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Won on May 15. Hotel site showed $275. Room Cost: $125.00 /per room night Rooms 1 Nights 5 Taxes and Fees $102.90 Total Charges $727.90 no resort fees like every other major hotel on the kohala coast, but parking is about 30 per day

2* Hawaii (Hilo) Hilo Seaside Hotel Won on May 13. Hotel site showed $95. Room Cost (avg. per room, per night): $70.00 (USD) Number of Rooms: 1 Number of Nights: 4 Room Subtotal: US$ 280.00 Taxes & Fees: US$ 49.80 Total Charged to Card: US$ 329.80 Attempted 60 with 2 nights then added 65 with 3 nights then 70 with 4 nights. was offered to add extra days for same price (as an aside, got a great price for auto rental through costco -- $200 for 10 days)

Used the PRICELINE link on this forum.... my fourth successful priceline bid over the last 2 years (yeah, I know, I need to get out more) Actually booked 5 rooms for 2 nights @ the $101 apiece before tax (hopefully the $20 tip trick will work here) Room Cost (avg. per room, per night): $101.00 (USD) Number of Rooms: 5 Number of Nights: 2 Room Subtotal: $1010.00 (USD) Taxes and Fees: $148.20 (USD) Total Room Cost: $1158.20 (USD) fyi, I tried bids at 75,78,83,87,91,95,98,101 (avoiding Strip South)

(Palm plant - I totally forgot about the hotwire california ID'd list. Apparently this is Hotel Pacific after I looked into it. Sorry for wasting your time. Move on :) no need to stop here.) edited a few minutes after posting Need help on a limited info bid on a hotwire hotel 4* July 3-4th, 2 adults $189 Recommended in 75 % of Hotwire customer reviews Doesn't look like any of the previous hotwire ID's for a 4 star - not portola, not IC, not the Hyatt Regency The only 5 amenities listed (even after hitting see all): Boutique Hotel Smoke Free Rooms Complimentary Breakfast High-speed Internet Access Golf Nearby Thanks in advance

I'll have to say thanks for this site. It's the third time I have booked through here (maui, orlando, and now palm springs) Yes guys, I do use your PRICELINE links. JW resort - desert springs - 2 nights Check-In Date: Sat, Apr 3, 2010 / After 04:00 PM Check-Out Date: Mon, Apr 5, 2010 / 11:00 AM Your Offer Price Per Room, Per Night: $95.00 Subtotal: $190.00 Taxes & Fees: $34.14 Total Charges*: $224.14 There is a $25 resort fee (and potentially $12 parking fee, but I hope not) that will be added on after check-in from what I read from prior priceline bidders Going rate is about 280 per night on their website I ended up following this game plan Select Resort Rancho Mirage... Bid $70, add re-bid zone... Bid $75, add re-bid zone... Bid $80,rejected, close browser and use their link to re-access PRICELINE Select 4* Rancho Mirage... Bid $60, add re-bid zone... Bid $65, rejected, close browser and use their link to re-access PRICELINE Select 4* Palm Springs... Bid $60, add re-bid zone... Bid $68, rejected, close browser and use their link to re-access PRICELINE Select 4* Rancho Mirage and Palm Springs... Bid $80, add re-bid zone... Bid $85.- WAS Rejected WAITED 24 hours and re-try: Select Resort Rancho Mirage... Bid $85, add re-bid zone... Bid $95 - THEN I got it.

Bid starting at 39 and then incrementally up 1$ the following 2 days with all the different zones that didn't have 3.5 hotels. which were Zones 3 7 8 11 12 Room Cost (avg. per room, per night): $50.00 (USD) Number of Rooms: 1 Number of Nights: 6 Room Subtotal: $300.00 (USD) Taxes and Fees: $50.34 (USD) Total Room Cost: $350.34 (USD) Trip booked using the board's PRICELINE link. (as an aside - I couldn't get an economy car bid through priceline at 11$/day or less through bidding, but after I got the hotel, they offered me $9 /day as part of the booking other stuff webpage) Anyone have thoughts on that?

Bidding History (choosing Resort level only): Attempted Mar 22 Ka'anapali - Lahaina $150-rejected Added Kahului $155 - rejected Added Kihei $165 -rejected Attempted Mar 25 Ka'anapali - Lahaina $170 -rejected Added Kahului $175 - rejected Added Kihei $180 -rejected ACCEPTED Your Offer Price Per Room, Per Night: $180.00 Subtotal: $360.00 Taxes & Service Fees: $55.21 Total Charges*: $415.21 *Prices are in USD

An 8 day rental (pick up- 12 pm, drop of 8pm) Compact Your Offer Price: $15.00 (per day) - 1st bid - used BB's PRICELINE link Total Rental Days: 8 days(7 days and 8 hours) Subtotal: $120.00 Taxes and Fees: $64.24 Total Charges: $184.24 With 2dollar per day upgrade option to standard/intermediate/full Lowest I've seen is 190 (225) after taxes from thriftymaui.com {No under 25 penalty and no charge to add driver) Lowest Published Price: $385.99 Total Savings:* $201.75 (You saved 52%)

1st time bid on PRICELINE after finding this site. final bid of 165 (3rd try) :) First try = 140, 2nd try = 150 Cheapest is 300 a night on Kayak.com Wailea Beach Marriott Resort & Spa3700 Wailea Alanui Drive Wailea Maui, HI 96753 808-879-1922 Room Cost (avg. per room, per night): $165.00 (USD) Number of Rooms: 1 Number of Nights: 3 Room Subtotal: $495.00 (USD) Taxes and Fees: $73.41 (USD) Total Room Cost: $568.41 (USD)