My friend and I are going to Chicago on 4-3-09 thru 4-6-09. We have a room for the first night but needed two more nights somewhere. Everywhere I looked, the prices were over two hundred a night! I started looking into Hotwire, then betterbidding.com. I was really not sure about bidding on HOTWIRE because I had read stories of getting just one double bed at some hotels. If I was going with my husband, that would be fine but I didn't want a double bed to share wuith my girlfriend! After reading on Monday that "Worldtraveler85" had bid $129. for the 4.5 NMA goldcoast area and received the Sofitel, I felt confident enough to bid. I registered with betterbidding.com, went throught their HOTWIRE link and received the Sofitel! It looks like a nice hotel on their website. I hope the location is good! I was wondering though if it is unacceptable to phone the Sofitel and ask if a room with double beds could be requested. Is this unheard of? Since it's my first hotwire bid (certainly not my last!!) I thought I could ask this question as a newbie... Thank you.