Mulval Posted March 16, 2005 Report Posted March 16, 2005 Days Inn ManassasPriceline quality level: 2*Priceline zone: Manassas7611 Centreville Road, Manassas, Virginia 20111-1953703-361-1600http://www.daysinn.com/DaysInn/control/Boo...74&brandInfo=DICheck-In Date: Tuesday, April 12, 2005Check-Out Date: Friday, April 15, 2005Offer Price: $50.00Number of Rooms: 1Number of Nights: 3Subtotal: $150.00Taxes & Service Fees: $23.96Total Charges: $173.96Complimentary continental breakfast is included.Bidding on March 16, 2005:My goal was to get a hotel room in the Dulles Airport (IAD), Sterling, Manassas or Leesburg zones. In my bidding for 3* and 2.5* hotels, I went up to $52.00/night and had no luck. In my bidding for 2* hotels, I went up to $50.00/night in Dulles Airport (IAD), Sterling and Leesburg. My price of $50.00 when bidding for 2* in Manassas was accepted.Rate:The best available rate from the hotel Web site was $89.00/night. If I would have booked my room directly through this hotel Web site, my total charge, with taxes, would have been about $292.37.The best available rate for the second Days Inn in Manassas was $80.00/night. The best available rate for Days Inn in Leesburg was $72.00/night. The best available rate for Super 8 Motel in Manassas was $63.00/night.
thereuare Posted March 17, 2005 Report Posted March 17, 2005 Thanks for the details of your bidding!Did you bid 2* for this zone before your $50 acceptance? (i see the other zones you bid up to $50, but did you bid this zone at 2* before the $50 acceptance?)Thanks, and enjoy your stay. Please use this HOTWIRE and these PRICELINE LINKS: HOTELS, CAR RENTALS, and AIRFARE to begin your travel purchases
Mulval Posted March 17, 2005 Author Report Posted March 17, 2005 thereuare, that's an excellent question. I bid for 2* under $50 in other northern Virginia Priceline zones, unsuccessfully. However, in this zone, Manassas, I started my bidding for 2* at $50, and won on my first attempt. Because Manassas is my least preferred choice out of the four zones acceptable to me in the northern Virginia area [Dulles Airport (IAD), Sterling, Leesburg, Manassas], I normally bid Manassas last. I should have started bidding for 2* in Manassas at a lower price. Thank you for highlighting this error in my bidding strategy.
thereuare Posted March 17, 2005 Report Posted March 17, 2005 I wasn't so much pointing out a mistake as i was inquiring :) Please use this HOTWIRE and these PRICELINE LINKS: HOTELS, CAR RENTALS, and AIRFARE to begin your travel purchases
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