Priceline Hotel: 4* Montreal Hyatt Regency

[gambit]

Im looking to book a 4* Hotel in the downtown area of montreal for 4/15/11-4/17/11. Ive read through many threads on the site over the last few days and think Ive got the bidding/rebidding process down, but was still a little confused about how many bids I can expect to get before having to wait 24hrs/restart the browser.

As an example:

Montreal, 4/15/11-4/17/11, only willing to stay in downtown zone.

First bid: 4* Downtown, $60. (gets rejected)

Re-bid: 4* Downtown+Longueuil(No 4*'s), $65. (gets rejected)

Re-bid: 4* Downtown+Longueuil+Laval(no 4*'s), $70. (gets rejected)

Re-bid: 4* Downtown+Longueuil+Laval+Pointe Claire(no 4*'s), $75. (gets rejected)

At this point, as far as i can tell, Ive used up all my possible zones that dont have 4* areas and havent gotten an accepted bid. What are my options at this point?Would I be able to immediately restart the whole process I just went through, with slightly higher bids, by simply restarting the browser? Or will I have to wait 24hrs? Does this strategy seem about right? Thanks in advance.

[thereuare]

Welcome to BetterBidding!

At this point you'll need to wait 24 hour from the point of your last rejected bid.

If you let us know your maximum bid for this stay we'll suggest a strategy for you to follow once you're able to bid again.

Please use the PRICELINE and HOTWIRE links on the board to begin your travel purchases.

[gambit]

Max Bid would be 100.

Would also be willing to stay in the Convention centre-old montreal zone, as they have some nice 4* options. This would would give me an extra bid each go-through.

[thereuare]

Just to confirm, you have not yet included the Convention Center zone in your previous bidding, correct?

If so you'll be able to bid again immediately as follows, using your THREE re-bid zones.

Select 4* Convention Center...

Bid $60, if rejected add re-bid zone...

Bid $65, if rejected add re-bid zone...

Bid $70, if rejected add re-bid zone...

Bid $75, if rejected close browser and use this link to re-access PRICELINE

Select 4* Convention Center and Downtown...

Bid $80, if rejected add re-bid zone...

Bid $85, if rejected add re-bid zone...

Bid $90, if rejected add re-bid zone...

Bid $95

Any questions feel free to ask.

Please use the PRICELINE and HOTWIRE links on the board to begin your travel purchases.

Good luck and let us know how it goes.

[gambit]

Thank you so much, I'll let you know how everything goes.

[gambit]

Hey, just a followup:

Bid History:

Montreal 4/15/11-4/17/11

4* Convention Centre/Old Montreal only.

1st bid: $65 - rejected

2nd bid: added Laval, $69 - rejected

3rd bid: added Lonueuil, $74 - rejected

4th bid: added Pointe Claire, $78 - rejected

Closed browser and used Priceline link.

5th bid: Convention centre + Downtown: $81 - Rejected

6th bid: added Laval, 84$ -rejected

7th bid added Longueuil, 86$ accepted!

So, Ive got the Hyatt Regency for 2 nights in april. 211.58 everything in. Seems to have favorable reviews from tripadvisor. First time going through the bidding process but only took about 10 minutes worth of bids+rebids to land a deal. Thanks for the help Thereuare!

[yellowdog]

gambit

Congratulations on your success!

Thank you for sharing your win with the board and using our PRICELINE link to begin your bidding :)

We hope you're satisfied with the outcome and will like the Hyatt.

Enjoy your stay.

Yellowdog.