Priceline Hotel: 3* Miami (South Beach - Collins Avenue Oceanfront) FAILED BID

[smartcookie]

Trying to get a good deal on a hotel in South Beach for 3 nights, 12/25-12/28. So far, failed $50 and $55 bids. Will update as I do some more bidding in the next few weeks.

[thereuare]

With schools off for winter recess i would expect it to take somewhat more than $55 for a 3* or better hotel during this timeframe.

Thanks for using the PRICELINE links for your bidding.

Good luck and keep us updated... let us know if we can be of any help along the way.

[smartcookie]

Hi,

I found a $20 bonus cash offer via my Citi credit card online account, so I added it to my account and am using that now to bid. It's adding $6.67 per night to my 3-night reservation.

I am also bidding on both the South Beach - Ocean Drive and South Beach - Collins Avenue Oceanfront areas.

I just tried bids of $54+6.67, $60+6.67 and $65+6.67 for a 3* and all were rejected so far, i.e. the highest rejected bid with bonus cash included was $70.67.

I'm going to try again tomorrow. We're willing to pay about $75-80 as prices for these days don't seem extremely high and we can get a private room at a hostel for about $60-70 as well.

Hope this helps.

[thereuare]

Good luck and keep us updated as to your progress.

[smartcookie]

Thanks! I'm just not sure how much it may take to win, so any insight from experience would be appreciated.

Rates for 3* hotels listed here vary greatly. Expedia is showing the following (kind with some hotels showing higher rates for the night of Dec 25 and others showing same price for all nights):

$139 Hotel Nash

$199 Wyndham Garden

$229 Royal Palm

$251 Doubletree Surfcomber

$252 New Clinton

$292 Sense South

$189 The Chesterfield (2.5*?)

$310 for the Mondrian (4*)

[thereuare]

I'm guessing best case scenario you're looking at ~$80-$120

Thanks for using the PRICELINE and HOTWIRE links.

[smartcookie]

Thanks. Tried up to $85.67 including bonus cash today. Still nothing.

[AaronJB]

Sorry to hear that your bids were not accepted. :)

Thank you for keeping us updated and good luck on your next round of bidding. Please use the site's HOTWIRE or PRICELINE links to start your purchases and searches and let us know if you have any questions.