Priceline Hotel: 3* Seattle (Renton-Kent) Courtyard South Center

[blindfaith]

I manage to always make Seattle more difficult than it ought to be, mainly because I'm cheap and I'm open to about 6 zones. Criteria for this visit: to stay in the 3* range for under $50, preferably with free internet and free parking, but open to paying for either if the price was right. Seattle always seems higher than I think it ought to be though. :) We are going over for a kid sporting event the night of June 10 and decided to make a full weekend of it. Since we only needed to be in Bellevue/Issaquah area for a few hours Friday night, the possibilities for a weekend stay were wide open. Over a few nights I bid as follows:

Rejected:

3* Redmond-Kirkland, $43-47. Also bid 2.5* at a buck a pop with Bellevue, Pike Place, Lake Union and UW as not-quite-free rebid zones (those areas were all acceptable to me).

Then attempted 3* Sea-Tac, $42-46. Weighed the possibility of getting the Doubletree and paying for both parking and internet, and abandoned that line of thinking.

Next bid 3* Bellevue+Kirkland at $48, rebid in acceptable zones Lake Union, Pike Place, Redmond/Kirkland, to $51.

(Note: I was pretty darn sure the Pike Place was no way going to accept my lowball bids... the parking would have been a killer). This was also rejected.

Tonight I targeted Renton-Kent, using data from my rejected bids from the previous two nights, and was successful as follows:

3* Renton-Kent $38

+Redmond/Kirkland $40

+Bellevue $42

+Lake Union $44

+Kirkland 46 Accepted, Courtyard Southcenter (in the Renton-Kent zone). :)

Used your PRICELINE links, as usual. Happy about the bottom line of $113 all-in for two nights, near shopping and restaurants, and an easy jaunt on the light rail into downtown for a Saturday day-trip. :o

[thereuare]

Congratulations on your success!

Nice to see your plans were flexible and you were able to find a nice deal for this stay... glad you're pleased with the ultimate outcome.

Thank you for sharing your win and using the PRICELINE links on the board to begin your bidding.

Enjoy your stay.

[blindfaith]

Thanks. Decided that it sounded like so much fun (and since school gets out at noon tomorrow) that I added Thursday, June 9th for the same price. Used the PRICELINE link again. :)

[AaronJB]

Glad you were able to get another date at this property for the same price! :)

Thank you for using the site's PRICELINE link to start your purchase.