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Tried again today on savingsbarn.com for Priceline Hotels 5* (Venetian) for Thursday, Aug 16th - Sunday Aug 19th. Started bidding at $155/night -- Rejected and Priceline offer was $279/night Added zone and upped bid to $160/night -- Rejected Added zone and upped bid to $165/night -- Rejected Added zone and upped bid to $170/night -- Rejected Added zone and upped bid to $175/night -- Rejected Added zone and upped bid to $180/night -- Rejected Added zone and upped bid to $185/night -- Rejected Added zone and upped bid to $190/night -- Rejected Added zone and upped bid to $195/night -- Rejected I will try a time or two more between now and 8/15.

Tried again today on savingsbarn.com for Priceline Hotels 5* (Venetian) for Thursday, Aug 16th - Sunday Aug 20th. Started bidding at $159/night -- Rejected and Priceline offer was $250/night Added zone and upped bid to $165/night -- Rejected Added zone and upped bid to $170/night -- Rejected Added zone and upped bid to $175/night -- Rejected Added zone and upped bid to $180/night -- Rejected Added zone and upped bid to $185/night -- Rejected Added zone and upped bid to $190/night -- Rejected I'll keep trying....maybe a block of rooms will be released as we get closer to those dates.

Tried bids on Priceline today for Venetian for Friday, Aug 17 and Saturday, Aug18th. Started bidding at $165/night -- Rejected and Priceline offer was $296/night Upped bid to $170/night -- Rejected Upped bid to $175/night -- Rejected Upped bid to $180/night -- Rejected Upped bid to $185/night -- Rejected Upped bid to $190/night -- Rejected Upped bid to $195/night -- Rejected Upped bid to $200/night -- Rejected Doesn't make sense for me to bid much higher than that with the current reservation I already have in place.

Rates on Venetian's website have gone up since I booked. Here's a comparison using best prices I can find as of today splitting up Thursday, Fri & Sat, & Sunday into 3 different reservations: Date------------------My Reservation price-------------Current hotel web price Thur. 8/16-----------$139--------------------------------$139 Fri. 8/17-------------$199--------------------------------$259 Sat. 8/18------------$299--------------------------------$259 Sun. 8/19------------$199------------------------------- $219 Average--------------$209-------------------------------$219 So if I book 3 reservations they are going to charge my credit card with 3 nights right away (1st night of each reservation is charged at the time of booking) vs. I have only been charged for the $139 at this point. It doesn't seem to make sense to cancel the original reservation at this point, but maybe I see what priceline can do on Fri/Sat and based on the price I get back I can make a determination whether to split it up, if I think I'll get a better overall average.

If I can't get $179 with priceline, then I'll keep my avg $209/night reservation with Venetian for now and keep checking back as I saw that price on their website within past week for those dates...I just didn't think it would go away before I had a chance to cancel my other reservation and get back to it.

The more I thought about it, I don't think splitting my bid is good. My reservation says "any changes could results in higher charges". The nights I have reserved at $199/night are at $239 on the hotel's website with the same offer for the same dates as of today. I think if I bid I need to keep them together. I tried bidding earlier today starting at $135 and kept re-bidding up to $170 in increments of $5 until I ran out of zones to add and got rejected each time. Priceline offer was $207 per night for 4 nights Aug. 16-20.

I would be willing to split bidding, but I assume that would involve different bid strategies for different days. Any suggestions on how to break it up and how much to bid? Seems like I should be able to get $125 for Thursday 8/16, or is that too low given it's only one night? I know Sikes got that rate, but their stay is for 4 nights. If I want to average $179 per night, I'm not sure how to break up the others. Should I set targets for each night like -- Thur. 8/16 $129, Fri. 8/17 $179, Sat. 8/18 $229, Sun 8/19 $179 -- for an avg of $179?

Looking for advise on how to get best rate for Venetian Check-in: Thursday, August 16 Check-out: Monday, August 20 Willing to bid to $179/night Currrently have backup reservation vai hotel's website as follows: Thursday, August 16 $139 Friday, August 17 $199 Saturday, August 18 $299 Sunday, August 19 $199 Current price listed on hotel website is $219/night I see Sikes got $125 per night for 7/8 - 7/12 I don't expect to get that low of a price since that's a Sun-Thurs and I'm looking at a Thur-Sun Previously put in bids of $139-$149-$159-$169...all rejected and lowest offer was $214/night. Is it better to wait awhile? Thanks.