ndz Posted September 1, 2011 Report Posted September 1, 2011 Resort Orlando (Disney Maingate-Celebration) Omni Champions GateDates: 9/3/11-9/5/11 Started at $65 and upped in $5 increments adding nearby Orlando areas that don't have any "resorts". $80 not accepted, $85 was. However, within 5 minutes of winning, Priceline lowers the listed price for the Omni from 100-something to $87.20/nt. Apparently, my timing was just off and I'm only saving a few bucks...This was still the best price I could find (if only by a few bucks) for an Orlando resort on this Labor Day weekend. I'll try to sweeten the deal by offering a $20 sandwich at check-in and ask for a free upgrade. Be aware that the Omni has both a parking fee and a resort fee each in the neighborhood of $15/ea.Can anyone do better? Remember to use the BB PRICELINE link.
thereuare Posted September 1, 2011 Report Posted September 1, 2011 Congratulations on your success!Glad to see you're pleased with the results.Thank you for sharing your win and using the PRICELINE links on the board to begin your bidding.Enjoy your stay. Please use this HOTWIRE and these PRICELINE LINKS: HOTELS, CAR RENTALS, and AIRFARE to begin your travel purchases
ndz Posted September 1, 2011 Author Report Posted September 1, 2011 Update:Priceline's direct price for this property/nights is now on sale with fee-chop making it $3.96 cheaper than my win (incl taxfees).I called and whined and they gave me the Priceline price guarantee (against their own site) so I got the difference refunded PLUS $25!Happy Bidding.
AaronJB Posted September 1, 2011 Report Posted September 1, 2011 Very nice! Glad you were able to get the extra $25 + the difference. Thank you for the follow-up.
ndz Posted September 6, 2011 Author Report Posted September 6, 2011 Update 2:Be warned that the Omni might put you on the smoking floor.Checking in, the host failed to tell us we had a smoking room on the smoking floor. The room odor was awful. I'm not an anti-smoking person at all but the room odor was not acceptable....The resort was fully sold out and they had no smoke free rooms available. The front desk person kindly said they could refund the $ to priceline and cancel our reservation but only after I callied priceline directly. After a couple calls, we took off and ended up at the Rosen Shingle Creek (nice place).Understanding smoke or no-smoke is a risk you take with priceline, fortunately it worked out. This was my first issue like this in 20+ successful PL/HW bookings. Regardless, I'll avoid the Omni next time.
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