Priceline Hotel: 2.5* Palm Springs (Palm Desert) Holiday Inn Expres

[Guest aldo]

I'm surprised by this win (since I didn't think I would be successful this far out), but happy! Been thinking about spending Mother's Day in Palm Desert, so started by bidding for a resort in PD at $65- rejected. Added PS at $69- rejected. Started over for a 4* PS only at $65-rejected. Added PD at $69-rejected. I didn't want to spend much more than that, so I started over again to bid a 2 1/2*. Thinking I might have a chance at my fav PD Crtyrd, I bid $42.

Congratulations! You got your price of $42 for a 2 1/2* room!

Holiday Inn Express Palm Desert

74675 Hwy. 111

Palm Desert, CA 92260

$42 + $12.30= $54.30

It's not a resort, but parking and breakfast are free. And this is a better location for us, as we're going to the Living Desert.

As always, bid through the Barn.

[thereuare]

Thanks for sharing your winning bid and starting that bid at the SavingsBarn.com

It's great when you're happy with the results and are 'all set' far in advance... gives you time to savor the win! :)

Enjoy your stay.

[Guest aldo]

thereuare- just a side note:

After bidding, I looked at availability on Hotwire again. With 2 adults only, the HIExp showed up at $51, but if I added 1 child, it disappeared. On the HI website, it showed no availability for 2 adults/1child, but for 2 adults only, it showed 1 K at $139 best flex rate. Looking at the room description, it said max 2 people/room. I first called 1-800-HOLIDAY, and they confirmed my reservation as 1 K N/S (they e-mailed it to me). I then called the hotel, and spoke with a very nice gal. I explained we had a child, and asked if we could get a rollaway. She said they didn't have any, and she didn't know if she could change a Priceline reservation to show 2 beds. But she input it anyways, and sounded surprised that she was able to make the change to 2 B N/S. I guess we'll see when we get there.

I wanted to share this, as we were talking about Hotwire in San Diego, and the differences when you add kids in the search. I was thinking that certain hotels would show only for adults because of bedding-type inventory given (as is the case with this HI Exp). Maybe this is true. Hope I got lucky this time, but for someone else it may not be the case.

By the way, seeing $51 on HW tends me to believe I overbid a few dollars. The next person should try $37- I'd be interested to see if that's the magic number. Maybe not, though, as the flex rate is high, and it seems like alot of hotels have raised their PL rates.