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Wingate By Wyndham-Richmond/Glen Allen Innsbrook 13991 North Gayton Road Richmond, Virginia 23233 804-421-1600 View Map and Directions Check-In Date: Mon, Feb 21, 2011 / After 03:00 PM Check-Out Date: Fri, Feb 25, 2011 / 12:00 PM Amenities: Bid History Bid $50 on a 3.5* in Innsbrook and Richmond West End ... Rejected Bid $42 on a 3* in Innsbrook ... Prompted to add $15 and rebid Bid $45 on a 3* in Innsbrook and Richmond West End ... Prompted to add $15 and rebid Bid $41 on a 3* in Innsbrook and Glen Allen ... Rejected Bid $41 on a 2.5* in Innsbrook and Glen Allen ... Accepted by Wyndham-Richmond/Glen Allen

First bid for 3.5* @ $50 in Innsbrook only was rejected. Second bid for 3.0, 3.5* @ 45 in Innsbrook only was accepted. Courtyard By Marriott Richmond Northwest Innsbrook 3950 Westerre Pkwy Richmond, Virginia 23233 804-346-5427 See Hotel Website View Map and Directions Check-In Date: Mon, Jan 17, 2011 / After 03:00 PM Check-Out Date: Fri, Jan 21, 2011 / 12:00 PM

Courtyard By Marriott Richmond Northwest Innsbrook 3950 Westerre Pkwy Richmond, Virginia 23233 804-346-5427 See Hotel Website View Map and Directions Check-In Date: Mon, Dec 6, 2010 / After 03:00 PM Check-Out Date: Fri, Dec 10, 2010 / 12:00 PM My first bid was for $50 for 3.5* in Innsbrook and was rejected. Btw, the 3.5* hotel in Innsbrook is the Hilton out by Shortpump mall. Very swanky and can usually be bid successfully around $65. My second bid included 3 and 3.5* in Innsbrook and was accepted at $50. I was really hoping for the Hyatt though. They have a free continental breakfast and the Marriott costs ~$9. Dang it. .

Courtyard By Marriott Richmond Northwest Innsbrook 3950 Westerre Pkwy Richmond, Virginia 23233 804-346-5427 See Hotel Website View Map and Directions Check-In Date: Mon, Nov 8, 2010 / After 03:00 PM Check-Out Date: Fri, Nov 12, 2010 / 12:00 PM My first bid was for $50 for 3.5* in Innsbrook and was rejected. Btw, the 3.5* hotel in Innsbrook is the Hilton out by Shortpump mall. Very swanky and can usually be bid successfully around $65. My second bid included 3 and 3.5* in Innsbrook and was accepted at $50. I was really hoping for the Hyatt though. They have a free continental breakfast and the Marriott costs ~$9. Dang it. I did use the betterbidding.com link to place the booking, btw.

Courtyard By Marriott Richmond Northwest Innsbrook 3950 Westerre Pkwy Richmond, Virginia 23233 804-346-5427 See Hotel Website View Map and Directions Check-In Date: Mon, Nov 1, 2010 / After 03:00 PM Check-Out Date: Fri, Nov 5, 2010 / 12:00 PM My first bid was accepted.

According to the priceline.com terms of service, reservations made through priceline cannot count towards hotel rewards programs. It's just part of the deal when you get that big honking discount on your stay. However, I've found that the hotel staff are frequently happy to add my hotel membership number if I ask them directly. I usually approach it by asking them to check whether my hotel membership number is associated with my stay. If it isn't, I ask politely if they can add it and many times they will. I'm not sure if this is because their front desk staff are not trained properly or because they're doing me a favor but it makes me a happier customer as a result. I think the best time to do this is during peak traffic hours for check in/check out since the hotel staff are less prone to go the extra mile and check my reservation source. Occasionally, I will get rejected but usually I just ask again when someone else is working the desk and there's no problem. Hope this helps, The Old Man

Courtyard By Marriott Richmond Northwest Innsbrook 3950 Westerre Pkwy Richmond, Virginia 23233 804-346-5427 See Hotel Website View Map and Directions Check-In Date: Mon, Sep 27, 2010 / After 03:00 PM Check-Out Date: Fri, Oct 1, 2010 / 12:00 PM Bid: 3.5* in Innsbrook only for $50 Rejected Bid: 3* in Innsbrook only for $50 Accepted

Bid $50 for a 3.5* hotel in Innsbrook and got nothing. Lowered my bid to a 3* @ $50 and landed Aloft.

Overall, nice hotel. I had a few annoyances with it though. My Critique TV: Large ~50" widescreen LED TV. Slow to change channels (~2 seconds to change channels) and limited selection (standard HBO channel not available). Channel surfing was slow and annoying. Room layout: Sink outside bathroom. "Living room" separated from bedroom by a partial partition. Wet bar and refrigerator in living room. Small desk in living room. Bed: King. Very comfortable with clean white sheets of good quality. No complaints. Other Furniture: Sofa with footrest, mini-fridge, wet bar. No nightstand but had small shelf next to bed ... a little cramped to put keys, phone, computer, etc on. Internet: Free wireless. No cable option. Quality of connection was very slow and could not sustain a Skype connection. I was told this was because I was at the far end of the hall but my wireless connection strength registered as Excellent with 11kbps speed. Still, it was slow as molasses. Bathroom: No fan in bathroom. Comments: No cold water in room. My room was at the west far end of the halls and I didn't have any cold water. Turning on the cold water at the tap gave me warm water. In the winter this would be great but in the heat of the summer this is just annoying. I had to fill glasses with water and refrigerate them to get a cold drink.

Bid $48 for Richmond West and was accepted by the Ramada Plaza Hotel. This is the old Sheraton hotel. It's in a little disrepair but now has free internet access although it's not a speedy connection e.g. I can't reliably use Skype to talk to my family on it. I was hoping to get the Embassy Suites which sometimes has rooms in this zone and at this star level but no such luck. If memory serves, you should be able to get this hotel for much less than $48. If I were to bid over again and knowing that the Embassy Suites isn't available atm, I'd start at $35 and work my way up. Btw, I used the PRICELINE link to place my reservation. While doing this, I was thinking that it would be nice to have some sort of point system on this website to be able to track this activity. Maybe tied in with some sort of small reward system e.g. at 10 link uses, you get a star next to your name, etc.

Also, please don't use a generic topic like "How do i..." for your thread topic. It tells me nothing about your post and reduces the utility of the forum.

This place sounds swank. Free breakfast and high ratings on google maps. I'm looking forward to it. sigh ... i just noticed i put the wrong dates in the title. It should be for 7/27 - 7/30

Now that Ramada has taken over, they do have free wireless internet access in the rooms.

Embassy Suites Hotel Richmond-Commerce Center Richmond West End 2925 Emerywood Parkway Richmond, Virginia 23294 804-672-8585 See Hotel Website View Map and Directions Check-In Date: Mon, Jun 28, 2010 / After 03:00 PM Check-Out Date: Fri, Jul 2, 2010 / 12:00 PM This is my favorite hotel in all of Richmond. Fantastic in every way, shape, and form. Free breakfast in the morning. Free drinks at night. Free wireless internet all the time. Microwave and refrigerator in the room. The interior courtyard looks like a tropical jungle and the pool and sauna are like you're in a resort. My only complaint is that this doesn't come up on priceline very often.

Ramada Plaza Hotel Richmond West Richmond West End 6624 West Broad Street Richmond, Virginia 23230 804-285-2000 See Hotel Website View Map and Directions Check-In Date: Tue, Jul 6, 2010 / After 03:00 PM Check-Out Date: Thu, Jul 8, 2010 / 12:00 PM I keep hoping I'll get the Embassy Suites ... no luck this time.

Ramada Plaza Hotel Richmond West Richmond West End 6624 West Broad Street Richmond, Virginia 23230 804-285-2000 See Hotel Website View Map and Directions Check-In Date: Mon, Jul 12, 2010 / After 03:00 PM Check-Out Date: Thu, Jul 15, 2010 / 12:00 PM This is the old Sheraton hotel at the same location. Seems like they have bought out by Ramada. One big advantage is that there is now FREE WIRELESS INTERNET! Woohoo! [Edit] Forgot to put the winning bid price in the topic and now can't modify it. $48.

Aloft Richmond West Innsbrook 3939 Duckling Drive Richmond, Virginia 23233 804-433-1888 Bid $38 and was accepted on the first attempt. I didn't know about the PRICELINE link above (I just registered today) but will use it to book my travel in the future.