Priceline Hotel: Moscow

[stav]

Does anyone have some knowledge about bidding on a hotel in Moscow ?

Any advice will be appreciated.

Thanks

[Romelle]

If you enter "moscow" in the Quick Search box at the top of this page, you will pick up all the prior discussion about it. There is only one successful bid reported. Maybe you will win the second?

A couple years ago, I worked on it for a while and then gave up when it got too expensive for me. Found Holiday Inn Priority Points had a special deal at only 5,000 points, and was able to purchase the extra points I needed. I think they had another similar deal recently. A really nice Holiday Inn just a few blocks from a metro stop.

Romelle

[thais fernandes]

:)

Once I tried it for Jul/11 but I gave it up. I went to a US$180.00 bid and nothing. I considered the fact that they could put me in a very very far hotel even though I truly believed it wouldn't happen. I considered that there was a risk and I still had to pay for break and internet.

I found a very nice rate in Novotel Moscow Centre (R 3200/d, for 2, plus tax) that included the breakfast (early breaks rate). I reccomend it! Breakfast was one of the best I've ever experienced in hotels, they offered me free internet and it's just beside metro entrance. Very easy to move around.

If you're lucky to find such a rate do not hesitate.

You can find Novotel or Accor site using the Support/Travel Links above.

[stav]

Thanks Romelle, however on the priority points website they don't seem to have any hotel rooms in Moscow for 5000 points at the moment. They all require at least 15000 points.

Any other ideas on how to get a good deal on a hotel room in Moscow ?

[Romelle]

Thanks Romelle, however on the priority points website they don't seem to have any hotel rooms in Moscow for 5000 points at the moment. They all require at least 15000 points.

Any other ideas on how to get a good deal on a hotel room in Moscow ?

The next batch of priority point hotels should show up about Sept 15, good through the end of November - assuming HI stays with the same pattern. They get picked over pretty quickly. I'm hoping for one in Istanbul.

The HI I got was easily the equivalent of our US 4*s. Lesnaya. And it shows in Priceline retail as a 3*. Very nice.

If you do go the bidding route, the whole city seemed well served with the Metro. While I never used them, there was also a lot of buses and trams. Even if Moscow is still a single zone, you should be able to get around well no matter when you land.

Have you looked at Hotwire, venere.com, and Hotels.com? If you search on "promo venere" you often can come up with at code good for 4%. If you use 'besmart10' on Hotels.com it is supposed to give a 10% discount.

There are also other links on this site under the Support/Travel tab above.

Do check the conventional rates on the hotel web sites also. Moscow apparently is priced like New York, London, Paris, etc. That 15000 point deal may actually be pretty good.

Romelle

[stav]

Thanks for all your replies.

Eventually didn't use priceline in Moscow.

[thereuare]

Thank you for closing this thread.

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[stav]

Priceline didn't work for Moscow.

Eventually booked through one of the hotel booking websites.

When looking for a hotel in Moscow, I recommend checking various hotel booking websites.

There are quite a few hotels in the 100 euro price range in the center of Moscow.

[AaronJB]

Thank you for closing the thread. Hope you enjoyed your stay.

Please use the site's links on the Support Page to start direct/regular rate booking.