Priceline Hotel: 5* Hotel in Cancun

[galileocan]

Hi:

Can anyone help. Does anyone know what the 5* hotel for Cancun on Priceline might be? I'm very puzzled because I'm looking for the 12th of March for 6 nights. Priceline is suggesting $130 a night for a 5* hotel. This seems insane, considering that all the quality hotels for that time period are all well over $200 a night. $130 would actually be a steal. Can anyone advise??

Thanks!

[WillTravel]

I'm not sure what makes up the "suggested price" number, but in some cases I think it's an outright fabrication. If you don't find a 5* hotel in Priceline's packages, try looking at TravelWeb and Expedia and Hotwire for possibilities.

[thereuare]

Welcome to BetterBidding!

Ignore all such 'suggested price' messages.. they're meaningless.

[galileocan]

Thank you. So......can I assume what you're saying is that although Priceline makes a suggestion, the price could actually be much higher (or many times lower) that their suggested price? Again.......$130 would be the biggest bargain of the century during this time. Priceline usually suggests inflated prices don't they? I've never seen a suggested price well below what the going rate is?

So I'm guessing that if I went in and bid $130 or less during this time, I would most certainly be rejected?

[WillTravel]

No way of knowing - but TravelWeb has a supposedly 5* offering at $148/night for your dates, so perhaps Priceline would accept less.

[thereuare]

So I'm guessing that if I went in and bid $130 or less during this time, I would most certainly be rejected?

Not exactly, their suggested prices are meaningless... meaning you shouldn't draw any conclusions from them.

[seningen]

Last year, the last week in March, I PL'd the Hilton -- a resort/4star on their list back then.

It was sold out according to their website -- I got 2 rooms for $80/night for 7 nights.

Most folks there paid more than $250/nt according to a discrete survey my wife

had with some guests.

so YMMV,

Mike