I have been looking in SF for 9/30- 10/2 myself. The pricing is definitely higher than what I have seen other people posting for other dates. I have bid up to $175/night for 3.5* starting in Fisherman's wharf (1st choice), doing my rebid zones, then even including USE and USW and Soma (all good areas) but no luck. From my experience, 1) it may be timing, believe it or not, I could be bidding too early, so I stick to my pricing and just redo every day. Worst case, a week out, I'll grab a Hotwire deal. 2) I have had luck before investigating which is the busy booked night and then I divide up my stay (risk is you have to change hotels during your stay). This has worked for me before and I still ended up with the same hotel, just different pricing. So if I have to pay 200/night for Saturday and 120 for Friday, the average is still a good deal. Just my thoughts. Marc And I always use the links above. This is a great website.