxes & Service Fees: $24.05 Total Charges*: $134.05 Have been bidding for days, started at $35, then $40, then $45, then $50, finally won at $55. Rate for these dates through holiday inn website was $128.96 per nite.

well, we just stayed here last nite and had a complete opposite experience to the other poster. the hotel was packed with teenage boys and their families prior to some sport event. the boys were rude and loud. we got the worst room in the place- room 101- on the first floor at the end of the hall near the stairs and the exit door, so all we heard ALL NIGHT was these teenagers and other kids running up and down the halls, and BANGING up and down the stairs- apparently none of them walk up the stairs, they STOMP!!! we got no sleep at all. when I went to take a shower, I had to pull hard to get the shower valve up, and then it wouldn't go back down! The pool was occupied all day and night by trashy families with small, unsupervised kids in the pool- one family had about 5 kids under the age of 7, and the kids were by themselves running around, and jumping in, the main pool while the parents lounged in the whirlpool- real classy people! As we were checking out, some stupid kid about 10 yrs old was running in the pool area and fell and hit his head and was taken out by ambulance- we overheard his sister say- "This is the second time he's done this"- so apparently he doesn't learn from his mistakes. The breakfast room was full of these teenage boys- one group of 3 boys took the two syrup bottles meant for the whole hotel and kept them at their table so I had to go over to them to get syrup for my waffle. In the hotel guest guide they only list one pizza place, old towne pizza- and it was terrible! Not only was the pizza bad, but when I called I told them we were in a hotel and needed paper plates and plastic utensils, and they said fine, but did not bring them, so my kids had to eat pizza off washcloths. Horrid stay- never again!

Won 2 rooms at the Country Inn and Suites in Elgin for 1 nite, 2/17/2007, $32 each room. Your Offer Price: $32.00 Extend Your Stay Number of Rooms: 2 Number of Nights: 1 Subtotal: $64.00 Taxes & Service Fees: $15.06 Total Charges*: $79.06 Used S-B Link Started bidding at $25, added Algonquin at $28, then added Aurora for $32 Room price on Country Inn website for this nite is $85