Rental company is Hertz - thanks for reformatting the topic title and sub-header - I couldn't do this once it got posted - can only edit the content, not the title.
The hotel win report form has the nice helper functions - really great! But now I have even less practice what needs to go where. Is there any way to add a small hint under the fields with an example?
Thanks for managing this forum!
Hot.wire and others were around $35/day. Tested the waters with $15/day for a Full Size - just out of curiosity, since I haven't done this for a while. Got counter offer for $33.
Started another bid with $25/day for a Standard Size - got counter offer for $31.
Rejected this - got a "one time re-bid" offer - tried $27 - got rejected and counter offer again for $31.
Since I rather wanted a Full than a Standard (they sometimes come with GPS included) I didn't mind the $2 more, so I went back into my rejected bid for a Full Size and booked it for the counter offer of $31/day.
Moderators: This may be something for others to note permanently - or maybe it is already somewhere:
If you got a counter offer, you don't have to accept it right away. It always stays in your "trip history" as rejected offer. If you open it from there for review, you can still book the counter offer, even though you rejected it originally to bid again below it.
Cheers,
Georg
Checked PRICELINE EXPRESS before - I guess it was the same hotel in this class there for $52 - so the $47 is still a $5 less. Listed publicly with $89.
Thanks for offering the PRICELINE links to quickly start my bid.
Cheers
Started scouting with $50 to see if I'd be lucky - not this time. At $65 got my first +26(!) offer. So I climbed higher in small steps and got the Omni at $81. (Still less than the +deal would have been with $91)
There are just some days where you don't get these super low deals reported for other dates - but always love the gamble :)
The PRICELINE links in here are priceless for quickly jumping back into the next bid.
Ameneties for this hotel listed are:
Accessible facilities
Air conditioning individually controlled in room
Bathtub
Buffet breakfast
Business center
CD player
Coffee/Tea maker
Color television
Complimentary breakfast
Desk with lamp
Direct dial telephone
Dry cleaning
Executive floor
Fitness center on-site
Free newspaper
Free parking
Hairdryer
Housekeeping - daily
Housekeeping - weekly
Ice machine
Interior corridors
Ironing board
Late check-out available
Meal included - continental breakfast
Meeting rooms
Non-smoking
On-Site parking
On-site business center
Outdoor pool
Parking
Pay per view movies on TV
Private bathroom
Public area air conditioned
Safe deposit box
Satellite television
Separate closet
Spare electrical outlet available at desk
Speaker phone
Stereo
Valet same day dry cleaning
Video games
Voice mail
Wireless connectivity
Wireless internet connection
Wireless internet connection in public areas
Sorry that I missed the date on this - I was flying out on 4/5/14 in the morning and returned 4/10/14.
Cheers
Saw that this property was listed as the only 3* for this region - thought this might be the same listed on PL exp as a 2.5* - since PL is more reasonable in its rating.
Very good deal for the fact that breakfast is included.
Maybe you can add this property to the hotel list under PRICELINE EXPRESS?
Thanks for keeping this forum going.
Cheers,
Georg
Booked with the PRICELINE link from this page :)
Was observing flights from VA to Toronto - ROA is absurdly expensive (to many Virginia Tech people drive up demand) - so I looked for Lynchburg (LYN), and Charlottesville (CHO), where I monitored some good deals, below 3oo. The week/day I finally wanted to book, those seats were gone - so I tried my luck on PRICE.LINE, and actually got the same flight a little bit under the original public price. Seems like that on PRICELINE some of the cheaper booking classes stay live a little bit longer.
Of course it was a red-eye, but so were the flights I originally identified as well. But paying 200 more for a couple of hours later was not what I wanted.
Offered a price of $225 and got the following counter offer that I took:
Airline Ticket Offer with Taxes & Airline Fees: $268.66 per ticket
Airline Ticket Agent Fees: $7.45 per ticket
Number of Tickets: 1
Airfare Subtotal: $276.11
Hope that helps someone else booking airfares.
Since I got a red-eye flight out of YYZ - I needed something close to the airport for my last night. Definitely a good price. Tried with $49 first through the PRICELINE link, was offered +8, won with $51.
Had the Eaton Chelsea for the previous 2 days, but this a good deal too ... has breakfast and (small) dinner included - quite a time/money saver, since I'm on business here.
Seems to be the big winner in this zone - was completely full though when I tried to add two more days later ...
Started with the PRICELINE link from betterbidding.
Tried to extend my other bid in Alexandria for another day, since I didn't want to drive home (4 hour drive) after a late night dinner - but the Holiday Inn where I stayed was completely booked for the next days. Since I didn't want to spend too much anywhere fancy (Alexandria, Crystal City, Arlington offers came back with 59+14) I decided to look further west - Tysons Corner is not too far a drive on the beltway, so pretty happy with $49 there. Get's me faster back on the road in the morning as well.
Started my bids through the PRICELINE links as usual ...
Downtown, Arlington, and Crystal City were pretty high this time - so I had resort to Alexandria.
Hotel is ok - I've stayed there before. Shuttle to Metro works well.
Of course I started all my bids through the PRICELINE links from here :)
Just wanted to report now after the trip - overnight parking was $43 !!! This is a new record high for my frequent DC stays ...
Started with $41 through the PRICELINE link from here, went in $2 steps and got it with $49 (declining any +$ offers in between).
Quick research here - started with $71 (got +22 offer), next $81 (+12 offer), bid $83 - voila!
I planned to stop by a conference for a couple of days, which id held in the Marriott Wardman Park. I saw that this Marriott is often winning - so I gave it a try, at least anything would have been close by. Lucky to get the same hotel now, for which I'd had to pay 2.5x through regular booking.
Another trip to Falls Church - started with $51, stepped up by $2 a couple of times, lucky with $55. The Embassy Suites is a nice hotel, and I believe they still have free parking out there - other than most Arlington and Crystal City hotels now.
Of course I used the PRICELINE link from here - it's so much easier than starting over on pricleline.com anyway!
Just wanted to report this win from last week. Tried Tysons Corner first, but went up too far (>70) - started in Arlington with $51 and got it right away.
Started as low as $45 as seen in the forum, but probably for a Sat-Sun night in Savannah, the final $63 is not bad. And breakfast and wifi is included.
Of course I used the forum's PRICELINE link.
Used the PRICELINE links from this forum and got lucky at $61.
This is REALLY a nice place, right above metro. Ok, they charge for parking and internet, but so do most city hotels now.
After some whining, they waved the internet fee for both days, and even provided a suite with sofa and second room - very happy there.
Used PRICELINE search from this forum, started at $51 after researching past wins and got lucky at $57.
Just won the Marriott Inner Harbor for $59. After reading up on Baltimore (thanks betterbidding!) I started through the PRICELINE link with $55 for 3.5star and went in $2 steps.
Pretty soon successful,
Quite a good deal for this location compared to $164 as shown for this location through other direct offer websites.
Hope this helps someone else in the (near) future!
Cheers,
Georg
- started through the PRICELINE link from this site with $51
- got a +12 offer, which I declined
- rebid with $56, which I won :-)
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My comment was in reference to the rental form not the hotel form - in rentals it just says Topic Title, and Topic description. Some times it's possible to provide a "hint" in the setup of forms - but not sure if this is possible on an individual list base in the IP Board platform.