Priceline Hotel: 3* San Diego (Coastal) La Jolla Marriott

[sojourn]

First bid 3 * $65 (Del Mar) rejected;

Second bid $70 (Coronado) rejected;

Third bid $75 (DT/Harbor Island) rejected;

Fourth bid $78 (Coastal) rejected;

Fifth bid $80 (Miramar) - accepted:

Marriot La Jolla

4240 La Jolla Village Dr

La Jolla, CA 92037

Dates: 5/20/05-5/23/05

2 rooms

3 nights

Subtotal: $480.00

Tax/SF: 67.36

Total: $547.36

This is more than what I would normally bid for a 3*, however, as previously noted in other posts there is a major convention (and San Diego State University's graduation weekend). Just before the winning bid, I had bid on 4* hotels with the following sequence for the same dates of 5/20/5/23 on a different browser:

Coastal-$75-rejected

Coronada-$80 rejected

DT/Harbor-$84-rejected

Rancho B.-$89-rejected

Miramar-91-rejected

Del Mar-95-rejected

At this point I was leaning towards the HOTWIRE posting of $110 (Coastal)- Customer Favoriter (Restaurant, Pool, fitness, tennis, business), which appears to be the Hyatt (La Jolla), but gave the 3* a chance (based on quality of hotel- HOTWIRE posting may have been the better choice).

[thereuare]

This is the second post in the last week where the 4* Coastal was a tough bid... let's hope this isn't a trend!

Thanks for posting and helping us add this new hotel to our lists.

Enjoy your stay.

[ScottF12345]

just tried to use sojourns strategy as he looked to be in the same predicament as me in THIS POST and after all this I could deal with people 80 for the marriot la jolla...

unfortauntely hit the 80 mark and rejected. added carlsbad and 82 was rejected.... nice bid sojourn