praguepivo Posted January 15, 2011 Report Posted January 15, 2011 I have been trying to secure a room for the above dates to no avail.January 9th I started out at $ 76 and have increased the bid in small increments to $90 and have had no luck nor any counter offersI have checked and there do not seem to be any major events happening that weekendI have checked the hotel rates for a week prior, my week and a week after using booking.com, Hotels.com and Expediaone week before avg price $203my week $211week after $239.Today I started over at $75 just for the heck of it.Any ideas?Thank you for your timeThank you for sharing your win and please use the site's HOTWIRE or PRICELINE links to start your purchases and searches.
thereuare Posted January 15, 2011 Report Posted January 15, 2011 Welcome to BetterBidding!With hotel direct rates at $200+, your bids are still less than half of prevailing rates, and while such deep discounts are not uncommon for this area, it may be too early for hotels to be willing to discount so deeply; preferring to hold onto rooms themselves in hopes of selling them at full price rather than at a fraction of current rates. I'd book a back-up reservation and continue to bid at your current levels about once a week or so, more frequently as you get closer to your travel dates.Please use the PRICELINE and HOTWIRE links on the board to begin your travel purchases.Keep us updated and let us know if we can be of further help along the way. Please use this HOTWIRE and these PRICELINE LINKS: HOTELS, CAR RENTALS, and AIRFARE to begin your travel purchases
BacSi Posted January 15, 2011 Report Posted January 15, 2011 I noticed there were no HOTWIRE secret hotels for the OP's dates. Does this tell them anything?
praguepivo Posted January 15, 2011 Author Report Posted January 15, 2011 I am a newbie so it does not tell me anything!Please use the PRICELINE and HOTWIRE links on the board to begin your travel purchases.
thereuare Posted January 15, 2011 Report Posted January 15, 2011 praguepivo,The lack of 'opaque' availability thru HOTWIRE is indicative that hotels have not given any deeply discounted supply to HOTWIRE (and therefore may not have give deeply discounted inventory to PRICELINE either). They may not have given inventory because they've already receiving more reservations then expected at this point prefer to hold onto rooms in an attempt to sell them themselves at full price rather then at discounted prices... or it could just be too early to see very low rates or an event/conference in town which would cause unusually high demand.As noted above your bids are still well under half of conventional bookings, so not sure if you want to increase your maximum bid or wait it out and hope for lower rates in the coming weeks/months.Please use the PRICELINE and HOTWIRE links on the board to begin your travel purchases... please click this PRICELINE link before replying. Please use this HOTWIRE and these PRICELINE LINKS: HOTELS, CAR RENTALS, and AIRFARE to begin your travel purchases
praguepivo Posted January 15, 2011 Author Report Posted January 15, 2011 Thank you for your reply. I have spent the day checking many hotel prices and it seems, for some reason, my week is more expensive than the week before and in many cases the week after as well. I have checked several "what's on" type sites for this period and can't seem to find any big event. I will continue plodding along and will use the PRICELINE links on the board to bid.
thereuare Posted January 15, 2011 Report Posted January 15, 2011 Keep us updated and let us know if we can be of further help along the way. Please use this HOTWIRE and these PRICELINE LINKS: HOTELS, CAR RENTALS, and AIRFARE to begin your travel purchases
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