littletown Posted May 30, 2011 Report Share Posted May 30, 2011 Winning bid for *4 Sheraton for 7/9/11-7/12/11 $129. Placed this bid on Friday 5/27/11. Started bid at $112 and went up from there. Had to toggle Downtown Pike Place, Downtown Space Needle and Lake Union area before bid accepted.I have four more days to book in Seattle for this same week and wait and see if prices come down in June. I got the Sheraton for $112 last year, so this is an increase. We like the Seattle Sheraton very much, so are pleased to get it and if we get it again for our next bid that will be fine. Link to comment
littletown Posted May 30, 2011 Author Report Share Posted May 30, 2011 Trying to figure out how to post my win properly, but not having luck with edit options for Title and Topic options. Link to comment
vb mom Posted May 30, 2011 Report Share Posted May 30, 2011 Sometimes PRICELINE lets you process a request for additional days at the hotel you won for the same price. I had never used this optioin until our last PRICELINE stay. My son informed me of it. I looked over my confirmation and I am not sure how I did it, but I was able to request an equal number of days at the same price. In my case, the hotel did accept and we were able to extend our time at the hotel, which happened to be our first choice for the area we were visiting.Trying to figure out how to post my win properly, but not having luck with edit options for Title and Topic options.The board administrators will take care of it. Link to comment
littletown Posted May 30, 2011 Author Report Share Posted May 30, 2011 I did try to extend my stay with Priceline's offer to do so and my request to add three more days was refused. Priceline didn't give me the option to try again for less number of days, but directed me to their Sheraton special rate price page which was offering rooms for $145 a night. I entered my dates on that page and they said they didn't have inventory for the dates I wanted. I'm thinking they might still have rooms, but didn't want to book them for that price on those dates. Link to comment
AaronJB Posted May 30, 2011 Report Share Posted May 30, 2011 Congrats on your success and Welcome to Betterbidding. :)Definitely a nice result for this Seattle Sheraton. Please start a new thread if you need assistance with additional dates.Thank you for sharing your win and using the site's PRICELINE or HOTWIRE links to start your purchases and searches.Enjoy your stay. Link to comment
jomama7366 Posted June 6, 2011 Report Share Posted June 6, 2011 I just got rejected at $130 for a 4-star in both DT locations for 7/13-7/16. Does this seem normal? Am I bidding too early? Link to comment
littletown Posted June 7, 2011 Author Report Share Posted June 7, 2011 I don't know if they want us to start a new thread or not. I have been having trouble trying to get the next four days of our trip booked for decent prices. We are a bit early for sure. But inventory is probably sketchy. I am going to bid for 3 days and see if they let me extend. If I can't get anything can always pay the $157 on Hotwire. I don't have nerves of steel and with a family, I don't like waiting until late, because of the unknowing factor. But, prices tend to go down closer to your dates, just don't know about consecutive days being all that available. It's all anybody's guess! Link to comment
Freida Posted June 7, 2011 Report Share Posted June 7, 2011 I don't know if they want us to start a new thread or not. I have been having trouble trying to get the next four days of our trip booked for decent prices. We are a bit early for sure. But inventory is probably sketchy. I am going to bid for 3 days and see if they let me extend. If I can't get anything can always pay the $157 on Hotwire. I don't have nerves of steel and with a family, I don't like waiting until late, because of the unknowing factor. But, prices tend to go down closer to your dates, just don't know about consecutive days being all that available. It's all anybody's guess!I've been trying 4* for weeks in both DT Seattle areas, Pikes and Space Needle.I've worked up to $129 for 7/8. NOTHING biting.Watch out for the 3 1/2* in Pike. It may mean the Silver Cloud Broadway.OUCH. That is a walk. Link to comment
vb mom Posted June 7, 2011 Report Share Posted June 7, 2011 I've been trying 4* for weeks in both DT Seattle areas, Pikes and Space Needle.I've worked up to $129 for 7/8. NOTHING biting.Watch out for the 3 1/2* in Pike. It may mean the Silver Cloud Broadway.OUCH. That is a walk.You could get the Sorrento by bidding for the 4 star. Their website suggests a cab to downtown. :) Link to comment
vb mom Posted June 7, 2011 Report Share Posted June 7, 2011 I just got rejected at $130 for a 4-star in both DT locations for 7/13-7/16. Does this seem normal? Am I bidding too early?In general I bid within a week or two of needing a hotel. I will often book a cancellable reservation well ahead of time to make sure I have accommodations. Then as we get closer to our travel dates, I will try Priceline.Overall, it does seem like winning bids are on the high side for this summer. At least high for me. I see a few good deals, but many are more than I want to bid. Link to comment
thereuare Posted June 7, 2011 Report Share Posted June 7, 2011 This thread now reflects the OP's purchase for 7/9-7/12... anyone looking for dates before/after/concurrent please start a NEW TOPIC.Please use the PRICELINE and HOTWIRE links on the board to begin your travel purchases.Thanks. Please use this HOTWIRE and these PRICELINE LINKS: HOTELS, CAR RENTALS, and AIRFARE to begin your travel purchases Link to comment
littletown Posted June 7, 2011 Author Report Share Posted June 7, 2011 I don't understand why people can't comment where they want? If people are naturally inclined to converse on winning bid posts, why all the effort to herd people to a new topic. You want new topics to be posted in the Forum section? If I'm looking at winning bids for a specific area and I see a winning bid with 15 comments I am going to be drawn there to read those. I like using this site, but it is rather hand slappy and that has been very noticeable to me over the past year. Maybe you should rethink how people are inclined to dialogue on the internet. I know you don't want chaos, but you seem to spend a lot of time trying to get rivers to flow in the direction you want. Frankly, it's weird. Link to comment
thereuare Posted June 8, 2011 Report Share Posted June 8, 2011 I don't understand why people can't comment where they want... I know you don't want chaos...Rates are date specific, and while you may not realize it, rates for 7/8 can be very different then rates for 7/9-7/12, which can in turn be very different then for 7/13-7/16 (all of which are discussed in this thread). While i wouldn't describe it as "chaos" we have found over the years that having each stay in its own thread helps keep the board better organized and more accessible for others to find it. As well, having a separate thread for each stay from the start allows us to edit the topic title with the eventual win which is then tied into and allows the win to appear in the Priceline and Hotwire Calendar of Wins. Also, it keeps the progress for the stay in one place, so that future users can see what it took for the eventual win... if all the discussion took place in this thread, and then a new thread is created with what was won, it may have looked easy since all the 'work' for the win would be in this thread (and nobody would know to look here to see the effort put forth)So there are a lot of moving parts and facets, and we how found that this is the best way to keep things orderly. Please use this HOTWIRE and these PRICELINE LINKS: HOTELS, CAR RENTALS, and AIRFARE to begin your travel purchases Link to comment
littletown Posted June 8, 2011 Author Report Share Posted June 8, 2011 Okay, will do. Link to comment
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