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Hello, thank you for the suggestion about CPS, I really appreciate it and I certainly don't want to be sneaking into my room. We can eliminate CPS. We will be doing tourist stuff mostly in midtown and uptown so the best areas for us would probably be Rockefeller center, times square, msg, grand central and midtown east. Four star, dates are changed to two nights, Monday April 18 and Tuesday April 19th. Thank you. $100 max

Thank you. Currently, Hotwire easy view has 4 star rooms in MSG, $130, Times Square South, $130 and $135 and Times North $140. Priceline express has times square theater for $140. So I am hoping that with the bidding option that I can get something a lot lower. Not sure if this is how it works. If you could suggest a strategy with a maximum bid of $100 that would be great. Thanks.

Thank you. It is one adult, two young children. I realize PRICELINE only guarantees one bed and that is fine.

Hello, I am hoping to get some help for next week in NYC. 4 Star, UES, CPS, Rockefeller, times north and south, grand central, MSG, midtown east, Monday 4/18-4/21 Thursday. Is $100 realistic? I noticed that some have resort fees so I do not wont to go too high with my bid. Should I wait a few more days to bid? And also, I do not have a preference of priceline versus hotwire. This is not a must do trip, if we can't get the room, we won't go. It is school vacation for us. Thanks in advance.

I recently booked a 3.5 star hotel Millenium Broadway $130 a night on priceline with your help and did use your link. However, I keep checking hotwire out of curiousity to see the price fluctuations. It is all very interesting and obsessing. Anyway, I just found a 2 star condo on hotwire for $76. Do you have any idea what it is? That seems ridiculously low. It is in the CPA and the amenities are condo, kitchen, studio, a/c, fitness center, in room laudry, laudry facilites, high speed internet access. Thanks.

I just got a room through PRICELINE. I followed your strategy exactly and ended up with the Millenium Broadway. THe reviews look pretty good. I was about to give up and just book through HOTWIRE as they had what I suspect was the Murray Hill East suites for $129 a night which with fees turns out to about what I just paid on priceline. However, as you mentioned this is a 3.5 star property versus what priceline would rate as a 2 star property for the same price. I used the PRICELINE hotel link. Thank you again for all of your help! Thank you! Thank you!! Tuesday, November 25, 2008 Check-Out Date: Thursday, November 27, 2008 Hotel Name: Millennium Broadway Hotel 145 West 44th Street New York, New York 10036-4012 Your Offer Price: $130.00 Number of Rooms: 1 Number of Nights: 2 Subtotal: $260.00 Taxes and Service Fees: $52.02 Total Charges*: $312.02

I just tried the first half of the strategy Select 3.5* MTE, UWS, CPS,... Bid $80, if rejected add re-bid zone1... Bid $85, if rejected add re-bid zone2... Bid $90, if rejected add re-bid zone3... Bid $95, if rejected close browser and use our link to re-access PRICELINE Select 3.5* MTW, Times Square, and ESB,... Bid $80, if rejected add re-bid zone1... Bid $85, if rejected add re-bid zone2... Bid $90, if rejected add re-bid zone3... Bid $95, if rejected close browser and use our link to re-access PRICELINE Select 3.5* MTW, UWS, CPS,... Bid $100, if rejected add re-bid zone1... Bid $105, if rejected add re-bid zone2... Bid $110, if rejected add re-bid zone3... Bid $115, if rejected close browser and use our link to re-access PRICELINE Select 3.5* MTE, Times Square, and ESB,... Bid $100, if rejected add re-bid zone1... Bid $105, if rejected add re-bid zone2... Bid $110, if rejected add re-bid zone3... Bid $115, if rejected close browser and use our link to re-access PRICELINE got rejected, but I did notice that Hotwire has a 3 star hotel for $113 in ESB, do you think that I should do that? The amenities are fitness, laundry and kitchenette, I think it is Murray hill east suites? Do you think it is? It seems like a really good price. Thanks.

In NYC there are 12 zones, here are the highest star level offered in each zone Brooklyn 3.5 star Central Park South 4 star Chelsea 3 star Downtown, SOHO, Financial District 4 star ESB 4 star Long Island City 2.5 star MSG 3.5 MTE 4 MTW 4 TS 4 UES 3 UWS 4 So I think that still means, two rebid zones, Chelsea and Long Island City, the UES is 3 stars BUT that would be my original bid so it would not be a rebid zone, right? I am not sure if I am missing something. Thanks.

thanks, this looks great, I just tried to figure out the "re-bid zone 1,re-bid zone 2, re-bid zone 3" part. Select 3.5* UES, UWS, CPS,... Bid $80, if rejected add re-bid zone1... (chelsea?) Bid $85, if rejected add re-bid zone2...(Long Island City) Bid $90, if rejected add re-bid zone3... (?) Bid $95, if rejected close browser and use our link to re-access PRICELINE I can only figure out two re-bid zones. Chelsea area and Long Island City. They are the only two zones that do not offer a 3.5 star of higher property. So am I correct that if my first attempt fails, I should add the chelsea area zone, then if rejected add Long Island City area? Are these what you meant when you wrote re-bid zones? Thanks.

I guess I missed the boat with the hotels that I could have booked directly with. One was Hotel Belleclaire $159/$179 shared bath and the other was Days Inn $126/$211. Days Inn is not showing any availability and the Belleclaire rooms are no longer available. It is probably a good thing and was probably not a good idea. Hotwire has a 2 star CPA hotel for $153 a night, I think it might be the Amsterdam Court Hotel? 3 out of 5 rating based on 260+ reviews and amenities are boutique and internet. It would be within my budget. Anyway, I was wondering if you could recommend a bidding strategy for priceline. My zones would be Upper East, Upper West, Central Park South, Midtown East and I could also include MTW, Times Square and ESB, if it would get me a better deal. My maximum bid price per night would be $150. 3 star quality level. I would accept 2.5 star in UES, UWS. Thanks.

I have been looking at hotels all day. I did find two hotels on the West side that are within my budget that I could book direct. They have mixed reviews but the locations would be good for me and as I mentioned I will not be in room except to sleep. Also, I have the option of the hotwire booking that I saw earlier today for $165 for a 3 star. I would like to keep my total cost including taxes and fees to $400 total for the two nights. So that is a maximum of about $165 a night bid. I do not want to create work for you if it is unrealistic. I guess since I can get a direct deal from the hotel on Tues $159/ Wed $179 that I would want to bid up to $130 a night. Actually, before you create a strategy or put any more thought into this bid, can I think about it for a day or two? Thanks!

thank you for the very thorough response, I was confused about bidding but now realize that priceline is the site for bidding. Also, I appreciate your commments about the locations, I should have mentioned that I am going to visit someone who lives on 97th and Madison, and I will not be doing any site seeing. So that is why I picked those out of the way zones and I agree for a normal traveler they would not be the best location from which to see NYC. I also, appreciate your comments about the 2 star hotels. The zones that would be the best location for me are probably Upper East Side, Upper West Side, Central Park South and Midtown East. I looked at the hotel lists for those areas and it looks like the lowest rated listed hotel is 2.5 star. THere is a 2.5 star listed for Upper WEst Side (Excelsior) and a 2.5 star hotel listed for Midtown (Court Yard by Marriot). Those would both be ok with me. I realize that there is probably a risk that there are some other 2.5 stars on priceline that are not listed that I could end up with, is that right? It looks like there are very few hotels in Upper East and Upper West, a total of 3 listed, I realize that there could be more. As for parking, I am traveling with a small child and will need to drive my car to the city with all of our "stuff." Thanks for the suggestion. So if I bid Upper East Side, Upper West Side, Central Park South and Midtown East for a 2.5 star what should I bid? The prices do go up quite a bit for the night before Thanksgiving. The Courtyard by Marriot UES is listed at Tues $186 and Wed $305, Empire Hotel Tues $309, Wed $339, Excelsior Tues $274, Wed $344. Thanks again.

Hi, Thank you very much, I am so glad that I found this site. I am checking in on Tuesday 11/25 and checking out on Thursday 11/27. Thanks again.

Hi, I am going to NYC for 11/25 and 11/26, I realize that it is Thanksgiving week and probably very difficult. I would like to stay in CPA, MTE, MTC areas in that order of preference. I did see a 3.5 star hotel for $165 a night. I am going to bid in hopes that I could get it for less than $165. I did not think that was too much considering it is such a busy week. But obviously, I would like to pay less since I will have to pay for parking for my car. What is the least amount that I should bid for CPA, MTE, MTC, and I would accept 2 star or higher. Thanks.