Priceline Hotel: 3* Kingston Holiday Inn Waterfront

[akhon]

City: Kingston, Ontario

Hotel: Kingston Holiday Inn Waterfront

Date: 7/1 to 7/3 (2 nights)

Price: $70 / night, total with fees $161.26

I knew this was going to be tough. For one thing, Hotwire does not have hotels in this area. Secondly, Priceline shows Kingston as a single area, with only 2 hotel classes, so I can only have 2 bid attempts really. Thirdly, it's Canada Day / Independence Day long weekend, so hotels in this area are hot! I mean hot! Comfort Inn is charging C$105 for a promo rate.

Nonetheless here are my bids:

Bid #1 - Kingston, 3 Stars, $45 - Rejected

Bid #2 - Kingston, 2+3 Stars, $50 - Rejected

Bid #3 - Kingston, 3 Stars, $55 - Rejected

Bid #4 - Kingston, 2+3 Stars, $60 - Rejcted

At this point I have booked the Comfort Inn promo rate mentioned above as a backup, and I'm not willing to pay anything higher than US$60 for a 2 star, so I'm only going to try the 3 Star (which I was quite sure was going to be the Holiday Inn).

Bid #5 - Kingston, 3 Stars, $70 - Accepted

Not sure if I could have had this for $65 but I guess I'm not going to worry about it. It still comes out to cheaper than the Comfort Inn and it's a much better location. Parking on site is C$5.50 a night which is nothing.

In any case I'm happy I got what I wanted. Hopefully the weather will cooperate.

Take care all.

[thereuare]

Thank you for sharing your winning bid.

This hotel has been upgraded as it was previously reported at 2.5*.

This seems to be about the going rate for htis property so if an overbid it's not by much.

As a side note, for your future back-up reservation we have links to the Comfort Inn and many other hotels in our SUPPORT PAGE.

Have a great trip.

[krave]

I got this at the exact same price, for the same weekend, except I'm arriving a day earlier, and leaving a day earlier. I thought I had overbid but I think that is just the going rate.