Hotwire Hotel: 4* Newark (Hoboken-Jersey City) Westin Jersey City

[kep2010]

Well, I'm pretty peeved. I searched for 4* properties in Hoboken---selected the entry that led w/ the destination "Hoboken", 4*-- ended up at the Westin in Jersey City.

This is dangerously close to misrepresentation in my book (like last summer when I booked a Hotwire 4* property, only to get one that most other sites considered a 3*.)

Am pretty sick of this nonsense. Would have paid more to stay in the city I searched and selected. Have never had this problem with Priceline. :)

[taliategan]

Hotwire and Priceline both use bidding zones. The name used to identify the zone, which frequently is a city, an area or a portion of a city, an airport area, etc., does not necessarily mean the hotel you win will be located exactly in the name of zone. You have to look at the maps Priceline or Hotwire provide for that zone as your hotel can be located anywhere within the confines of that zone. Sometimes, such as your case, there can be multiple towns within one bidding zone.

[kep2010]

The Westin Jersey City, newport

479 washington boulevard

Price Per Night: $114

Nights: 2

Rooms: 1

SubTotal:$228

Tax recovery charges and fees: $37

Total price: $265

[AaronJB]

This is a sweet deal for this Westin property!

Please confirm the amenity icons that were showing with this HOTWIRE listing.

Thank you for sharing your result with the board and please use the site's HOTWIRE or PRICELINE links to start your purchases and searches.

Enjoy your stay.

[thereuare]

Welcome to BetterBidding!

The name of the zone that HOTWIRE uses for this area is "Hoboken - Jersey City area" so i don't see why you would have thought that the hotel would only be in Hoboken. Regardless, the comments above are sound advice for any future purchases... the name of the zone is simply a general description of the area, the "law of the land" is the zone boundaries on the map, and you can only really have a complaint if you receive a hotel outside of the shaded boundaries of the zone.

Thank you for sharing your results/experience with the board.

It would be appreciated if you used the requested PRICELINE and HOTWIRE links on the board to begin your future travel purchases.