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Priceline Hotel: 3.5* DC (Convention Center-Capitol Hill) Renaissance Washington


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Renaissance Washington, Dc Downtown Hotel Convention Ctr - Capitol Hill area

999 9Th Street Nw, Washington, DC 20001

Spent a few days researching areas and Hotels near Metro stops with using Betterbidding Hotel lists and maps both on PRICELINE and HOTWIRE.

Settled on a few areas we prefferred: Dupont Circle - Woodley Park, Whitehouse-Downtown, Convention Ctr - Capitol Hill, and (Arlington, VA if could not get others at reasonable enough price). We had used Betterbidding on last trip to DC and using PRICELINE link won great 4* Hotel in Dupont Cir area at great price and found that very convenient for dining, and for getting around so tried that area first. We realized during prior trip that both Whitehouse-Downtown, Convention Ctr - Capitol Hill would also be very convenient and often just walking distance from the Smithsonian Museums we would like to visit this trip with restaraunts/ clubs etc all nearby. We initially sought a 4* level hotel however figured most 3.5*'s would be fine as well. We also had heard of some nice places in Arlington area which were used by Priceline and Hotwire and noticed wins on BB at some lower $ so figured would settle on that and using Metro if necessary.

We tried bidding in our preferred areas first starting about as low as $70 and increasing bids a few $ while adding and area and using BB's PRICELINE link.

After bidding and area and then adding one close and then come back to BB use Priclene link again on a diferent area and start againwith another prefered area.

We did this a few times of a few days raising prices and varied configurations of ares to get the most rebids we could bidding as high as around $117.

We would look at Hotwire and see what Hotels we coiuld identify were going for in the areas we desired and bid a bit under that on Priceline.(using link here)

Our stay in DC was actually 9/24-9/27 however we also realized the 27th appeared to be an issue that might be hindering our wins so we reduced our number of days bid figuring might be able to add later or if needed would stay in Hotel closer to airport the last night.

After a few days of not having a win at prices we hoped in the areas or star level we most desired we spotted some "deals" on Hotwire for Arlington and when Pricleine sent a message about adding and extra $5 per night to our bids... we decided to move forward to win that day even if Arlington was the area.

So again using BB PRICELINE link starting as low as $70 ...and after a couple of varied tries was surprised to get a Renaissance Washington, Dc Downtown Hotel which with a rate typically over $300-400 for just $78. We were given the option to add another night to our stay howevver could not get at that price at the time. We did find a different hotel for the 27th and with BB resources we had no problem doing that (actually for even less $).

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