Priceline Hotel: Last Minute Bid......Lakeland, FL

[ufjoe21]

:)

ok well I will possibly need a hotel reservation tonight in Lakeland, FL

it's about 2AM eastern time now and I will make my decision of whether to go or not, it's 50/50 at this point

so sorry if I don't end up bidding you can kill this post if you like thereuare

anyways............I'm a little miffed because hotwire is showing 0 availability

also, I only found 1 post on betterbidding on this area (Lakeland area)

reason I'm most concerned is, Lakeland is just 1 zone and only has 1*,2*,2.5* availalbe

so the most bids I could have is

2.5*

2.5*,2*

2.5*,2*,1*

or I guess I could do 3 separate bids for each star level separtely

my point is I won't have time to wait on the 72 hr lockout, so I REALLY don't want to waste my bids

$120 (2.5*), $114 (2*), $108 (1*) are the averages offered by priceline

so I don't know what hotels normally come up so I can't see what the going rates are for that night

also using some other websites (Hotels.com,Travelocity) are showing like 0 availability (i know this isn't true, I've stayed in Lakeland before and it's a sleepy little town)

anyways I'd be willing to accept any star level

I figure if I get 3 bids I'll start at 1* and make my way up

I was going to start bidding something under $30 for 1*

under $40 for 2*

under $50 for 2.5*

if all fails and I still want to go I can get the Terrace Hotel in Lakeland for $89 (before tax)

again........sorry for not being positive if I'm going to bid, it's just literally deciding at the last second

if anything this will shed some light on this area of FL since no one has ever posted anything on it!

so what I'm asking for is what should my 3 bids be?

someone told me (on another site) that most people rarely get the 1* thru priceline so you can win for as little as $20 bucks

GRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR

usually I'm on here giving people bidding advice, now I'm ripping my own hair out (that's not a problem because I shave my head bald!)

[thereuare]

I figure if I get 3 bids I'll start at 1* and make my way up

You can't do that as the star level you select is the minimum you are willing to accept, so if you bid for 1* and are rejected, then change to 2*, it will be seen as a duplicate bid (since 2* was included in your 1* search).

[ufjoe21]

Apparently priceline has no inventory available currently......

I bid 1* up to $30

I bid 2* up to $65

I bid 2.5* up to $80 (in my rebids I included 2* and 1*)

so even bidding $80 I couldn't find a 1*......

So, obviously they had no inventory there

oh well, I guess that's why no one ever posts about Lakeland :)

I ended up going but getting to stay at someone's house for free! :)