shanelai Posted August 27, 2010 Report Share Posted August 27, 2010 Success in getting booking for 11/24 - same hotel, Intercontinental The Barclay at a lower price of $165.Bid started at $155, rejectedAdded rebid zone and bid at $158, rejectedAdded rebid zone and bid at $159, rejectedAdded rebid zone and bid at $160, rejectedAdded rebid zone and bid at $165, acceptedNow onto my San Francisco hotel booking... :) Link to comment
yellowdog Posted August 27, 2010 Report Share Posted August 27, 2010 Thank you for sharing your result with the board!Bold move you did here with a great outcome :) Enjoy your stay.Please use the site's HOTWIRE and PRICELINE links to start future purchases.Yellowdog. Link to comment
shanelai Posted August 27, 2010 Author Report Share Posted August 27, 2010 Thanks.I've been doing research on these particular dates and thanks to Hotwire for tipping me on the lower rates prior to Thanksgiving. I also had a fallback plan just in case I couldn't get that one day (a night at a 3.5* hotel). Also based on the history of bids posted here on BetterBidding, I was able to pretty much guess the hotel and the rate. :) Link to comment
Steakknife Posted August 27, 2010 Report Share Posted August 27, 2010 What was the price on HOTWIRE?Cheers Link to comment
shanelai Posted August 28, 2010 Author Report Share Posted August 28, 2010 I checked out combinations of different dates that I wanted on HOTWIRE and found the best hotwire rates for a 4* MTE to be $189 on 11/24 and $209 per for 11/25 till 11/29. When I selected 11/24 to 11/29, the rates were $219 which didn't make sense. Link to comment
Steakknife Posted August 28, 2010 Report Share Posted August 28, 2010 Best I can see for my dates is a 3* on HOTWIRE for $192(The Manhattan at Times Square ) :) . Good to know what the difference in price is between the two sites Thanks, Link to comment
AaronJB Posted August 28, 2010 Report Share Posted August 28, 2010 Rates vary quite a bit by dates; the few days just after and especially the days right before (as the days right after are "Day After Thanksgiving" shopping) Thanksgiving in Chicago is traditionally a less expensive time and NYC is generally similar. Otherwise, NYC is busy-to-extremely busy during the Fall and into the Winter.Thank you for using the site's HOTWIRE or PRICELINE links to start your purchases and searches. Link to comment
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