Priceline Hotel: 2* No. Virginia (Manassas) Days Inn Centreville Rd

[Mulval]

Days Inn Manassas

Priceline quality level: 2*

Priceline zone: Manassas

7611 Centreville Road, Manassas, Virginia 20111-1953

703-361-1600

http://www.daysinn.com/DaysInn/control/Boo...74&brandInfo=DI

Check-In Date: Tuesday, April 5, 2005

Check-Out Date: Friday, April 8, 2005

Offer Price: $54.00

Number of Rooms: 1

Number of Nights: 3

Subtotal: $162.00

Taxes & Service Fees: $25.28

Total Charges: $187.28

Complimentary continental breakfast is included.

Past bidding:

On March 16, 2005 I bid up to $50 for 2* in Dulles Airport (IAD) + Manassas + Sterling.

On March 21, 2005 I bid up to $53 for 2* in Dulles Airport (IAD) + Manassas + Sterling.

Bidding on March 27, 2005 for northern Virginia zones:

1) 2* for $52 in Dulles Airport (IAD).

2) 2* for $54 in Dulles Airport (IAD) + Sterling.

3) 2* for $54 in Manassas -- and my price was accepted.

Rate:

The best available rate from the hotel Web site was $89.00/night.

[thereuare]

You notice any differences between when the lower rates are accepted and when it takes more?

[Mulval]

This week (April 5-8, 2005) appears to be the exception, because I have won the same 2* Day Inn Manassas hotel for $49-50 for many other weeks in April and May. I don't notice any difference.

[biddingforhotel]

I am always wondering why people willing to pay more to stay at Days Inn??? If you bid lower, then you would never got Days Inn. Once you got Days Inn, it's the start of the nightmare. For family like us, each kid they would ask for another $10, so ... Maybe this Days Inn an exception?

[Mulval]

This Days Inn on Centreville Road in Manassas, VA is an exception, because it's better than most Days Inn hotels that I have stayed at. This property is also rated as "5 sunbursts" by Days Inn, versus "4 sunbursts" for other Days Inn hotels in the area.

My goal was to get the lowest price for a 2* (or better) hotel in the Dulles Airport (IAD), Leesburg, Manassas or Sterling zones in northern Virginia. For the given dates (Tuesday, April 5 to Friday, April 8), $54/night from Priceline was the lowest price I could get, after many days of repeated bidding, increasing the bid price a little bit every time. I had even tried, reluctantly, to bid for a 1* in these zones, but had no luck at all.

Comparing the best listed prices on hotel company Web sites, Days Inn properties have some of the lowest prices in Manassas and Leesburg, with only Super 8 Motels and Red Roof Inns listing lower rates.