Priceline Hotel: 3.5* Philadelphia (University) Sheraton University

[verga]

I was bidding for a 3.5* hotel for my daughter who wants the university area only. I started at $70 with $5 incremental increase up to $90. No success. Used your PRICELINE link. I will try again tomorrow.

[AaronJB]

Sorry to hear that your bid was not accepted. Thank you for using the site's PRICELINE link, and best of luck when you continue your bidding tomorrow. Please let us know if you have any questions.

[thereuare]

Do you have a maximum bid in mind for this stay?

[verga]

Do you have a maximum bid in mind for this stay?

My daughter said up to $100. I tried to convince her to stay D/T as it would be cheaper but she prefers the campus for convenience as her purpose is really to visit the campus.

I am going to start bidding again in another 4 hours. I thought I could get a 3.5* hotel in the university area for $90 since the Priceline website said that $90 was the last successful bid for that area (maybe different date).

I have 5 free bids as follows:

University area

Trevose

Glouchester

City Line

Cherry Hill

I was thinking of starting at $80 and end up at $100 with $5 increment.

Any suggestions with my bidding strategy? Any other permutation formula that I am not aware of?

[thereuare]

University is the zone you want so that's not really considered a re-bid zone, but otherwise your strategy looks sound/correct.

Please use these PRICELINE and HOTWIRE links to begin your travel purchases.

Let us know how it goes or if we can be of further help.

[verga]

I forgot that I was supposed to start my bid at $80. So, I started at $70, $75, $80, $92 (Oops - I remembered and increased my bid) and finally $100 (success). I used your PRICELINE link.

Please edit the heading to show $100 at Sheraton University City Hotel. Hilton Inn at Penn would have been closer to the campus.

[thereuare]

Congratualtions on your success!

While perhaps the Hilton would have been more convenient for your plans, hope you're still happy with the results based upon the price paid and that this too will work out well for your needs.

Thank you for sharing your win with the board and using our PRICELINE link to begin your bidding.

Enjoy your stay.

[dahammer]

Hilton Inn at Penn would have been closer to the campus.

The Sheraton is really on the edge of the Penn Campus, and its a better hotel than the Hilton according to some tripadvisor reviews.