jessgirl1010 Posted March 21, 2011 Report Share Posted March 21, 2011 I am planning my best friend's bacehelorette party memorial weekend in Vegas. We are probably going to have 8 girls at the least. I am going to at least bid for 2 rooms. I am hoping once I get the hotel I can at least request for them to be near each other. Since it is a holiday weekend, rates are high. I would really like to stay in a 5 star in the north or south zones. I would love aria or cosmo but I checked the calendar of wins and it looks like between those 2 zones, people have gotten Wynn and Vdara starting as low as $101 and as high as !140. I would prefer Wynn out of those 2 hotels. If i am bidding for more then 1 room do you think my bids will be more likely or less likely accepted? Would a good starting ground be $80? Are these hotels typically flexible with requesting what beds? Any feedback will be helpful. I plan to start bidding tomorrow. Thank you! Link to comment
AaronJB Posted March 22, 2011 Report Share Posted March 22, 2011 PRICELINE only guarantees 1 bed/double occupancy; there have been a number of instances where hotels in Vegas have denied requests for two beds or charged upgrade fees. HOTWIRE would be a better choice in this instance. There is no way to ensure a particular property. Two rooms should not effect your chances of a win.What would be your desired budget per night/per room?Thank you for using the site's HOTWIRE or PRICELINE links to start your purchases and searches. Link to comment
jessgirl1010 Posted March 22, 2011 Author Report Share Posted March 22, 2011 I know, it's a chance I will have to take. I can go up to $140-$150 but I would prefer to keep it as low as possible. The nice thing is that there are so many rebidding zones. I was planning on starting around $80-85 and going up. Link to comment
yellowdog Posted March 22, 2011 Report Share Posted March 22, 2011 jessgirl1010I know, it's a chance I will have to take.What is back-up plan if the hotel refuse you and your friends to stay there or if they tell you to leave since your party violate the fire laws? You can't call PRICELINE since you broke the hotel rules.YellowdogPlease use the PRICELINE and HOTWIRE links on the board to begin your travel purchases. Link to comment
thereuare Posted March 22, 2011 Report Share Posted March 22, 2011 Are you ready to bid now?If so, please click this PRICELINE link and reply to this thread, we'll then suggest a strategy for you to follow.Please use the PRICELINE and HOTWIRE links on the board to begin your travel purchases.Thanks. Please use this HOTWIRE and these PRICELINE LINKS: HOTELS, CAR RENTALS, and AIRFARE to begin your travel purchases Link to comment
jessgirl1010 Posted March 23, 2011 Author Report Share Posted March 23, 2011 I will be bidding today and probably for 3 rooms. I will keep you updated with my results. thanks. Link to comment
jessgirl1010 Posted March 23, 2011 Author Report Share Posted March 23, 2011 I bid this morning starting at $90 and went up to $115 for 3 rooms adding rebid zones. I may decide to bid for 4 stars tomorrow-with the taxes and charges it ends up being around $100 per person for hotel which is still good but I would prefer lower--that is why i didnt keep bidding higher. I will keep you posted. thanks. Link to comment
thereuare Posted March 23, 2011 Report Share Posted March 23, 2011 Keep us updated and let us know if we can be of any help along the way.Thanks for using the PRICELINE and HOTWIRE links on the board.Good luck. Please use this HOTWIRE and these PRICELINE LINKS: HOTELS, CAR RENTALS, and AIRFARE to begin your travel purchases Link to comment
jessgirl1010 Posted March 24, 2011 Author Report Share Posted March 24, 2011 I just want to make sure I am looking at this right-- if I want to bid for the hard rock. It is the only 4* showing in that area so my chances of getting that hotel are high. However, I haven't seen any recent bids or wins for the hard rock. Would you recommend a starting bid for this hotel? Link to comment
thereuare Posted March 24, 2011 Report Share Posted March 24, 2011 While the Hard Rock is the only 4* hotel reported to the board, there could be others, and you could be the first to report a new hotel in the zone (or a hotel previously reported but with a new star rating)Also, are you fairly familiar with Vegas?? The Hard Rock is somewhat isolated (imo)... with your large group, and the purpose of this trip, are you sure you want to be so far off strip?If you still want to try bidding this zone, let us know your maximum bid and we'll suggest a strategy for you to follow.Please use the PRICELINE and HOTWIRE links on the board to begin your travel purchases. Please use this HOTWIRE and these PRICELINE LINKS: HOTELS, CAR RENTALS, and AIRFARE to begin your travel purchases Link to comment
jessgirl1010 Posted March 24, 2011 Author Report Share Posted March 24, 2011 i am not familiar with vegas at all actually. I tried again today for 5 star.. went up to 140-no luck. I will try again tomorrow. Link to comment
AaronJB Posted March 25, 2011 Report Share Posted March 25, 2011 Thank you for keeping us updated and for using the site's HOTWIRE or PRICELINE links to start your purchases and searches. Good luck on your next round of bidding and please let us know if you have additional questions.Thank you for using the site's HOTWIRE or PRICELINE links to start your purchases and searches. Link to comment
thereuare Posted March 25, 2011 Report Share Posted March 25, 2011 i am not familiar with vegas at all actually.If you, and/or the other ladies on this trip haven't been to Vegas before, you really want to stay directly on the strip, imo.Please use the PRICELINE and HOTWIRE links on the board to begin your travel purchases. Please use this HOTWIRE and these PRICELINE LINKS: HOTELS, CAR RENTALS, and AIRFARE to begin your travel purchases Link to comment
dpj731 Posted March 28, 2011 Report Share Posted March 28, 2011 It looks like just from general browsing that the average price of the hotel rooms that weekend have started shooting up quite a bit. A couple of weeks ago both PRICELINE and Travelocity had the Trump for about 130 a night.There's a couple of 5 stars on Travelocity's TopSecret hotel list for 155 a night. It's a bit more than you want to spend but it's cheaper than HOTWIRE and you should be able to use the ratings to get a general idea what hotel you'd be buying.I'm guessing that the hotels are getting more traffic which is why the prices are going up.I'll be there that same weekend with a group of 8. My girlfriend and I got the Vdara for 115, my buddy and his wife are staying from the 25th - 29th and got the Vdara for 110 a night. My other friends used the Caesar's friends/family package to get Harrahs for 60 a night.Good luck to ya. Maybe at some point we'll run into each other over the weekend. Link to comment
Romelle Posted March 28, 2011 Report Share Posted March 28, 2011 I'd urge you to check the hotel rates right on their web sites. Sometimes they have specials that are lower than what it takes to win at Priceline. Several of the sites can be reached with the Las Vegas Checker above on this page. Quite a few others have links under the Support/Travel Links tab (also just above). And the remainder can be found with obvious names like www.hotelname.com or just by doing a search on "vegas hotels" or something similar.I don't remember the bidder's name, but somebody just a few weeks ago reported here that he/she had just won with PRICELINE and discovered a better rate on the hotel web site. If nothing else, you at least will know what your maximum bid should be.Romelle Link to comment
jessgirl1010 Posted March 29, 2011 Author Report Share Posted March 29, 2011 Hey everyone,Thank you for all your feedback! I actually ended up getting a 2 bedroom suite at planet hollywood towers through their site. It ended up being just a little over $1,000 including taxes and it has a living room/dining room/kitchen in the middle of 2 full bedrooms. I decided since I had to keep going up for priceline it wasn't worth not being able to guarantee the rooms being next to each other, 2 queen beds, etc. For just a little more we were able to get a really nice suite in the heart of everything where everyone will be able to sleep comfortably and everyone be all together. I think the bachelorette will be a lot happier with this as well as everyone can stay together. We will also be able to save money using the kitchen to make meals. I will for sure use Pricline again for another trip to vegas that is not on a holiday weekend and is not for such a large group. Everyone's feedback really helped me make this decision so I thank you! Link to comment
AaronJB Posted March 29, 2011 Report Share Posted March 29, 2011 Thank you for closing the thread. Enjoy your stay. :) Link to comment
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