Priceline Hotel: Bidding Assistance - Las Vegas

[jhunter23]

I have spent quite a few weeks bidding on the strip and downtown (G Nugget only) with no luck. In all fairness, I am lowballing pretty bad, as I have a nice deal on the Hilton for 4 nights for $155. I have been trying for 3.5/4 stars in the $60-70 range, and 5 star in the $100-110 range. Trying to stay away from the 3 stars due to the high variability of quality.

It seems through your hotel lists and winning bid history, if I stick to North and South Strip (and Condo/Trump) in the 3.5 to 4 star range (and my low dollar offers), I would be probably looking at the Flamingo, Luxor, The Trop, and the Westin.

I have been placing bids for a while (mainly through your search links, sorry I was in a rush a few times :) ) and finally started getting some counter offers today on my $65 and $70 offers w/ 3.5 star minimum. The counter (well it is a free rebid with an increase) is for $85 a night.

What are your thoughts on the most likely hotel to be offering this counter?

As always, thanks for the great site...much better than "unfriendly" offerings!

[AaronJB]

Thank you for your compliments on Betterbidding! :)

Unfortunately, there's no way to know which hotel is the one offering the counter offer; as with bidding generally, there's no way to guarantee or increase the odds of a particular property. If you are getting an $85 counter at a $70 bid, I will say that I'd really take it slow continuing higher and would move higher by $2's ($72, $74, etc.), as you could likely be very close to a win.

Thank you for using the site's HOTWIRE or PRICELINE links to start your purchases and searches.

[cbob8]

Just FYI, I'm going to be going to Vegas during some of those dates (9/9--9/12), and have had trouble finding anything better through Priceline or Hotwire than my rates at Harrahs, which are good because of deals through their rewards program. My harrahs rates are $87/$87/$50 for the three nights. So..... the $85 night you're being offered is not so bad, and I don't expect you could do much better than that on the strip.

[jhunter23]

Thanks for post...I am thinking I will just ride out with the Hilton deal, which is great...if you are interested, I know they had a 3 day package as well for dirt cheap, all you do is have to sign up for a player's club card before you check in. I will keep using Hotwire as a general test for rates, and if they dip in the next 3 days, I will consider booking something through PL.

[AaronJB]

Thank you for keeping us updated.

Please use the site's Hilton link in the support/travel section to book directly. Thanks.