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We want to bid priceline but wondered what hotels have been used by them recently? THanks

We'd like to try Longboat Key Resort or The Registry (in Naples) Of course the Ritz would always be a winner down that way. What about Sanibel Harbour? :)

We would like to book a four star or higher hotel on Floridas' gulf coast south of Tampa all the way to Marco. Has anyone had experience they would please share?

ok, thanks for the answers...they sound like good ones...

I dont want to make this harder than it is but heres what I was thinking about: If I book a room today for dec. 26-28, 2003, and am accepted at say, $40 per night. Lets say someone else books the same hotel for the same nights on 12/15 and is given a different rate (up or down). Why is that? Is it because priceline (or the hotel) checks the room availability for those nights and they have changed?...or maybe they have changed AND they figure hey, its only 9 days away so we can better estimate if it will sell out or not so lets base our price on that.....Does anyone follow me here? Willtravel was getting the closest to my question. Thanks

Yes, thanks for your responses. I guess my bottom line here is whether a non-refundable booking with priceline so far in advance would outweigh the savings that might come by booking early. I get the feeling that it would not. I, too, would guess my cancel probability to be 10 percent. One would have, as you say, the advantage of lowballing and creeping up until accepted. I guess that leads to another question as to if priceline accepts offers based on availability only or with some degree of 'lead time until stay' mixed in. :)

I would appreciate any advice on the best time to bid Florida for Christmas?