Priceline Hotel: 4* Montreal Hyatt Regency

[LB914]

Booked Montreal Hyatt for 4/21-4/24 for $90/night (with taxes grant total was $328).

Bidding history:

Selected only 4* and above

Selected just Old Town zone - $69 (rejected)

Added Downtown zone - increased to $75 (rejected)

Added Longueuil (free bid, no 4*s there) - $80 (rejected)

Added Laval (free bid, no 4* there) - $85 (rejected)

Added Pointe Claire (free bid, no 4* there) - $90 (ACCEPTED)

By adding the zones without 4* hotels I was able to bid for everything within a half hour rather than waiting 24 hs. I regreat not bidding $86 instead of $90 based on the other recent wins but I wasn't thinking and ran out of freebie zones - at least it is only $14 total.

[thereuare]

Welcome to BetterBidding!

Congratulations on your success! You won't always be able to squeeze every last dollar out of a hotel stay, so better to focus on the dollars saved rather than the few cents you may leave on the table... i wouldn't worry too much about overbidding by $3-$4... just make sure you never overbid by $30-$40 :)

Thank you for sharing your win with the board.

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Enjoy your stay.

[sjg22]

As a frame of reference, I've stayed at this hotel twice in the past via Priceline.

Most recently, I stayed for two days (Thursday and Friday nights) in early September of 2010, paying $98 a night using the same free rebid technique as you did.

In July of 2009, I stayed three nights at this hotel, Saturday to Tuesday for $67 a night (again using the same technique).

It seems like prices on Priceline have been going up a bit recently...

Also, for those that have not stayed at the Hyatt Montreal before, I liked the central location. You're right on Rue St. Catherines, and a relatively short walk from the Via Rail Station, the Metro, Old Town, the Port and, when the festival is on, Just For Laughs. It is a bit of an oddly designed hotel - it takes a slightly inconvenient series of elevators to get to your room, and the hotel is located inside a shopping centre. It was clean, had average room quality for a Hyatt and I had no problem getting two queens rather than the standard King when I went in '09.