Booking 2 rooms for 6/18 - 6/21 (limited to #9 Empire State Building Area)
Bid #1 - $250/5* (fail)
Bid #2 - $300/added 4.5* (fail)
Bid #3 - $305/added 4* SUCCESS!
Life Hotel, NoMad
19 West 31st Street, New York , NY
Bid as follows:
5 star - Financial District $200 - denied
5 star - added Lower East Side $225 - denied
5 star - added SOHO Tribeca $250 - denied
4.5 star Financial District & Lower East Side $125 - accepted by Indigo Hotel (this hotel was not on the Better Bidding hotel list)
Looks like a nice hotel and saved me a few bucks.
Bid as follows: 1. 5* (Strip South) - $50: REJECTED 2. Added 4* to 5* (Strip South) - $50: REJECTED 3. Added (Strip North) for 4* or 5* - $50: ACCEPTED. Southwest Airlines has great rates to Vegas (we're flying from Minneapolis for $350 r/t) so getting this cheap rate means we'll be having a nice little getaway without much expense.
Was looking for a single room for 3 nights in NYC 8/13-8/16...bid as follows: $119 for Downtown-Soho-FD (I started here after getting a room at the Hilton Millenium for $119/nt in June, and we had a great stay there) - REJECTED Added Central Park South and increased to $124 - REJECTED Added Chelsea and increased to $129 - REJECTED Added MTW and increased to $139 - SUCCESS at the Warwick (http://www.warwickhotelny.com/) where rooms are started at $220/nt online. Good luck with your hotel bargain hunting everyone!