Bowden68

Forgot to use link...sorry! Hyatt website says $279. :)

BEWARE OF THIS PLACE While the hotel itself is fine as its clean and fairly new with a nice indoor pool, ONE THIRD of the hotel is about 50 feet away from an VERY BUSY toll booth. I usually sleep fine near busy streets as the traffic noice becomes ambient once you get used to it. But you NEVER get used to semi trucks coming to a halt with their screeching breaks, only to rev up their diesel engines 10 seconds later after paying the toll. You cannot appreciate how loud and close you are to the toll booth until you can see money changing hands from your hotel window. Needless to say I got virtually no sleep. I was in the lobby at 5:30 dressed and ready to leave. I will never bid this zone again. I only paid $35 and I got ripped off.

This Westin used to be the old Harvey Hotel. Its an older hotel but its been refurbished. Great lobby and bar. Its more like a 3* hotel as I have stayed in Hyatt 3* that have been nicer, but for under $50, you got a good deal. The great thing about that zone is there are so many hotels you are almost always going to get a nice place for under $50. The best hotel in that area is the Marriott the next exit down. It's a star lower, but much nicer. Either way, you will be happy. For those that get the Sheraton across the street, that is nice too. Heck, even the La Quinta in that zone is nice. Its 2.5 stars to my knowledge and I once got that for $35! FYI, do 3* next time in that zone - you'll either get he Marriott or Sheraton and they are nicer than the Westin, if that makes sense...

Nice place the Radisson. Clean and renovated rooms, nice bar and restuarant on site (second floor). There is an Italian place in the same parking lot, so you have choices. Couple points: The doors do NOT slam so you can actually get a nice night sleep without doors slamming shut on your floor. You notice these things when you travel a lot. The beds are remote control beds, to detemine comfort. I thought they were largely uncomfortable at any level and I tried every level it seemed. Just seemed like an air mattress that you got inflate or delfate at the press of a button. I have no doubt they were expensive, but just not my type of bed. That was the only downer of the stay. I liked this place. I would not hesitate to priceline this zone again and get the Radisson. I'd even pay full fare of $109 if I had to. But only for a night or two. I think the bed would give me issues any longer than that. 20 minutes from Boston, easy commute. Also, free parking at the hotel.

While I have never stayed in this Springhill, I have always liked my stays in Springhill Suites. They are generally new, very clean and spacious. Marriott does well with these...

Somewthat weak "win". I saved a whopping $17 on this one. Whoooo Hoooo!!!!!! When you factor in the $5 Priceline fee, my cost was $45. On the County Inn website its $62. See that is the issue with 2.5 stars on PL. I can get a Courtyard or a Springhill for the same. Then you get a Country Inn! At least they have an indoor pool. Oh well, who cares one night. $17 savings. Wow! I will spend my savings at Pizza Hut tomorrow. LOL Used the link on ths site.

Your Offer Price Per Room, Per Night: $35.00 Subtotal: $35.00 Taxes & Service Fees: $12.14 Total Charges*: $47.14 Piece of cake. $129 on the Marriott website. Yes, I used the PRICELINE link on this site... :)

Good to know. I am not a fan of ESA.

Are Homestead like Extended Stay or are they a step above? I think ESA is a Super 8 with a kitchen. Last week I pulled over an overpaid at a Hampton Inn (I did not have time to priceline). I paid $129 for a Hampton, and it was nice. The Homestead nearby to my understanding was $84.99. I elected to overpay for the Hampton because the thought of a completely no frills hotel was not my idea of a comfortable stay...Is Homestead just another name for ESA. I know they are owned by the same company....

Gotta be in Boston all day on 4/03/08. Hotel is 20 miles away. Hotel rate on Expedia is $109, so not bad. Used the PRICELINE link on this site for the hotel...

Just completed a two day stay. The place "is what it is". It's a place to simply lie your head. For whatever reason the hallways had a horrendous stench while I was there. But the room did not have the stench so that was good. I really only had to sleep there, so no big deal. One issue with this place is the rooms are terribly dark and dreary. Everything is red and purple. When you walk in this room, its almost depresing. Beds are rock hard and about 5 inches off the floor. You get what you pay for, and my rate was $45 a night. Many people will be intimidated staying at this ESA. When you walk in, the front desk is encased in bullet proof glass with an intercom and one of those metal sliding drawers. Something you'd see in a high security setting or a place trying not to get robbed. Very weird. It is a litte concerning talking to someone through an intercom. I ate at a Denny's like diner next store called Dinah's one night for dinner. It's within walking distance and serves beer which is nice since I wanted to wind down after a long day. Food was kinda weak, but at least it was within walking distance. I wondered on the way back if I should be walking around at night when my hotel a couple blocks away felt the need to protect its front desk with bullet proof glass...

I have about 20 reviews or so on TripAdvisor and I never blast hotels. Usually I give pretty good reviews and on the one that are not so good, I try to point out "hey its fine for a night". There was nothing redeeming about this place. When you cannot control your own room temprature, have parking blocks away, and your door locks are broken, well that is a one star in my book - I had a $1,500 laptop on my desk someone just could've walked in and grabbed while at dinner. The only decent thing about the place was it was clean in the rooms. SImply I will never bid 2.5 stars at LAX again. Just too risky. I have not read the 90 reviews on TA, but this is what I saw at first glance: # 8 of 9 hotels in El Segundo Look, I agree, everyone has varying tastes...but being able to control your room temprature should be a pretty reasonable expectation in today's travels...just my opinion.

March 28th, 2008. I stay at hotels 10 times a month minimum. This place was terrible. Oh well....I gotta catch a flight...

This is my second time at this hotel. It is terrible. The place had a horrendous smelll this time. It was awful. I had to change rooms the smell was so bad in the room. In both rooms the windows were left wide open to alleviate the stench. Whatever stench was happening in the place made its way through the hotel. Smelled like rotting trash. Each room I had, had its share of insects since the windows had been left open by the maids. Both screens to the windows were torn to shreads. The beds were about four inches fron the floor and rock hard. It's a place to lie your head if you can get used to the stench. There was a crappy diner named "Dinahs" next store where I ate each night. That place was like the hotel in some respects. It was terrible, terrible, food, and as a bonus there was a severely drunk bum in the place they refused to throw out. It was par for the course!!!! Never eat at this dump. I'll never bid 2 stars again in LAX ever. I won't bid 2.5 stars again either because the next night I stayed at Hacienda and see my post there. That place was even worse!

What is the email for priceline reviews? This stay was horendous and I would never expect anyone to endure these conditions. I am not "soft" either. In my years I have stayed in nasty places. But I NEVER have stayed in a hotel where EVERYONE must have the same room temprature. Are you serious??? LOL. It was minimum 80 degrees at one point.

One more point. when I got so hot at 4am I investigated the option of opening up the french doors. The lock was broken, meaning my doors were open the whole time. So be very careful if you leave anything of value in the rooms. This place was probably built 50 years ago, and outside of bringing new furniture in the rooms nothing has been done to get modern If you have medical conditions requiring temprature control of your room, or fear of people entering your room, due your due diligence. There area around the hotel is questionable...

I pricelined this hotel at 2.5 stars for $55. Normally when I do 2.5 stars I get a pretty decent place: Courtyard, Holiday Inn Express, etc...At LAX I normally get the refurbished La Quinta which is better than the 3* Crown Plaza. When the "Hacienda" came up I was somewhat suprised, but oh well...The website for the Haceinda looked pretty cool, so I figured it would be ok. When I drove up, my first impression was "what a dump" but maybe it was because it was just so old. The place is ancient. I checked in and got my room key which also served as my parking lot key. The parking lot was behind the hotel, and when I went through the parking lot was filled. I had to find the "second parking lot" which was across the street behind a gas station. Are you kidding me? It was several blocks away from the hotel. It sure was fun lugging luggage several blocks! Then I go to my room and this sucker is old. But clean, I will give it that - the maids do a good job. The bed is cheap with cheap linens. Very hard and "lumpy". But ok, I am only here for one night. The place is huge with several restuarants. I went to the "Night Club" on the premise, which serrves bar food and buy a couple $5 beers and a buger. The bar is an odd place. It's a country an western bar in LA. Just odd. About half way through my dinner they cut off the music and begin an hour of square dancing lessons. You know, with an instructor teaching people how to sqare dance. WTF? It's Frinday night at 8pm and they decide to cut off the music and have square dancing lessons with some guy shouting instructions??? Anyway, I go back to my room with a glass of wine and watch the fuzzy TV and just fall asleep with the air conditioning on high. About midnight I wake up in a pool of sweat, and I re-examine the thermostat. Yep, its on "high and cool". I call up to the front desk and ask them what is going on and they said, that because the hotel is so old, individual rooms cannot control air temprature. It's central air for everyone, and the temprature is set on "neutral" since people might complain its too cold if they turned down the air? WTF? Is this a dorm room? I have to sweat because someone else might think its too cold??? We all must have the same temprature????WTF??? They told me to open a window. Um...there are no windows, just two french doors leading out to the grounds of the hotel. And as a treat they have NO screens on the doors! So I am simply to open up the doors and allow anyone to walk in while I sleep, not to mention rats and insects??? So I had to sweat all night with the hot humid tempratures in the room. What a joke. You CANNOT control what the temprature is in your room!!! This place was a complete and utter joke. I will NEVER bid 2.5 stars at LAX again with priceline, simply out of complete fear I might get the Hacienda again. This is a ONE star place. Even Motel 6 allows you to control your own temprature. This place can't even do that. Oh, and it was fun again lugging my luggage across the street to my rent-a-car to get to the airport. This place is ridiculous and needs to be torn down.

Just FYI, but for less than $5, you probably could've got a 2.5 star full service Hyatt. Unless you needed a kitchen.

There are narually better places closer by, but the rate because much higher. For $50, I am not sure this can be beat. I usually just have business in the North Jesery area so a city trip is not usually necessary...

I also stayed at this hotel for $40 in December 2007. A great place, very clean, new, etc...Lots of places to eat within a couple blocks. I'd go up to $60 to get this place. Rooms go for $140 on the Mariott website. Good breakfast too...eggs and sausage for free.

Agreed. There is a Comfort Inn and a Days Inn just outside the zone. In fact these two hotels are not in any zone. Weird. They are on Santa Monica Blvd. The could pass for two stars given the high priced area.

Yeah, I usually stay only on week-days in hotels. I have just found staying in a city during these times you pay minimum $25 more than if you stayed 10 miles away at a similar hotel. Then factor in a $25 parking charge all of a sudden you are paying an additiona $50, sometimes much more. Sometimes though it makes sense staying downtown, especially if you are going to a game or drinking booze and entertaining. But usually I can stay in the "burbs" and I can pick up great deals. I mean, $50 or less for a Sheraton or a Hyatt? Wow, just a steal during the week. But I agree, on a weekend, I'd stay downtown too since they are deserted. On ESA, they are what they are. I always go to the ESA website to see if there is one in the area. That way I can decide whether to bid 2 stars. My deal on ESA is this. Some stays I know what my schedule is. Like when I go to LA, it's at the offices at 7am, all day, then dinner afterwards. When I get back at 9pm, due to the time change (I am on east coast) I am out like a light by 10pm, then up by 5am next morning due to the time change. So I do not mind the ESA. BUT, if I were getting to the hotel at 2pm and had the day to kill, I avoid the ESA because I generally do not like no frill hotels. But to sleep only, the $45 I throw down is fine. Personally the best hotel in my book are Courtyards, but its hit or miss since they are 2.5 stars usually. Sometimes I think they should be 3 stars since in many cases La Quinta are also 2.5 stars, and I am not talking about the La Quinta quality at LAX if you get my drift...

"Bowden68: 10 PL stays a month? Please go into your PL bidding history and post some of that info!!" It seems lately I have been nailing 3* Sheratons for $50 and under. I usually travel to big cities, but I never stay right in the city. Usually I stay 10-15 minutes outside the city and that is the key. You can get 3* like clockwork in that case. Unless you absolutely have to stay in a major city, its best to stay a few miles away to get the best deal. Recently I got a $34 Hyatt 10 minutes outside Columbus. Funny thing was I did it 10 days in advance. When I got there, they were completely sold out with people paying $175 a night. There I am with my $34 priceline receipt! I usually don't fool with 4* anymore. It takes too much time to nail one of those, too much bidding. I generally just do 3* and sometimes 2.5* and I am happy usually. Every now and again I drop down to a 2* and usually get an Extended Stay America, which are fine providing I am just using it for a night or two to crash. Like when I go to LA, literally I am in the room from 10pm to 5am, so I usually just get one of those for $40 or so. On the Hacienda, I did go to the hotel website. Looks like it will be fine. I just really like that La Quinta at LAX, but oh well.

The thing with ESA is to know what you get upfront. If you bid 2* on PRICELINE, you have a better than 50% chance of ESA. These suckers are no frills. I mean, you get one bar of soap and that is it...no shampoo, coffee, newspaper, etc...If you like a "full hotel experience" stay away from ESA. Generally these are Super 8 quaility rooms with a kitchen. Everything in the room is cheap: Hard beds, small TV, rickety furniture, dark and dreary colors. That said, they are generally new properties with door inside access. You can almost always get these rooms for sub $50 on priceline. They are extended stay, but ironically I could not imagine staying there longer than a couple days. I'd go stir crazy. BUT, when I need a room for a night or two, just to sleep, I generally do a 2* on PL knowing I probably will get an ESA. They are fine for a shower and a place to get a few hours sleep. If you are going to work out of your room for periods of time, do not stay here if you are used to places like a Sheraton or Marriott. You will be disappointed. Now that I know what to expect, if I need a place simply to crash for a few hours I 2* on PRICELINE. Anything other than that, I am 2.5* and above, which will exclude ESA

FYI on a recent stay of mine... For those that may not know, Long Island City is right outside Manhatten. You can take the train there. I had business in the city the next day but did not want to spend $200 a night, so I rolled the dice and pricelined a room in Long Island City. Use this as a public service, but stay away from bidding 2.5 stars in Long Island City because you may get the Comfort Inn. First, this hotel is in the middle of an industrial park and I am not kidding. You are surrounded by scrap metal shops. Think of it as a row of Sanford and Sons. Just not a safe area. There is a wharehouse across the street, which they load goods after midnight so if you are fortunate enough to get a street side room, you will be awake all night listening to fork lifts unload semis. There is no parking, not "no free parking", I mean NO PARKING, so you have to walk blocks away to park your car in run down, muddy lots. Then you get to drag your bag a few blocks to your hotel! The main treat of this hotel are the rooms themselves. This was the smallest room I have ever seen. I walked it off and it was 10 x 10. If you lose your balance getting out of bed you may crash through the window. When I ordered a pizza (because there were no restuarants nearby the scrap metal yards), I had to eat it on my bed since there was not enough room to move the chair out from the "desk". With the non stop noise, no parking and 10x10 rooms, I would not stay here again even if it was free. You get what you pay for.