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Had a backup hotel booked, refundable via bookit.com, mystery hotel Intercontinental downtown. I got this for $66 a night. There was a cancelation fee of $19.00 if cancelled before April 17th. Total cost with fees was $316.14. I thought I'd try my luck with priceline for a four star hotel..... Bid $51 Downtown zone and immediately counter-offered with a bid of $66. Declined. 2nd bid of $52, added French Quarter. Rejected. 3rd bid of $53, added Garden District zone. Rejected 4th bid of $54, added New Orleans East zone. Rejected 5th bid of $55, added New Orleans Airport. Accepted. I got the same hotel as my backup but at a cheaper price! I have just cancelled the backup hotel booking. Your Offer Price Per Room, Per Night: $55.00 Subtotal: $220.00 Taxes & Fees: $43.40 Total Charges*: $263.40 After taking out the $19 cancellation fee through bookit.com, I saved around $34. Not much I know, but I thought I'd share with others so you can make informed decisions.

Booked 2 rooms for 3 nights. Started bidding at $45 with $2 re-bid increments for a four star downtown property. Used the site PRICELINE link.

Got this on first try after bidding for a few weeks........ Jersey City 2 Exchange Place Jersey City, New Jersey 07302 Check-In Date: Wed, Jul 1, 2009 / After 03:00 PM Check-Out Date: Thu, Jul 2, 2009 / 12:00 PM Your Offer Price Per Room, Per Night: $72.00 Subtotal: $72.00 Taxes & Service Fees: $18.88 Total Charges*: $90.88 Used the PRICELINE link on this forum

Got this on first try, makes me wish I bid lower...... but what a deal! So happy, this hotel is highly rated on tripadvisor. Started bidding at $42 for 3 star downtown hotel The Hotel Minneapolis A Doubletree Hotel Downtown Minneapolis 215 4th Street S Minneapolis, Minnesota 55401 Your Offer Price Per Room, Per Night: $42.00 Subtotal: $84.00 Taxes & Service Fees: $18.76 Total Charges*: $102.76 used PRICELINE link. Lowest room price on hotel website for my stay plus taxes = $197.77

Looking for a 5 star, started bidding around the $60 mark, and using free-re-bids, got this hotel: Room Cost (avg. per room, per night): $70.00 (USD) Number of Rooms: 1 Number of Nights: 1 Room Subtotal: $70.00 (USD) Taxes and Fees: $14.73 (USD) Total Room Cost: $84.73 (USD) At re-bid offer of $67, got a priceline counter offer, asked me to add 17 dollars. I declined, upped bid by 3 dollars and using a free-rebid, got accepted. Used the sites price.link link.

Have been looking for 2 rooms for a few weeks now. This goes to prove its never too early to start a bid! Used the following bidding strategy for a 4 star: 7/02/09-7/07/09 Select 4* Jersey City Bid $85 Jersey City - Not accepted, add rebid zone Bid $91 West Orange - Not accepted, add rebid zone Bid $95 Secaucus North Bergen, ACCEPTED Your Offer Price Per Room, Per Night: $95.00 Subtotal: $950.00 Taxes & Service Fees: $166.46 Total Charges*: $1,116.46 The lowest room rate for this stay totaled $2359.80 (2 rooms) Have saved more than 50 percent off the website rates. Thanks to this forum yet again, and as always, please use the PRICELINE LINK in this post.

5/06/09 - 5/08/09 used the PRICELINE link as always: Your Offer Price Per Room, Per Night: $65.00 Subtotal: $130.00 Taxes & Service Fees: $28.17 Total Charges*: $158.17 I looked at the previous postings, started bidding at 60 and using free-re-bids, got this for 65. Very pleased and just like to comment that this board and forum is great. I'd love to know how much this forum has saved people since it began!!! :)

Thankyou, The dates for my stay are Dec 22 until Dec 23rd. My bid of $41 was accepted by the Hyatt Place, Mall of America/Airport zone. Hope this helps.

Your Offer Price Per Room, Per Night: $41.00 Subtotal: $41.00 Taxes & Service Fees: $12.58 Total Charges*: $53.58 I am new to the board and this bid was placed before I joined. Will always use the PRICELINE link associated to this board in the future, but thought I'd share some of my wins.