ggm Posted May 8, 2010 Report Posted May 8, 2010 Hey guys, I love this site and the work you do, I've seen the success you've had with others and I hope you can help me with biddingAfter reading back in January, I bid and won a hotel in NYC for $80 for 3 nights (Beekman Tower Hotel), unfortunately we couldnt go due to illness, now I am hoping I can find a similar deal to surprise my girlfriend for her birthday.I am looking to pay between 80-120 depending on the star rating, and am pretty open to anything (3* and up)My set of dates are EITHER June 26-29th ORJuly 10th - 13th (preferred)Oh and will I get a better price by waiting a few more weeks?Looking for any of the major zones, in or around the UN/Theater district.GO CANUCKS GO!Your help would be amazing
thereuare Posted May 8, 2010 Report Posted May 8, 2010 Welcome to BetterBidding!After reading back in January, I bid and won a hotel in NYC for $80 for 3 nights (Beekman Tower Hotel)We're glad the information on the board was helpful with your purchase, but it is somewhat disappointing that you didn't share your results with the board... perhaps your win could have helped another user looking to go to NYC around the same timeframe with their own plans, just as you were helped by somebody else who posted before you. Please read your messages and click this PRICELINE link... then reply to this message and we'll help with your upcoming stay.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
ggm Posted May 11, 2010 Author Report Posted May 11, 2010 Thanks for the note, I read my messages and have continued to bid however still no success, I hope you'll be able to help me out with bidding for these dates. After some reflection I am looking for the last week of June, and I would prefer to use PRICELINEthanks
thereuare Posted May 11, 2010 Report Posted May 11, 2010 Have you determined your exact dates yet? Which zones are you willing to accept? What is your maximum bid and minimum star rating?For what dates were you just rejected and for what star rating and bid amounts?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
ggm Posted May 11, 2010 Author Report Posted May 11, 2010 Yeah, I am looking for June 26-29.I would like to stay somewhere in the midtown zones. I started with Theater district and expanded from there at $3 intervals for 3* or better. So far nothing
thereuare Posted May 11, 2010 Report Posted May 11, 2010 Which zones, by PRICELINE name, did you bid? What was the amount of your highest rejected bid?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
ggm Posted May 11, 2010 Author Report Posted May 11, 2010 I bid on (in order as I added)Times SquareMid-WestHells KitchenMid-EastCentralPark South Madison Square GardenChelseaEmpire StateI started at $90, and my last bid was $105 and was rejected
thereuare Posted May 12, 2010 Report Posted May 12, 2010 It will likely take more than $105 for this stay, but you can, and should, bid more systematically than you have... your strategy above risks an overbid in the zones that you add later in the cycle.What is your maximum bid for this stay?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
ggm Posted May 12, 2010 Author Report Posted May 12, 2010 It will likely take more than $105 for this stay, but you can, and should, bid more systematically than you have... your strategy above risks an overbid in the zones that you add later in the cycle.What is your maximum bid for this stay?Please use the PRICELINE and HOTWIRE links on the board to begin your travel purchases.I would like to keep it around $100/night clearly. However I could go up to $125
thereuare Posted May 13, 2010 Report Posted May 13, 2010 I would like to keep it around $100/night clearly. However I could go up to $125Are you willing to increase your bid to $125 at this point in time... or are you holdiing out at $105 hoping that rates drop from current levels?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
thereuare Posted May 13, 2010 Report Posted May 13, 2010 I'm assuming you've seen the comments on the board how at less than 4 stars the MTE zone has hotel(s) which can be up to a 15 minute walk to the subway, and the CPS zone has at least one hotel with notoriously small rooms (even by NYC standards)... just make sure you're "ok" with this before including these zones in your bidding.If you're fine with the above, at the 3* level you have ONE re-bid zone. If you're not familiar with re-bidding please read Priceline Re-Bidding Explained and feel free to ask questions and/or confirm your re-bid zones with the board before proceeding.Select 3* TS, MTW, HK, MTE...Bid $80, if rejected add re-bid zone...Bid $90, if rejected close browser and use our link to re-access PRICELINESelect 3* CPS, MSG, Chelsea, ESB...Bid $80, if rejected add re-bid zone...Bid $90, if rejected close browser and use our link to re-access PRICELINESelect 3* CPS, MTW, HK, MTE...Bid $95, if rejected add re-bid zone...Bid $100, if rejected close browser and use our link to re-access PRICELINESelect 3* TS, MSG, Chelsea, ESB...Bid $95, if rejected add re-bid zone...Bid $100, if rejected close browser and use our link to re-access PRICELINESelect 3* TS, MSG, HK, MTE...Bid $105, if rejected add re-bid zone...Bid $110, if rejected close browser and use our link to re-access PRICELINESelect 3* CPS, MTW, Chelsea, ESB...Bid $105, if rejected add re-bid zone...Bid $110, if rejected close browser and use our link to re-access PRICELINESelect 3* TS, MTW, Chelsea, MTE...Bid $115, if rejected close browser and use our link to re-access PRICELINESelect 3* CPS, MSG, HK, ESB...Bid $115, if rejected close browser and use our link to re-access PRICELINESelect 3* TS, MTW, HK, ESB...Bid $120, if rejected close browser and use our link to re-access PRICELINESelect 3* CPS, MSG, Chelsea, MTE...Bid $120, if rejected close browser and use our link to re-access PRICELINESelect 3* TS, MTW, HK, ESB, CPS, MSG, Chelsea, MTE...Bid $125Any questions feel free to ask.Please use the PRICELINE and HOTWIRE links on the board to begin your travel purchases.Good luck and let us know how it goes. Please use this HOTWIRE and these PRICELINE LINKS: HOTELS, CAR RENTALS, and AIRFARE to begin your travel purchases
ggm Posted June 24, 2010 Author Report Posted June 24, 2010 Hey just won, the Jolly Hotel Madison Towers, for $105 + $10 bonus for July 10th thur 13th. Was bidding on 3.5* at the same price but then bumped it down to a 3* and won on my first shot (so start lower)
AaronJB Posted June 24, 2010 Report Posted June 24, 2010 Congratulations on your success. :)Hope you are pleased with the result and are looking forward to your stay.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.
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