Priceline Hotel: 4* Atlanta (Midtown)Palomar Atlan ta

[krlbrgmnn]

Palomar Atlanta-Midtown, A Kimpton Hotel

Midtown Atlanta

866 West Peachtree St. Nw

Atlanta, Georgia 30308

Check-In Date:

Wed, Oct 27, 2010 / After 03:00 PM

Check-Out Date:

Fri, Oct 29, 2010 / 12:00 PM

Your Offer Price Per Room, Per Night: $82.00

Subtotal: $164.00

Taxes & Fees: $33.04 (For this transaction, the amount you were charged relating to Taxes was $24.54 [15%]. The amount you were charged for Service Fees was $8.50 [5.2%].)

Total Charges: $197.04

Price comps for these dates:

Hotel website - $219/nt best available rate (Deluxe King); 63% less

Hotwire - $105/nt for midtown 4* (BB's description matches Palomar); 22% less

Bidding history:

Needed a 4* in Midtown. Started late Fri, Oct 22, @ $50 and then used up all ~15 rebid chances through $66, failing. Resumed Mon, Oct 25 at $60, increasing by $2 increments until hitting this. Was disappointed b/c I've seen the Loews and the W in midtown on this board recently for as low as $65, which seems to be the absolute floor for midtown lately. Was more pleased after checking comp prices (posted above) with hotel itself. I realize these are still premium business nights and you're not going to normally get any crazy deals Sun-Thu in ATL business areas like you normally do for Fri/Sat.

I started my PL bids using BB's PRICELINE link. Please do the same when starting your own PL bidding.

[AaronJB]

Congrats on your success. :)

Very nice deal for this well-reviewed Kimpton ATL boutique! Glad you are pleased with the result.

Thank you for sharing your win and using the site's PRICELINE link.

Enjoy your stay.

[krlbrgmnn]

Having now stayed at this hotel, I must warn that, if you have/bring a car, it is a valet-only parking situation @ $30/day -- no self-park available. I discovered this prior to arrival because I looked at the hotel's website after winning, but it was still too late to avoid a built-in 36.5% increase in my win's cost. I hope the mods will consider adding this as a note to the PL hotel list to caution others.

I confirm that this hotel meets my idea of a 4* hotel. Quite upscale in most every way. Warning: No pool (if you expect one) but it does have a very nice substitute in the way of a 2nd/3rd story rooftop lounge/outdoor bar area. Good quality gym.