Priceline Hotel: Group Trip NYC May 2010

[Momma Joe]

Helping to organize a youth group trip to NYC May 2010.

Potential dates= May 25-30

Budget, $150/night

Area preferences -MTW .., or MTE

Dbl occupancy ...we'll need about 20 rooms ! :)

When would be the best time to start bidding ? 90 days in advance or wait later ??

Tried to find a similar query , regarding group travel, on your site but didn't see anything. Are you aware of another grp trip to NYC that you've helped ?

As always I'll use your PRICELINE links to bid .

Thanks

[Momma Joe]

I forgot to say that we're looking for a 3.5 * and up

Just located this one on HOTWIRE for $119/night

Can you pls identify

3.5-star hotel in Midtown East

This hotel features the following amenities:

Fitness Center

Guests have access to exercise equipment; an additional charge may apply.

Restaurant(s)

Property offers at least one restaurant on the premises; hours and days of operation may vary.

Business Center

Guests have access to business equipment and services; an additional charge may apply.

High-speed Internet Access

Guestrooms are equipped with high-speed Internet access; an extra charge may apply.

[yellowdog]

I think that admin should run this post but i will get you started.

You need to have have a firm amount of people and rooms and dates to start this operation. All bookings are non refundable and non cancellable. And you can't bid for 20 rooms at the same time and bidding in diffrent sessions can mean diffrent hotels. HOTWIRE maximum reservation is 6 rooms/per booking.

How many rooms/adults/children did you search for on HOTWIRE? If you didn't search for the firm amount of people and rooms can i guarantee that you will get diffrent results next time you search. So we better wait with this until you have the correct information.

Admin will join this and help you further.

Good luck with everything and thanx for the confidence!

Yellowdog.

[thereuare]

Do all rooms need to be at the same hotel or would it be acceptable if the rooms were split between 2-3 different hotels?

[Momma Joe]

Do all rooms need to be at the same hotel or would it be acceptable if the rooms were split between 2-3 different hotels?

Preferable if they were all at the same hotel....but I know that it is highly unlikely given the

number of rooms required, i.e 20 rooms.

Can I assume that if we bid in the same area MTW...the hotels will be relatively close.

This number may come down as we may have to go with a tour operator for the school grp/teachers...the parents would be booking on their own, which is where Priceline and Hotwire will come into play.

We're in the very preliminary stages of planning...so this is only "info gathering" at this point.

Thanks for your help.

[AaronJB]

Priceline does offer maps of the zones in NYC; hotels could possibly be anywhere within those zones. Prices may also vary if the party stays at multiple different hotels. I would recommend trying to book hotels close together if you do book via PRICELINE or HOTWIRE, as while prices may vary slightly, if different parts of the group book further apart, then you may get bigger differences in prices - down or up.