Priceline Hotel: 3* Chicago (NMA-River North) Residence Inn Mag Mile

[imsocloey]

First 10 bids (over the past 2 weeks) of $80-115 in $5 increments was rejected for 3*+. Re-bid of $116 was accepted.

Residence Inn By Marriott Chicago Downtown Magnificent Mile

Zone: Millennium Park, Loop & Grant Park Area

Check-In Date:

Wed, Oct 6, 2010 / After 03:00 PM

Check-Out Date:

Sun, Oct 10, 2010 / 12:00 PM

Your Offer Price Per Room, Per Night: $116.00

Subtotal: $464.00

Taxes & Fees: $83.92

Total Charges*: $547.92

Number of Rooms: 1

Number of Nights: 4

[AaronJB]

Congrats on your success. :)

Thank you for sharing your win and please use the site's HOTWIRE or PRICELINE links to start your purchases and searches.

Enjoy your stay.

[imsocloey]

Yes, it is indeed the one on Walton:

201 East Walton Place

Chicago, Illinois 60611

312-943-9800

Thank you for the tip, hope they will be able to accommodate it. Very excited about this website and so upset that I just barely found out about it. Will look forward to future bidding tips/sharing wins/etc.

BTW: still in the market for a hotel bid for nyc from 10/31/10-11/3/10, perfectly fine with 3*+ and really not sure about where to stay...just needs to be close to subway/transportation. We've visited 2-3 times, but it's been a while and we stayed at hotels where corporate booked us....so now we are on our own and looking to stay under $175/night after tax. Saw someone else win a bid in Chelsea for $135 for a Sheraton that sounds good....but let me know if you have any tips of what areas are cool to stay...this trip is a graduation gift to by step son who has never been to NYC and will want to do the "touristy" stuff.

[AaronJB]

Please post a new thread in the NY forum and we would be more than happy to help with that portion of the stay.

This RI property is also in a terrific location right off the North end of the North Michigan Ave. area. Definitely see if you can get a room facing North on one of the top couple of floors; these rooms may not be available, but if they are, they are not considered an upgrade, so it wouldn't be an issue in that regard.

Please let me know if you have any questions about the city.

[imsocloey]

Please fill me in on any tips you have....love the Hancock Building tip about eating at the restaurant or having drinks instead of just paying to go to the observation deck...things like that...or must see touristy stuff.

Thank you so much -- requested the top floors with north facing view...we'll see what we get!