waltero61

As I said in my post, I wasn't given the hotel amenities because they told me exactly which hotel I was going to get before I purchased the package. I also can't seem to access my purchase via the "My Account" button on Hotwire's homepage. A possible explanation for this is because I made the purchase over the phone and not online. My advice to anyone using Hotwire's sight would be to search for amenities using the hotel + rent-a-car option first. Then after you match up price and amenities, you'd probably get a very good idea of which hotel your getting before you bid on a hotel only. I'll let you know next week if the Holiday Inn - San Diego - Harbor View is a good value for the buck. Thanks again.

:) Used Hotwire search for hotel + rent-a-car in San Diego. 3 nights 1/7 - 1/10/05. Very interesting point is that when you ask for a hotel and a rent-a-car, they tell you which hotel you will be getting with the quoted price. Each hotel has a different price. The only thing that they do not tell you is which rent-a-car company that you will be getting. Not a problem for me. A car is a car. I chose the Holiday Inn - San Diego - Harbor View which was quoted at $226 for 3 nights and included the rental car. I upgraded the rental car from compact to full-size for $4 per day extra. This brought the total to $238. Upon accepting the deal, I was told that AVIS would be my rental car company. I am extremely pleased with Hotwire. The hotel alone online would have cost me a minimum of $99 per night as per the information given on their website. I want to thank www.betterbidding.com for getting me to even consider Hotwire. I like to stay very close to the sports arenas that I like to visit, so bidding on a zone is something that I'm not comfortable with. But knowing which hotel your getting before you bid by adding a rent-a-car is an excellent way to select exactly what you want.