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Started bidding at $65 and used one free rebid. Priceline wanted an extra $17 per night for free rebid without changing parameters.

Fitness center, Pool, Restaurant, Laundry

I am aware I posted in wrong area. Could not figure out how to move it or do complete delete.

Got 2 rooms on Hotwire. Lowest price on Holiday Inn web site was $89.

Yes I am very satisfied. They told me they adjusted the icons to more accurately reflect the amentities, so they may have removed more than just the suite icon. The 2 &1/2 star now listed on hotwires site shows the hotel is near the beach. If this is the same property, that is incorrect, as it is on the beach. Thanks for your help. I will be using the links in the future.

Update you requested on the outcome of my complaint to Hotwire concerning this property. As you will recall, I took advantage of hotwires price guarantee and recieved a credit of $144.00 before I left for Barbados. When I did not recieve a suite as promised, I complanied to Hotwire upon my return. Today, I recieved a hotdollar credit of $199.02 or half the rate I originally paid. I also had previously recieved a hotdollar credit of $50.00 while I was on my trip. This makes the total cost of 2 rooms for 2 nights each a whopping $5.03!!!! Hotwire has informed me that they removed the suite icon for this property.

They did not take my credit card at check in for 2 reasons. First, I told the clerk the rooms were prepaid. Second, they have the strangest way to pay for incidentials. They give you a debit card in the amount you want. In my case it was $50 per room. They charge your credit card for this immediately. They DO NOT take cash or credit cards on the property for anything. As for calling Hotwire, I gave Hotwires PH # to the reservation manager to sort the bill out, but I did not want to pay for a long distance call back to the U.S. and be on hold forever. It was only a precruise 2 night stay. Had it been for a week, you bet I would have made the call. FYI, when I checked out, my debit card balance was 17 cents. I'm tempted to do a charge back on my AMEX card for the 17 cents.

Update on hotel experience. Assigned 2 rooms beachfront instead of suites which was shown on hotwires website. Showed clerk my hotwire reservation showing a suite. She said they were full and could not move us. Strange since the parking lot was almost empty. The next day, the reservation manager sent a note to my room stating we needed to pay for the rooms. I took a copy of my paid reciept and note from hotwire saying we were guaranteed a suite. Mgr said she had never heard of hotwire and we needed to pay for the stay. I gave her hotwires ph # and planned to exit the hotel by a side door on the departure date. My other party advised that we may wind up in jail, so I checked out the normal way with no problems. I emailed hotwire when I returned. Am awaiting an answer. Hotel is OK, with nice ocean view, but entire hotel staff is without a doubt, the dumbest bunch of employees I have ever seen.

Amenities- restaurant, pool, fitness center, golf nearby, tennis nearby, laundry. They put me in a wing down a small hill with outside entrances instead of main building. I'll call it the hotwire wing. It was perfectly fine. Would stay there again with no hesitation. Showed the desk clerk my combo Priority Club Platinum /Intercontinental Ambassador Card. He said that was the first one he had ever seen, but it didn't move him enough to put me in the main building. The lower wing was actually quieter in my opinion.

Thanks a lot for the info. I will post an updated review of this property. Only needed 2 nights on island as I am catching a cruise from Barbados.

Hotel, resort, suite, beachfront, restaurant, pool, laundry. What are my options, if any, if I don't get a suite since hotwire shows this icon? That was the main reason I selected this property.

Did not see any hotel info for Barbados so I decided to test the waters. Got the Silver Sands Resort for $84. Found a $66 rate at onlinehotels.com and immediately requested a double the difference guarantee for the 2 rooms. Got an email back from hotwire in less than 3 hours saying they would credit me $144. They show a suite icon, but many of the accomodations are just rooms. Will be interesting to see if I actually get a suite.