Priceline Hotel: 2.5* Nashville (Franklin) Wingate by Wyndham

[VARIDER]

Original bids of $42 to $48 rejected for 2.5* in Franklin

Bid of $50 per night accepted: 2 nights, 1 room

Taxes and Fees: $27.50 (USD)

TOTAL for 2 nights $127.50

I estimate savings of over $100.

Happy first-time Priceline user

[AaronJB]

Congrats on your success and Welcome to Betterbidding.

Superb deal for this Wingate property, and glad you are pleased with your first PRICELINE purchase.

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

Enjoy your stay.

[VARIDER]

Won successful bid for $50 (2.5*, Nashville-Franklin) at Wingate/Wyndham. Being told now that to get 2 double beds (instead of 1 king) I would have to pay $40 per day extra (on top of my $50 bid).

Priceline unable to help (contract is a contract is a contract).

I don't mind paying a small upcharge ($10), but $40 is another matter indeed.

Any suggestions on how to approach this?

[AaronJB]

PRICELINE only guarantees 1 bed/double occupancy. While one may request 2 beds, the hotel could say no, or charge a fee.

That said, $40 is certainly unusually high, especially for a 2.5* property. Additionally - unless I'm looking at the wrong Wingate - I'm only seeing a $10 difference between two doubles and 1 bed rooms at this property. I'd call again and try noting that you're seeing a much smaller difference between a 1 king and two double room on the hotel website. If they still say $40, there's not much else you can do (although you could try telling PRICELINE that the property is trying to charge nearly double your bid price to get two beds, although that still may not get much of a result.)