Priceline Hotel: 11/5 to 11/7 weekend seems hopeless

[zipruana]

Have bid 5 nights in a row with all kinds of strategies, no accepted bids.

Bid as high as $220 for MS, Times Square, MTW MTE, Hells Kitchen, Chelsea, Empire, CP South and even tried a bunch of bids at 2.5 star - nada.

Darn that awesome city and it's high hotel prices and those fanatical joggers in the NYC Marathon! I normally never pay more then $85 in any other city!

Do PRICELINE hotel rooms become available as time goes by or just get scarcer? Does anyone know?

[AaronJB]

Sorry to hear that bids have not yet been accepted, but I'm a little surprised, given that HOTWIRE rates don't seem quite as bad as NYC has during the Winter season - for example, a 3.5* Chelsea is showing for about $250 on HOTWIRE. I don't think a 4* is going to be available around $225-250 for these dates, but a 3.5* in one of the Midtown areas for around $225-235 (I'm guessing that there is not going to be an aggressive difference between HOTWIRE and PRICELINE rates, given what's going on on these dates) may be possible.

What bids have you tried so far?

Please use the site's HOTWIRE or PRICELINE links to start your purchases and searches.

[zipruana]

I bid up to $220 to all the areas I mentioned. I am about to send in a bunch more. I might try to break it up into two seperate nights but it will not be fun moving 4 people twice . I will bid as high as $230 for a 3.5 and see what happens ...going in..... through the Betterbidding PRICELINE link o f course!

[zipruana]

No luck tonight. Alas.

Will try again tomorrow - I bid up to $225.

[AaronJB]

Thank you for keeping us updated; sorry to hear that bids were not accepted. Thank you for using the site's PRICELINE link, and good luck with the next round of bidding.

In terms of rooms opening up closer to the time period, that is a possibility, but if traffic remains high or there's something going on during these dates (which is the case), rates can definitely stay around these levels or go higher. Additionally, if there's a marathon going on, hotels will likely want to be able to have rooms at full rate for last minute walk-ins.

[zipruana]

Thank-you - I will report any wins I get immediately.

[zipruana]

Can someone please help me identify that hotel in the Chelsea/MSG zone on Hotwire?

Stay: 11/05/2010 to 11/07/2010

Price: US $259.00 :)

"recommended in 85% hotwire customer reviews:"

This hotel features the following amenities:

Fitness Center

Restaurant(s)

High-speed Internet Access

[AaronJB]

This would be a possible match for the Doubletree Chelsea or Ramada New Yorker. I do see the Embassy Suites Downtown for $259 on Orbitz (and coupon code ORBITZ5 should work for 5% off.) (at least with that you would get breakfast and evening reception), but that's awfully far South, unfortunately.

Please use the site's HOTWIRE or PRICELINE or Orbitz links to start your purchases and searches.

[AaronJB]

Additionally, in terms of two beds, using PRICELINE in the hopes of getting two beds in NYC is extremely risky and unlikely. Using HOTWIRE in NYC if you are searching for more than 2 people, you are guaranteed bedding for the entire party; that is most commonly 2 beds, but could also be 1 + sofabed or 1 + other option.

Please use the site's HOTWIRE or PRICELINE links to start your purchases and searches.

[zipruana]

Oh ok, I am unsure about that but one thing is that I made a msiatke not starting a new thread on it's own and posts cannot be deleted AND I want to start a new thread about that 3.5 star hotel equiery. How do I do that?

Oh and Aaronjb, any clue which property that might be? :)

[zipruana]

My guess is that the current Hotwire offering at $259 3.5 star is the Distrikt Hotel and I called the Distrikt Hotel and they said they only only have single king bed rooms available forthe Nov 5 weekend :)