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I stayed at this hotel about a month ago. I did notice about a block away from the hotel, there was a lot that had parking with a sign for $10 a day. I'm not sure if it is a 24 hr lot though. It's $8 cheaper, but then I'm not sure if the lot is monitored or anything. Since it was cold, late, we had kids with us, and we were only staying one night, we just went with the hotel parking and paid the $18, but you could try the lot down the block if you're really wanting to save $8 a night.

Just getting back to the replies here....thanks for clarifying why I got that bid. That makes sense now that the bid came through for the downtown area...you're correct in that I thought I would never get a downtown hotel that cheap...and that I thought it was won in the North district because of the hotel name "Residence Inn North Shore." Thanks to the mod that corrected the title to downtown area so the post is correct to help others out there. It looks like you already posted it in the downtown area of the hotel lists, but just to confirm for anyone else the address is Residence Inn Pittsburgh North Shore 574 West General Robinson Street · Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15212 USA. Incidently, it was a fabulous hotel, we were very happy with the stay and would definitely be happy to win bids there again. It had an indoor pool (very small lap pool, but good enough for the kiddies to splash in and made them happy) and a really great breakfast included. The mini suite was done really nicely...king bed, granite countertop, pullout sofa for the kiddies. Alll in all it was a really great win!

I used the PRICELINE link to bid on a 3 star hotel. I originally wanted Greentree, hoping to get the Radisson there. I had bid $55 and was rejected, then I added downtown and bid $62 and was rejected. I then added North - Allegheny Valley thinking there were no 3 stars there and hoping to get another free bid to get Radisson in Greentree. The price line bidding site itself only shows 2.5 stars as an option to bid in this area, but somehow when I bid $67, I won the Residence Inn Pittsburgh North Shore. This is a very new hotel, not sure if someone would get it if they just bid on 2.5 stars in the North. I did not lower my star preference, so I assume it's a 3 star and maybe they haven't updated the site to allow for bidding on 3 stars in the North Shore area. Looks pretty nice, though I did see on the website that it charges $18 for parking ...ouch!! ( Might have something to do with being across the street from PNC park.) On the plus side, it looks like even the smallest rooms are mini suites and it comes with free breakfast, so all in all probably a good deal.

I used the PRICELINE link and won Hyatt Regency on my first bid at $49 for a Wednesday night stay 8/31/11 to 9/1/11.

First bid 3* hotel for $45 was accepted for Crowne Plaza Campbell House

After multiple failed bids for a 3 star in Greentree, (which will usually net a stay at the Radisson...I was aiming for an indoor pool for the kiddies) I was out of "free" bids. I suspect Steelers playoffs had something to do with rooms being booked up. I decided to try the airport....had my spouse do the bidding to get another shot at it. The first bid of $60 for a 3.5* was accepted and we got Embassy Suites! Very happy as this is an awesome property with indoor pool.... a suite and free breakfast is a bonus for us and the kids for a little weekend get away with indoor pool!

Started bidding for 3* Greentree at $45 and lost. Priceline gave me the option to raise my bid to $60 and try again immediately, but I opted to add a location (downtown) and up my bid to $53 and won Radisson Greentree.

Started with 3* at $38 for Airport area and lost. Added Greentree and bid $41 and lost. Added downtown and bid $43 and won Radisson in Greentree.