Hi everyone my first post here. i discovered this site last week and found it very useful. i was about to book through Hotwire when i saw they had a 3.5* for $124 morning, then i thought i'd just try priceline at $100 a night for 3* to see what would happen. first attempted 4* at $140 (didn't think i'd get anything. but they countered by suggesting i bid $22 more). Got the Hudson Hotel, which is probably what the Hotwire hotel was. So saved a few dollars going through priceline instead. seems like the rooms are extremely tiny there, but we don't plan on spending much time in the hotel so it is ok for us. we really just need a place to sleep at night. i'm planning a trip from Oct 5-9, but i figured i'd save some money by splitting the hotel bookings since Fri-Sat will be the expensive nights. now i hope i luck out for the first 2 nights. thanks for all the help from this board.