Priceline Hotel: Rejected-4* Ottawa $70 8/12/ to 8/14

[damnh1959]

4* Ottawa

Check in 8/12/2010 Check out 8/14/2010

1 room, 2 adults

We used the PRICELINE and HOTWIRE links to access the sites each time.

My wife and I did research across the forums and across both the Hotwire and Priceline sites.

Hotwire posted a 4* property @ $89 per night with the following amenities:

Smoke Free,Fitness Ctr.,Pool,Restaurant,Business Ctr.,Laundry,Internet Access, and Golf Nearly (Childen's Activities came up later in expanded menu)

Hotwire also posted a 3 1/2* property @$73 per night with the following amenities:

Boutique Hotel,Fitness Ctr.,Restaurant,Business Ctr.,and Internet Access

By comparing this against the forum lists, we speculated that the 4 star might be the Marriott, with an outside chance at the Westin, and the 3 1/2 star would be the Arc Hotel.

Unfortunatly, there was no bid history recently in the Calendar of Wins in the last 2 weeks to compare ( ran dates July 25th to August 6th).

Unfortunatly, our bid of $70 was rejected.

It was suggested that we increase our bid $15 (to $85).

Our thoughts were towards taking the secure Hotwire deal. We are considering a re-bid.

Any suggestions are appreciated. This is a terrific site, and we have only begun to use it. Thanks to everyone for all the great information and feedback.

[damnh1959]

We will potentially look more seriously at a re-bid.

Pricing on Hotwire increased another $5 on each property as we refreshed the screen.

[thereuare]

Was your $70 bid at the 3.5* or 4* level? The counter-offer at $85 is basically telling you that you'll likely be successful somewhere between $71 and $88.

When bidding 4* or 3.5* in this area you do have THREE re-bid zones available so it comes down to whether you'd like to use these to increase your bids toward the $88 level for any 4* hotel in the zone (assuming it was a 4* bid that you made) vs. the 'known' guess of the Marriott/Westin via HOTWIRE.

Let us know your thoughts as to how you'd like to proceed and/or how it goes.

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