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Taxes/fees: $14.77. Total: $59.77. Best available from hotel: $94.05. Hotwire 3*: $58. Started at $38 (lowest without gettingthe "too low" warning), and bid by $1, using the West Seneca, airport and Amherst zones as rebids. Counter-offered for $51 every other bid.

Taxes/fees: US$21.62 Total: US$121.62 Best available from hotel: C$93.46/night ("stay 2 and save") Hotwire 3*: US$60/night Started bidding at $30, raising by $1 each bid. Counter offers for $55 multiple times starting at $41, then $57 at $47 (next day, rates went up slightly). Used Toronto East and Downtown North and South as rebid zones. Knew I wouldn't get downtown zones thanks to the Film Festival driving up prices, but I wouldn't have minded if I did.

Taxes/fees: $47.40 Total: $329.40 Best available hotel rate: $265.48 Hotel rate on Priceline: $248 Hotwire 4*: $105. Bid from very low by $2 increments until $66, then $1. Counter-offer for $105 at $80 and $91. 3.5* failed to $86.

Taxes/fees: $12.39 Total : $50.39 Best available rate: $89.10/night ($100.68 total). Hotwire 3* Richmond West: $48/night. Started at $34, raised $1 each time using the downtown area as a rebid zone.

Taxes/fees: $64.88 Total: $392.88. Marriott best available: $169/night ($782.41 total). Started at $40, raising by $2 until $74. Counter-offered at $75 for $95. 3* failed to $72. 3* failed to $66.

Taxes/fees: $14.16 Total: $66.16 Best available: $100 Hotwire 2*: $76 3* failed to $74. 2.5* failed to $62.

Taxes/fees: $22.80. Total: $122.80. Best available: $152.15/night. Hotwire 4*: $72/night. Started bidding at $45. Immediate counter offer for $60. Used free rebids and raised by $1 until I won.

Bid up to $67/night for 2* in Custer. No luck. No free rebids. Hotwire showed a 2.5* with pool and restaurant. varying between $68-70/night. Looked to be the Best Western. Looked up the Best Western, and saw $70/night. Cheaper total than either the failed Priceline bid or Hotwire, so booked directly.

Taxes/Fees: $51.70 Total: $211.70 Best available (also Alamo): $60.77/day, $373.85 total Hotwire economy: $$291.78 total Compact failed at $30.

Taxes/fees: $41.82 Total: $125.82 Best available Alamo: $80/day, $614.22 total Best available: $37.45/day, $251.70 (Rent-A-Wreck) Hotwire compact: $150.50 total Priceline gave me the screen that my bid was too low, but succeded anyway. Economy failed at $12.

Amenities: Airport Shuttle Fitness Center Pool(s) Restaurant(s) Business Center High-speed Internet Access Best rate from hotel: $100/night. Tried with on PRICELINE, but failed to $41, and the same price there was more after taxes/fees than HOTWIRE. The hotel list lists this as a 2.5*, but I won it as a 3*. (Sorry, used another post to format the title and forgot to fix it all)

Taxes/fees: $27.69 Total: $177.69 Hotwire 2.5*: $56/night Best available hotel rate: $87.25 (average, due to rate change) 3.5* failed to $74. 3* failed to $72. Got 2.5* on first bid. Probably could have gone lower.

Taxes/fees: $32.97 Total: $242.97 Best available from hotel:

Taxes/fees: $68.13 Total: $395.13 Hotwire 4* Southbank (map covers area of hotel): $193 Best available from hotel: (avg)

Taxes/fees: $24.04 Total: $128.04 Hotwire 3.5*: $68 Lowest available on hotel website: $143. Bid 3* to $58 for Independence, but failed. Started bidding Airport at $48, using free rebids.

Taxes/fees: $11.92 Total: $44.92 Hotwire 3*: $45 Lowest available on hotel site: $133. Started bidding at $32 (the "too low" warning appeared). Countered for $42, which I ignored, and used a free rebid zone on next try.

Taxes/fees: $61.44 Total: $393.44 Best available hotel rate: $159 ($151 for seniors) Hotwire 4* rate: $103 Bid both Millennium Park-Loop-Grant Park and North Michigan Ave-River North zones starting at $70. Failed with these zones at $75 for 3*.

Subtotal: US$195.00 Taxes/fees: US$35.58 Total: US$230.58 Best available: CAD$189 Hotwire 3*: US$89 4* in Downtown North and South failed to US$71. 3.5* Downtown North and South failed to $75.

Taxes/fee - $13.19 Total Cost - $58.19 Best Available - $59.95 ($67.14 total) 3* rejected at $60. 2.5* rejected at $55. Ran out of time, so got this on first bid. Hotwire indicated 2* for $53.

4/9/10-4/12/10 This weekend. I screwed up the formatting, and couldn't edit it. I sent a message to another mod asking for a fix.

Subtotal: $330 Taxes/Fees: $72.57 Total: $402.57 Best available: $229 per night. Got it on the "first" try. 3.5* failed up to $115. 3* failed to $109, then I took a week off and tried $110. Probably should have tried lower.

Total - $94.06 x two rooms Lowest available hotel rate - $82 Started bidding on 2.5* at $30. Used Arlington-GP as a re-bid zone. Countered at $36 to add $10. Countered at $38 to add $11. Upgraded to 3* at $39.

Taxes & Fees - $44.38 Total - $242.38 Hotel rate - $171/night Started bidding at $90. Increased by $1 after $95. Used the central Manhattan zones to rebid (because I didn't mind if I got those instead).

Taxes & Fees - 25.53 Total - $124.53 Hotel rate - $189/night Started bidding at $80. Increased by $2 each bid, $1 after $95. Used the central Manhattan zones to rebid (because I didn't mind if I got those instead).

Subtotal - $99 Taxes/Fees - $22.16 Total - $121.16 Courtyard showing $99 per night. First bid of $30 rejected. Added north at $32, also rejected. Switched to south at $33.