We are trying to book a hotel room in Paris through Priceline for the 5/26/10 - 5/28/10 (2 nights). I have been bidding almost daily for the last 2 months for a 4* in the following areas: Opera Quarter East - Les Halles Champs Elysees - Opera Quarter West St. Germain - Latin Quarter - Montparnasse I understand rebidding strategies and get in 7 bids per day using this method. It seems like there was originally availability in St Germain, up until about 10 days ago (I typically would get a counter offer for around $200/nt in this area). However, that availability seems to have disappeared and the only area I was getting a counteroffer in since then was Champs Elysees for around $250/nt. But now I'm not even getting that anymore - no counteroffers at all. Originally I was thinking we could get something for $110-140/nt (most likely Marriott Rive Gauche) if I was just patient. But once the St Germain counteroffer disappeared, I raised my bidding to top out around $175. But now that I'm not getting any counters, I'm wondering if there's something else I should do. I can continue to wait it out & hope more availability shows up, but I'm concerned this won't happen because rates seem higher for my dates than others. I've thought of adding the Eiffel Tower zone, but haven't up until now because the 4* hotels in this area didn't seem to be as desireable as the others. I've also started giving a little thought to dropping to a 3*, but don't want to be stuck somewhere that's closer to a 2* by normal standards. As for a max bid - we can afford to go higher, but are also frugal & want to make sure we don't overpay. Staying somewhere easily accessible to the Metro/sites (we're first-timers, with only 2.5 days to see as much as we can) is probably most important to us, and we'd like it to be somewhere somewhat comfortable. Any bidding advice would be greatly appreciated! Thanks! Jennifer
