Priceline Hotel: Jacksonville (Orange Park) La Quinta

[divineMsM]

Submitted first bid as $38 and chose 2 star, Orange Park vicinity. I had hoped to land the Orange Park La Quinta with this. That bid was rejected, so I then increased the bid to $41, then $45 and finally $51 - without success. I did not want to add a vicinity because I really need to be staying as close to my handicapped friend (who lives less than 1/4 mi from that La Quinta) as possible. All bids up to $51 per night for 2 star accomodations in Orange Park were rejected. What's odd to me is that Expedia has rooms at the Orange Park La Quinta for the dates I need for only $59 a night. Wonder why Priceline wouldn't accept a bid which was just $8 per night lower than the Expedia rate? It seemed impossible to get into that La Quinta via priceline without adding "downtown" and risking being stuck with God only knows what in downtown Jacksonville.

[GM Mike]

What are your dates for the stay?

Are you sure that LaQuinta is in that zone? (Did you look at the detailed priceline map for that zone and see if the exact location of the hotel is within that mapped zone?) There are a lot of oddly shaped priceline zones.

[thereuare]

Let us know if you find any inconsistencies in the zone as suggested above.

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[nd88]

The La Quinta in Orange Park has been won in that zone in the past, but of course this is no guarantee that it is still in the zone (zones can change).

$51 seems high enough to get it if there was availability. If no 2* hotels have kicked rooms to Priceline it really won't matter what you bid.

I might suggest using Amelia Island or Mayo Clinic/Beaches to rebid since rooms in these areas are usually more expensive than Orange Park. Do this at your own risk because nothing is certain with Priceline and $50+ for a 2* might be high enough to win these zones.

FYI - I just $26 on a 2* on the Southside for tonight and tomorrow night and got the old rebid offer if I raise my bid by $7.