Priceline Hotel: 4* London 4/20-4/24

[smehra]

I followed an earlier post (who got the Waldorf Hilton) and bid $105 on Priceline for 2 rms in the Mayfair Soho area. Rejected but was counter-offered at $148. How certain can I be that if I accept the counter-offer I'll get the Waldorf Hilton? Any tips on getting it at a lower price?

[thereuare]

Welcome to BetterBidding!

You can't be sure it's the Hilton... and i would suspect that it is not likely this property.

Rates for your dates are higher than rates in the thread that you had followed. It's usually not a good idea to blindly follow somebody else's winning bid which are for dates different than you own.

[smehra]

Thanks. Priceline seems to have a lot of Hilton inventory - hence the assumption. Any suggestions on bidding strategy?

[thereuare]

Where and how much is your back-up reservation?

Although you have one re-bid zone to use, it's hard to try to underbid this since you have no 72 hour waiting periods to try again if unsuccessful.

When was the last time of your bid (ie- when are you eligible to bid again?) Did you use your re-bid zone on the previous bidding cycle?

[lwitchel]

Nabbing the Hilton is not a no-brainer. From what I've seen, my guess is that the counter-offer of about $150 (give or take a few dollars, depending) is the Sheraton Park Lane - someone did take the offer earlier and got that hotel.

On prior bids where the Hilton was won, I noticed the counter offer is usually around $120.

The other thing is that the Hilton usually comes in somewhere around $105 - and the Thistle Charing Cross often comes in slightly under that, so you aim for one and get the other.

There's seriously no way to know, and my strategizing often turns out to be wrong.