Priceline Hotel: San Francisco 4* (USW-Nob Hill), etc. 10/20 - 10/24

[JasonB824]

I have been slowly increasing my bids for these dates. I have hit $165, and that includes adding USE, Japanese/Cultural and SOMA. I then also did a 3.5* and up on USE and USW at $165 and got no hits. I am not sure why I am not having nearly as much luck as others here for this area and at lower level hotels to boot. Should I wait another couple of weeks...does anyone have any suggestions? I want to be as close to USW as possible.

[thereuare]

Please remember to use the requested PRICELINE and HOTWIRE links on the board to begin your future bidding, searching and travel purchases.

Rates are date specific and rates for your dates may be higher then when you're seeing others win for less.

What is the best rate you're able to find thru conventional booking channels?

Please use the PRICELINE and HOTWIRE links on the board to begin your travel purchases... please click this PRICELINE link before replying.

Thanks.

[JasonB824]

I went through the PRICELINE link and retried up to $175 for 4* in SOMA, Financial, USE and USW for those dates. Still no luck.

I will start a new search based on 3.5* in the areas that have attractive 3.5* hotels. Does anyone have any suggestions"? Should I wait another week or two to see if hotwire and LMT prices come down?

[thereuare]

Nobody can say if prices will come down... or move even higher... over the next few weeks. For a further discussion on this subject see the related 'Bid Early or Close to Check-in' link in our PRICELINE FAQ.

However, in this regard, so we have some perspective on rates...

What is the best rate you're able to find thru conventional booking channels?

Thanks for using the PRICELINE and HOTWIRE links on the board.

[JasonB824]

I'm up to $185 and still nothing, 4 stars start in the mid $200's so at this rate I am starting to think there is no supply at Priceline for my dates.

[JasonB824]

I noticed that Expedia's unpublished rates are "powered by Hotwire." It uses the same amenities descriptions. I also noticed there is not a perfect correlation in the hotels it shows. For example on Expedia I found thise USE 3* for $145 -

Smoke Free

Fitness Center

Restaurant

Business Center

High Speed Internet

This does not show up on the Hotwire search. Most of them overlap (with Expedia being about $6 more).

Does anyone have any ideas what this could be?

Also I use the HOTWIRE link for my searches. Is there an Expedia link?

Thanks.

[Gallus50]

LMT has the 3* Holiday Inn Golden Gateway available for $143 for your dates. Check out the ID method in Run of House. I've stayed there and if you get a view, it's pretty nice. It's also right on the California cable car line. If availability is limited, you might want to consider it. Rates are high for this time.

[JasonB824]

Well I found out I could get a block rate at the Mark for around $200 for my friend's wedding, and so it made no more sense to bid. Thank everyone for your help. Remember to use the Hotwire and PRICELINE links for your searches.

[JasonB824]

Hey all, no longer looking for a hotel. I did not go with it.

[AaronJB]

Thank you for closing the thread. Enjoy your stay.