Priceline Hotel: 3* Ithaca (Downtown) Holiday Inn

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Won on 2 rooms in Downtown, $85@ with taxes/fees = $17.21 per room, bidding the day before 12/2/2010.

Posting this after our stay, which was to attend a program at Ithaca College, and I can't remember details on how I bid (sorry) but I was happy with the win, as this hotel regularly books for twice this price.

If there is an event going on in town or at one of the 2 colleges, especially a parent weekend, this hotel will sell out, as will most hotels nearby, we've learned. Booking early in a college town is often prudent, and reservations for graduation times may need to be made a year in advance if you want to stay anywhere in town. But we weren't worried about where we ended up, and this wasn't a big event weekend, so we decided to try PRICELINE.

Had no problems with the front desk on check-in, and they accommodated our request to get adjacent rooms with 2 queen beds in each, and our rooms were in the main section of the hotel. (This Holiday Inn has an older ground-floor section, that is described as a "motel" and is not as nice; plus the hotel has had some really negative reviews on Tripadvisor, so we were worried we'd get a "bad" room, due to the discounted price, but our rooms were up-to-date & clean.) Parking lot was tight, & we hear it often fills up, but we found spaces around the corner section.

[AaronJB]

Congrats on your success. :)

Very nice deal for this property, and glad to hear that it turned out to be better than the reviews.

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.