Priceline Hotel: Try to id/book Orlando Airport Marriott

[Hedolover]

Will travel on 2013/11/9 to 2013/11/10 one night and try to get 3.5* Orlando Airport Marriott. I am thinking $50 on priceline. Is it reasonable? Any suggestions/comments are welcome.

[yellowdog]

Welcome to BetterBidding :)

You have plenty of time so i would lowball this with $40 to start with. You might get an counteroffer so you get a feeling for what it takes.

And you know that you can get any 3.5* when using PRICELINE, not just the Marriott.

Keep us updated and let us know if we can be of further help along the way.

Please use the PRICELINE and HOTWIRE links on the board to begin your travel purchases.

Yellowdog.

[Hedolover]

Just wondering if priceline counteroffer you, will they give you any additional information of the hotel they're offering.

[AaronJB]

No - you are not given the name of the hotel with a counter-offer (which are not that frequently seen). There is no way to know exactly which hotel will accept a bid; if you bid for a 4* (for example), in a particular zone, you have to be willing to accept any 4* in that zone.

Thank you for using the site's HOTWIRE or PRICELINE links to start your purchases and searches.

[FrazierGA]

For what it is worth, I have this suggestion if you get a counter offer. Do not accept it; instead increase your bid to a price between your current bid and the counter offer. For example, if you bid $50 and got a counter offer of $58, make your next bid $54. When I have been given a counter offer, I have always had a lower counter bid accepted. (It may take two re-bids, but it has always worked.)

[Hedolover]

Thanks for the info.

In priceline, is there anyway to increase the chance to get a particular hotel, like "Orlando Airport Marriott" instead of other 3.5* hotels? In hotwire, they at least give you amenities information or how far from the aiport.

[AaronJB]

There is no way to increase the possibility of a particular hotel or avoid a particular hotel when using PRICELINE. Both services really require some degree of flexibility - HOTWIRE only shows one hotel per star rating per each set of date/s and it may not be the hotel you are hoping for.

Thank you for using the board's HOTWIRE or PRICELINE links to start your purchases and searches.