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Started bids as 3* from $50 no luck waited for a few days tried $55 nothing. Decided to wait it out and start at 4* and started at $60 then $65 then $67. Used free rebids, avoid yyz zone because of possible new addition sheraton as 4 star.

Ok came back from a stay at this hotel, room size was ok, but I must say the room is very old and dated. Not well maintained. I find it hard to compare since I have not stayed at 4 stars in Taiwan before but compared with 4 star hotels i stayed at recently such as W NEw York or Hyatt Embacadero in SF and Hyatt in Irvine etc this property falls far behind any of those. Since property in Taipei is limited I would suggest bidding West taipei to avoid crowne and holiday Inn.

Came back from the stay. I must say nothing much to be dissapointed about. The rooms r nice and new and well kept. They give you fresh fruits everyday.

Oh ok its the Holiday Inn, won at 4 star.

1 SGD = 1.7 USD 14th to 18th July '05 $120 SGD p/nite works out to be about 70USD. So thats 12 bucks less than the other guy form Ambassador, I would have preferred Ambassador but I was told East Taipei was better for some reason, anyways dunt know what this hotel is like but its a HUGE one, which sometimes isnt a good thing. Any comments?

is ambassador east or west taipei and any tips on how you bid?

ewwww C class, ewww E class, more ewwwws for Taxis.. LOL

yuppers. I am kinda dissapointed by the following and heres some info some people should note. JW Marriot supposedly does not charge for an extra bed. I called them and was told that. Sheraton n Westin ( both Sukhumvit) Charges $35 and $30 USD plus tax respectively. Marriot and Westin DO NOT have S Class Mercedes Transfers, which is the weirdest thing I ever heard for a 5 star hotel in Bangkok Especially. Sheraton does at 2000 bht. 500 bht more than E class variety. Most 5 star hotels have a airport service for the impatient of unfaimliar greet u at the plane and take care of your stuff this cost about 1500 to 1700 bht, could be had at Sheraton for 2 at 4000 including transfer to hotel and 500 extra for S class. Westin has the same service, so I am guessing its all the same for that branding group. JW doesnt. I hope this info helps.

Used priceline.com.sg $I usd = 1.67 to 1.7 SGD $140 per nite, 3 nites total $420 SGD , taxes $74.34. Fee: $16.50, works out to be all included to be abt $100 USD per night. The rate is about $8 SGD lesser per night compared the the adverts they post on the website as being won in bangkok for 5 star.

"Ok I got the above for a fren for $204 before taxes. W Hotel @ Lex,"

yeah if i intend to fly business n pay thru my nose LOL

I have been trying to book from the above mentioned airports to SIN start from 400 up to 600 with no luck. They counter with 1121 all in. I am willing to travel to other east coast airports from Toronto Canada to take flight out, like detroit, chicago, washington.

Ok I got the above for a fren for $204 before taxes. W Hotel @ Lex, did I tell you guys the last time they botched my stay, so they are giving me 2 free weekend nites which I have one year to redeem. Anyways back to this one, I screwed up n booked July at first got the same W for $179 the same dates, realised my mistake called in and they helped fix it, to June. But the rates are higher of coz.

Ok Thanks

on my recent trip to New York I though I'd try their car services instead of Taxis, coz u cant call cabs in advanced like here in Toronto, anyways. I tried Carmel, Dial 7 /Tel Aviv, Crown. It couldnt possibly be bad luck coz all of then sucked big time. One tip. NEVER NEVER book online using a credit card with these people, they will screw up your credit card big time. And they do not tell you stuff online, like they only accept credit card booking above $35 bucks, if you think its ok if you have mutiple booking, it doesnt make a diff. So they will go ahead n say authorise $70 per transaction you do (they do this manually by the way) so say if u have 10 trips of under $20 bucks each they will stiil go ahead n authorise $70 blindly and so now $700 on your credit card is "gone" for the moment, then they will call you and tell you that you cannot use your card, how smart is that. So anyways I say stay far far far away from these black car services. Unless you pay PREMIUM prices for those hourly car services like those recommended by hotel concerige in a good hotel, I suggest to stay away, you would only feel cheated after, by the lousy drivers and lousy cars. One note the dispatchers for ALL the companies I have dealt with are REALLY dense and REALLY rude. So save yourself the grief and take a cab, unless you want to pay premium dollars, even then I shiver at the thought of what I could be in for.

Doesnt seem like that there r any post about the above dates.. tried them on hotwire and all in the low to mid 200s for 3 and 4 star. I dunt like to use the american site at first coz the rebid involves changing zones and free bids and all that stuff.. .com.sg up to around 130/40 for 3 and 4 star in the CPS,MTW,MTE regions and nothing. Any ideas?

do you have any idea how much those go for ?

Hey guys. Looking for hotels in Taipei from this thread I only found the 3star winning bid for what seems to be a very very old hotel. Anyways TOBB.com only list 2 hotels 4 star in Taipei. I would appreciate any info on hotels in Taipei

its W Hotel New York, the others are named different, this like W Hotel ETC , and this is on lexington.

So I had a reservation direct with Omni for $255 but then I decided to plunge and take the $180 4 star MTE hotel. PEOPLE IT IS W Hotel. I think its a good one. $60 or so less than their own rates. Tell me what you guys think

I saw on another posting that MTE $180 you mentioned was Millenium UN ??

ok so does hotwire work like priceline meaning prices could go up and down and availability is very limited? Coz I am really eyeing the $180 4* MTE, coz I think that would definitely be better than my normal quickbook.com reservation for the same price @ Holiday Inn Midowtn 57 St? So the point is if I can wait, I'll wait until the last minute and the possibility with getting something 4* with priceline.com under $180 at MTE/MTW no longer exsist. So what do you suggest?

Shame we dunt know what the $180 is. LOL I am looking for cheaper the better but since I cant get something like Park Central like last time for 110 USD then I figure just go all the way. Yes the $264 is MTC Customer Fav it says. Since $233 is most probably Omni and if this is the cheapest I can get I would consider it. But I am very curious about the $180. Ok I dunt take anything other than cabs or walk, so I figure it has to be somewhat close. And Beekman aint exactly cheap and good, well this is all relative, but its a bit too old for my taste to be paying close to $200 and even more after taxes. Plus the cab ride not too worthwhile. N Beekman is what ? 3 star ? I'll check the address for OMNI and see how close it is to Hilton. Any info on the $180 MTE would be most wonderfull or any speculation as to wat chains etc would it be normally etc THANKS ALOT UPDATE: I also checked easy click and came up with some like Avalon for a total of $666 for a 3 nite stay including taxes and all and oh yeah includes buffet breakfast any comments about this location? Its a couple of bucks cheaper not walkable distance but supposedly a 4 min drive (cab) according to yahoo maps. Looks nice and its priced for a suite supposedly

Hi "Thereuare" I have read some of your post and you seem exceedingly nice unlikely some pent up people at TOBB LOL anyways I been trying www.priceline.com and also www.priceline.com.sg more so the US site and I have bid up to 180 for 4* in the MTE,MTW,Times Square and CPS Zones, so now I am trying hotwire and this is what I got thats I found interesting and would like some help with. 1) 4* $180, Fitness centre and business centre at MTE 2) 4.5* $233 restaurant, fitness and business at MTE 3) 4.5* $264 restau,fitness,spa, high speed, business 4) 4* $239 restau MTC 5) 3.5* $212 restau MTC 6) 3* $187 restau , fitness MTC I am attenting the 2005 Home Entertainment Show at the Hilton so I would prefer like short cab ride ( <$7) bucks to the location, or walkable I was at Park Central Hotel last year and it was walkable. I am pretty sure that weekend is a no go at Hilton, but some people won @ Hilton for $110 but those were weekdays just before the 29th April. Anyways I would appreciate any advice. I would prefer MTW / MTC or CPS equilavent I apologise if I am in advertently breaking any posting rules.