Hotwire Hotel: Maui - 3,5* Hotel ID

[vpr]

Please help ID Wailea-Makena hotel 3,5*

Resort - Suite - Fitness - Pool - Restaurant - Business - Internet - Golf

[thereuare]

Can you please add a reply to this thread with the date(s) of your stay so we can add this information to the topic title and enable your win to appear in the Priceline and Hotwire Calendar of Wins.

Please use the PRICELINE and HOTWIRE links on the board to begin your travel purchases... and your searches too! (please click this HOTWIRE link before replying)

[vpr]

I'm using HOTWIRE to help ID hotels that might be on PRICELINE. Currently planning for dates 01/09 - 01/16.

[thereuare]

If you go back to HOTWIRE and click the CONTINUE button next to this offering and then click the "See all " link on top of the icons, do you see more amenities than what you've listed above?

However, i don't see much to be gained at trying to ID this property... how will it effect your PRICELINE bidding? You can check the Hotwire Hotel List to see if there is a possible match for this property.

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

[vpr]

Thanks for the tip about extra amenities. Now I can see it is a Hotel Wailea.

I'm proposing that hotels listed on HOTWIRE have a high chance of being available on PRICELINE at a lower price. Am I wrong?

[thereuare]

I'm proposing that hotels listed on HOTWIRE have a high chance of being available on PRICELINE at a lower price.

Not necessarily... as in this example, the Hotel Wailea has never been reported to the board thru PRICELINE, so either it has just not been won and reported yet, or they may not participate with PRICELINE's Name Your Own Price. As well, we have seen many instances where 'Hotel X' was showing on HOTWIRE and a different hotel entirely was won on PRICELINE.

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

[Dman]

I disagree - I think that his strategy is sound. In fact, the Hotel Wailea has recently been taken over by the Aqua group - and the Aqua hotels do appear on both Priceline and Hotwire. But interestingly enough, my experience is that the lowest winning price on PL for Aqua inventory is generally the same price that it comes up on Hotwire. I recently experienced this first hand, when I got the Aqua Surf off Hotwire for $59, after failed PL bids up to $58, and shortly after, someone reported a win for $60 on PL. But that being said, in fact, these hotels can be gotten for the same price - maybe even a few dollars less - because of the saved Hotwire or Priceline fees on the Aqua direct booking website. I found that I actually could have saved $2 a night after fees had I booked the Aqua Surf directly. If he actually wants to stay at the Hotel Wailea - I'd recommend booking it on the Aqua direct website - so long as he has enough time to get their 60 day advance no cancellation rate - which is as cheap or maybe even cheaper than the place could be gotten on Hotwire or PL, after fees are considered.