Hello everyone, I am trying to go to the Jacksonville jazz festival May 28-30. My friend Patty is coming the 29th and I will need two rooms for the 28-29. I am thinking I can get the best deal searching one room 28-29 and two rooms 29-30. Also assures I get the same hotel :). I want to stay in the downtown Jacksonville area ONLY. This is where the jazz fest is (or should be if it is like last year). I would prefer to stay at the Hyatt, Omni or a hotel on the north side of the river. I see there is a Holiday in there but I do not see that on the hotel lists for the area. In fact I do not see any hotels other than the Omni, Hyatt, Crown Plaza, Wyndham, Hilton. From a google search there is one or two nice seeming hotels in addition and the rest are more along the lines of extended stays/I-am-not-certain-I-Want-to-shower budget hotels. Downtown jacksonville seems to change from nice area to not nice area quickly. From my search so far for two rooms 29-30, hotwire shows one two star hotel for 39/nt with amenities of complimentary breakfast and highspeed internet. The lack of good 2 stars on google search makle me weary but it has a good trip advisor rating of 3.5. But for the 3.5 review on trip advisor shows a room that is normal less than 50 for regular rate. Do you think more will open up closer to the date? Priceline shows hotels in 1, 2, 2.5, 3, and 3.5 stars. I only want the 3.5 stars from priceline I think. Lots of easy rebidding because very few areas have 3.5 stars. Last year I went to the same jazz fest and got the hyatt for about 30/35 dollars a night and I bought it 2-3 weeks before I left on the trip from priceline (I think). I was wondering if anyone had any suggestions for bidding/buying. And when to buy. This is an event I am definitely going to go to.