Needed a few more nights in New Orleans - tried for French Quarter this time - and got the Marriott New Orleans for $60 - fine by me! Parking will cost almost as much as the room! :lol: Clicked on the PRICELINE link, started my bidding at $56 - used a few rebid zones and landed this. Thanks again, Better bidding!
After clicking on the PRICELINE link in this most excellent site I began bidding at $52 for a 4* and using rebid zones landed this most excellent hotel for $60! SWEET!
$60 Room
17 Taxes and Fees
77 total
Having figured out that there are no real "steals" in Monterey (...like my $75 4* Hyatt in Chicago priceline hotel win in July) I am nonetheless happy with a 40% reduction in price on the Hyatt Regency Monterey. Hey - it's cheaper than the backup reservation I had at La Quinta!
I used the PRICELINE link on the board - first a few days ago when I bid from $85 up to $125 - no luck. On a whim decided to try again tonight and started at $126 - won on the first bid.
Thanks as always for all the great info here.
I clicked on the PRICELINE link here in Better Bidding
Started at $54 and using rebid zones won the Hyatt Regency for $80.
I've stayed at this hotel before: it is an absolutely HUGE convention hotel. Not romantic :) but absolutely perfect location for a short walk to the Art Museum, Grant Park or up Michigan Ave. to the shops and water tower place! The rooms are good - and for $80 can't be beat!
Thanks, Better Bidding :)
Well, it's about time! I've been bidding, F-O-R-E-V-E-R -and finally (after clicking through the PRICELINE link on this most excellent site!!) I get at least one night of my three in Singapore.
Clearly Singapore is so different than any other country I've bid for - there are very few week days won. And the weekends that are won are won close to the stay, not months or even weeks out. I would have loved to win for my whole stay - but will settle for one night at $88 since the Conrad is almost $300 a night for that day!
Here are the dates:
Check-In Date: Friday, September 3, 2010
Check-Out Date: Saturday, September 4, 2010
Hotel Name: Conrad Centennial Singapore
Two Temasek Boulevard
Singapore, Singapore
65-63348888
Your Offer Price: US$88.00
Number of Rooms: 1
Number of Nights: 1
Subtotal: US$88.00
Taxes and Fees: US$23.50
Total Charges: US$111.50
Checked Holiday Inn - more expensive than the pan pacific with the america PRICELINE EXPRESS deal I booked. Tried to bid again - up to $100 - no luck! Sigh
Just and update - after seeing a singapore win on the boards I was encouraged and set out (through this link to PRICELINE) to win my hotel. Still no luck. Bid first trying for Conrad bor City Hall with rebid zones from $85 up to $110- no luck
Closed Browser. Bid starting with Orchard Road (bidding for Hilton, most likely) starting at 77, using rebids up to $99. No luck. Will keep trying but beginning to wonder if my dates are bad (big event in town??)
Wow, thanks everybody for your ideas, encouragement and insight. Especially Marnie_g for you "other" hotel ideas. I will look at the holiday inn as a backup because the Pan Pacific is so expensive even on the amex deal I reserved. Will let you know as I continue to bid.
:) Well I join the ranks of failed bidders for Singapore! I have never had so many failed bids on PRICELINE!
Clicking on the ever convenient PRICELINE link here on better bidding I have bid:
on 7/13 up to $93 (using city hall then rebids on east coast finnacial and riverside) (hoping for the Conrad)
on 7/15 up to $95 (using above and adding orchard- thinking, well the Hilton would be okay)
Got a little desperated - so I bid on the PRICELINE Singapore site - but you can only submit one bid a day - I am up to 80 - but don't know if it is the same database or not.
then on 7/16 I bid every possible configuration - including splitting my bid by ONE DAY AT A TIME. up to 104
on 7/17 I went up to $120 - bidding for the whole stay and then splitting off only the first 2 days.
I got creative and closed browsers and varied combinations!
today I bid again on the stategy of 7/13 above up to 95 but got nada.
and last night I made a back up reservation at Pan Pacific using an America PRICELINE EXPRESS rate of singapore $255 adn $220 which averages out to about $176 a night. That is DOUBLE what I want to pay - yikes! But I've never been to singapore, and am a woman traveling alone with two young girls so I don't want to stay in Hotel 81 in the red light district!!! :)
To bid higher sounds like I might get the marriott for $150 - but think I would rather have the Pan Pacific for $176? Any thoughts from those who have been? I see I can get the Albert Court Village for $120 on Expedia but that looks like QUITE a step down.
Waiting is the way to go huh?
Any other "deals" out there besides PRICELINE that I should look at - THANKS!
Detail question- does anyone know what the 5* in bugis is? Intercontinental? Is it safe to stay in bugis? Not to close to the seedy stuff?
:)
This is exactly the hotel I hoped to get for the best price I could find on the boards! Hurray! I clicked through on better bidding PRICELINE link!
Hyatt Regency Grand Cypress
One Grand Cypress Boulevard
Orlando, FL 32836
407-239-1234
Bidding Strategy: After finding 11 rebid zones in Orlando (wow) I first checked:
Lake Buena Vista/Downtown Disney and Resorts - Bid $58
added free rebid zone Kissimmee ....bid 59
added free rebid zone Maitland ...bid 60
added free rebid zone Ocoee...bid 61
added free rebid zone Orlando Airport East...bid 62
added free rebid zone Orlando East bid... 63
WON! :)
Check-In: Thursday, July 22, 2010-04:00 PM
Check-Out: Wednesday, July 28, 2010-12:00 PM
Room Cost (avg. per room, per night): $63.00 (USD) (by the way this is a great deal, even for priceline! $159 is cheapest rate online! That is a 63% discount)
Number of Rooms: 1
Number of Nights: 6
Room Subtotal: $378.00 (USD)
Taxes and Fees: $61.62 (USD)
Total Room Cost: $439.62 (USD)
Thanks Better bidding for your always amazing info! P
Well, $50 for 4* is good - $238 on Hilton's site - Thanks to better bidding strategy!
I used the PRICELINE link
Wanted Galleria, wanted to spend less than $60 for a 4* - but up to $70 for a 5*
First tried to win a 5* for a steal - bid $45 on 5* galleria, adding re-bid zones at $1 (then $2) - up to $70 but no go.
Closed the browser and started bidding 4* Galleria for $42 - adding rebid zones (all but downtown) in $1 increments until I won the Hilton at $50.
Thanks and Good day to you!
pamelajean
Won the knickerbocker for $81 bid (actually, $76 after using the $5 a night for a total of $25 bonus cash that was in my priceline account) which is just fine since it is $229 regular price for those days.
It worked perfectly to click through the PRICELINE link here on betterbidding, sign into priceline and then use my bonus cash in the MY PROFILE, MY REWARDS section.
Started my bid at $55, and worked my way up to $81 on rebids. I only wanted NMA so I didn't bid on loop.
Love the location of the Knickerbocker - has anyone ever stayed there? looks like rooms are small. Is the renovation done or will I be sleeping in dust?
Thanks as always for a great site!
Using thereuare's wonderful bidding strategy (outlined for another user) I bid and won a great hotel - and feel great that I got the lowest price possible.
The Westin Michigan Avenue Chicago
North Michigan Ave - River North Area
909 North Michigan Avenue
Check-In Date:
Tue, Jul 29, 2008 Check-Out Date:Thu, Jul 31, 2008
$113 a night
(going for $298 on the Westin website!)
Bidding:
NMA 75
NMA +(rebid) Midway 83
NMA+ (rebid #2) Lincoln Park 90 (closed Browser)
Millennium park 75
Millennium park + (rebid) Midway 85
Millennium Park+ (rebid #2) Lincoln Park 93 (closed Browser)
NMA+ Millennium 99
NMA+ Millennium + Rebid Midway 106 (rejected bid - I ignored their offer to "raise my bid by $22" )
NMA+ Millennium+ rebid #2 Lincoln Park 113 WON!!
Good evening you night owls! I've used all the tools (pinned lists, hotwire packages, and list of wins) to try and identify these two hotels but their identities still elude me. :)
Please help!
Hotwire
Dates of stay 7/08-7/13 for 5 nights one adult
3 * Disneyland South
Free Breakfast
Fitness
Pool
Business center
Laundry
High Speed Internet
Kitchenette
$92 a night
next puzzler:
3* Hotel Disney North
Suite
Free Breakfast
Fitness
Pool
Laundry
$95 a night
:)
This is the hotel I was hoping for, if not as cheap as I was hoping!
Started bidding for 3* Palm Beach (Gardens) at $45
added N Palm Beach (willing to take other 3*'s at this location) at $48
added West Palm Beach(safe rebid) at $50
added Jupiter (safe rebid) at $55
added Palm Beach (Lakes) (willing to take other 3*'s) at $58
added Palm Beach (willing to take 3* here) at $63
Won Marriott Palm Beach Gardens
at $169 on Travelocity. Cheapest 3* on hotwire was $109. So this is a good deal.
Whew! :)
Guess I picked a bad week to be in Chicago.
I was looking for a 4* hotel in either MillenPark-The Loop-Grant Park or NMA. Here are my 18 :) bids:
4* NMA $75
Added Millinium 85
Added Midway 90
Added Skokie 95
Changed dates (dropped 14) 100
Changed dates (dropped 17) 108
CLOSED BROWSER
4*+Boutique NMA 95
Added Millinium 112
Added Midway 117
Added Skokie 121
Changed Dates (dropped 14) 130
Changed Dates (dropped 17) 135
Changed Dates (drop 14&15) 130
CLOSED BROWSER
3* Millinium 75
Added NMA 85
Added Skokie 95
Changed Dates (dropped 14) 105
Changed Dates (Dropped 17) 110
And here I ran out of options! Any ideas? Guess I'm just too cheap - but in years past have been able to get 4* rooms for around $89. Don't see any HUGE conventions, but prices are high on Expedia etc. Appreciate any ideas besides bringing my tent!
Bid $50 -
Rebid at $60
Rebid by $5 up to $80 (there are 5 rebid zones in Austin for a 4*)
$80 Accepted.
Omni Austin Hotel Downtown
Downtown Austin
700 San Jacinto Blvd At 8th St
Austin, Texas 78701
512-476-3700
This hotel is going for $229 on ex pedia - for this Sunday night before valentines day, so I was pleased. (Also found it on Hotwire for $126).
Your Offer Price: $80.00
Number of Rooms: 1
Number of Nights: 1
Subtotal: $80.00
Taxes & Service Fees: $19.99
Total Charges: $99.99
Note: I checked out hotwire first - and was tempted to bite on the $104 price for a 4.5* hotel. But using your excellent site I discovered that that 4.5*, Downtown Austin, restaurant, pool, fitness, internet, tennis, business was almost surely the Intercontinental - a hotel that gets much poorer reviews on Tripadvisor than the plain ol' 4* hotels downtown (omni, hilton, hyatt).
Thanks again for your great site.
Just won Grand Hyatt Downtown Denver for $70 for November 26-29th. I started bidding at $50 for a 4* and using rebid zones in $5 increments won at $70. This is the hotel I was hoping for.
:) Love you site - it always helps!
We purchased the 4 * Hilton Chicago & Towers with the following amenities listed :
Restaurant
Pool
Fitness Center
Business
for 95 a night for 2 nights 8/9 - 8/11.
Wanted you to know that on the pinned list this hotel shows restaurant and pool crossed off. Thanks.
We booked through savingsbarn.
Please help me identify this hotel.
Another one stumping me! This hotel is listed as
South and West of Loop (Downtown Areas) -
3* Chicago Hotel for 8/09-8/11/05
With the following amenities:
Restaurant(s), Pool(s), Fitness Center, Business Center, Laundry Facilities (self-service).
Best Value!
Price listed as:
$60 per room
per night
On the pinned list AND in the "Packages" section of hotwire the Holiday Inn CHicago Mart Plaza matches the amenities but the Holiday Inn Chicago Mart Place is not in the map are identified as "South and West of Loop".
Doesn't the name on the credit card have to match the person acutally checking in to the hotel? I have, on occasion, been asked for ID when checking into a hotel.
Hotwire asked me to enter the "Primanry Guest Name" and I entered my name. On my reciept is says that I (the primary guest) must be present at check in. I do not need to show the card I used for the purchase - just ID to prove I am the person entered as primary Guest.
No, first time.Have you used the Entertainment Coupon before?
Uhhh... have you seen this thread in the General Hotwire Tips??
sorry, thenewbie - unlike you, I really am a newbie :) - thanks to thereuare for moving my misplaced info
Thanks to all for your help in this process.
I was able to link through savingsbarn, purchase my Hotwire hotel and enter the Giftcard06 code and get my $10 savings.
A few notes:
1. The savings is $10 a night AFTER tax - which is a bit of a bummer -as tax is a good 20% - but $10 a night I will take!
2. I read that some were able to use this even though they had purchased through hotwire before - that did not work for me. I used new credit cards, my husbands computer (same ISP), his name rather than mine. I finally had to go use an entirely different computer (my parents - with a different ISP) and borrow their credit card (had to pay em back, bummer :) ) to finally get my discount. A big pain but I was on a mission!
3. I will be sending in my Entertainment Coupon as well - so hope to save $30 more!
Keep that savings info coming!
PS - I started a new post on this because I got this code from a link that was sent to me, but reading and re-reading couldn't find the best place to post it - feel free to move it!
Every year we go to Chicago for 3 -4 days on our way to Michigan (for family reuinion on Higgins Lake!) Every year until this one I was able to book through priceline or hotwire an under $80 hotel at the 4* level. This year it just didn't work.
Using thereuare's helpful strategies I bid NMA, at 60, Rebid adding Midway at 65, adding Skokie at 70, closed the browser
then.... I bid Loop at 65, Rebid adding Midway at 70, adding Skokie at 75, closed the browser
then....I bid both NMA and Loop at 80, Midway, at 85 and Skokie at 90 - no luck
72 hours later bid up to $105 in a similar strategy, deciding that I didn't want to pay $110 for the some of the hotels that were possible through priceline and so I went to Hotwire and won the Sofitel for $132 after discounts ($152 list a night). Details of this win posted under hotwire thread.
My Question: If I had bid earlier would I have likely done better? I know this is a med-big convention week (not as big as the week before) but Palmer House is full except for upgraded rooms, Hyatt Regency full. Next year strategy in the making!
Thanks! PJ
We just bought ourselves a 3 night stay at the Sofitel - The North Michigan Avenue-Water Tower-Gold Coast listing of a 4 1/2 * hotel with the following amenities: Resturant, Fitnes Center, Business Center. Our resulting price is $143 a night after using the discount code. Since this hotel is selling for $229 for these nights elsewhere we are very pleased!
After many failed attempts to win our "up to $95 4* hotel" in Chicago (will detail these on priceline board) we gave up on priceline and splurged on the 4 1/2* Sofitel (#1 favorite Chicago Hotel according to travel advisor).
Thanks to all on the board who helped with this. I linked through savingsbarn to make this purchase.
How about those Spurs! :)
Signed,
San Antonio Girl
3* Beaumont Holiday Inn Hotel And Suites Beaumont-Plaza (I-10 And Walden)
in Priceline Hotels - Texas
Posted
Started with $42 bid Ignored the offer to up my bid by $8 and bid $50. Instead added a free re-bid zone and bid $44 won the property for $44 plus tax $58.06.