Priceline Hotel: Aug 13-21 advice needed

[markvancouver]

Hi All,

I am looking to bid on hotwire hotel in Chelsea / MSG from August 13-21 for $199. It is listed as a 3.5 star hotel but has no amenities listed. Hotwire users gave it %100 but I am wary that this might mean it was only reviewed by one user. Any thoughts?

Would I be safer with a 3 star in the same neighbourhood for 189 with breakfast / fitness / business / internet listed as amenities? Any ideas what these two hotels might be?

Thanks a million! I promise to book through your link.

Mark

[markvancouver]

Hi I'm looking to spend 189-199 night for aug 13-21 for a four star somewhere walkable to javits center. so chelsea, msg, maybe midtown, empire state. any suggestions?

thanks,

Mark

[AaronJB]

Welcome to Betterbidding. :)

Unfortunately, without any sort of amenities showing, there's no way to know for sure which hotel the 3.5* may be. However, the 4.5/5 tripadvisor rating on the detail page would suggest this property gets excellent reviews (double check that you are seeing this, as well - click "continue" on the listing to go to the detail page, then go to the bottom of that page and there should be 4.5/5 circles shaded.) So, while there's no way to know which property this may be, this at least gets excellent reviews.

The 3* would appear to be a match for the Holiday Inn Express MSG. While this is a "safer" bet due to having a reasonably good idea as to what this is, paying $10 more for a more upscale property that - given the tripadvisor reviews showing - gets good reviews - is an interesting "risk/reward" situation. It's risky in that without any amenities, there's no way to know which hotel this may be - however, if the reviews are in fact 4.5/5 on tripadvisor, this could be a good reward. However, whether or not this is an appealing risk is going to differ from person-to-person.

In terms of PRICELINE, Chelsea and MSG do not have 4* bidding; would MTW, ESB, Times Square/Theatre be of interest for 4*?

Please use the site's HOTWIRE or PRICELINE links to start your purchases and searches.

[markvancouver]

thanks so much Aaron. indeed 4* MTW and ESB on priceline would be of interest. thoughts?

[AaronJB]

8 straight days may be problematic in terms of bidding on PRICELINE, especially in NYC. While you may be able to get 8 straight within your budget range, would you be okay with possibly moving hotels during your stay at the mid-point?

Thank you for using the site's HOTWIRE or PRICELINE links to start your purchases and searches.

[markvancouver]

so far i've booked the roger williams aug 13-17 at $189, although it isn't really $189 of course because of this pesky $20 'resort fee' which I am was not thrilled to learn about after I had already booked...

caveat emptor i suppose. still cheaper than normal.

M

[thereuare]

so far i've booked the roger williams aug 13-17 at $189...

Was this thru PRICELINE, HOTWIRE or some other source? If PRICELINE / HOTWIRE can you please provide the star rating and zone (and if HOTWIRE the amenities too) of this property... you can still view this information by going to the top right of HOTWIRE and clicking the MY PROFILE >> MY TRIPS link near the top right of their home page (or the MY ACCOUNT link near the top right of HOTWIRE's home page)

Please use the PRICELINE and HOTWIRE links on the board to begin your travel purchases.

Thanks.