Priceline Hotel: 4* Toronto (Downtown South) Westin Harbour Castle

[Atraveller]

I am looking for a hotel in Downtown Toronto for one night, Tuesday, November 22, 2011. I tried Hotwire and it quoted me a price of $79 US ($97.17 with taxes and service fees) with the following amenities:

Fitness, Restaurant, Business Centre, High speed internet and Spa

Which hotel is this, so you think?

Reading in the Hotwire tips I went to Expedia which has similar hotel ratings to Hotwire. The following hotels were 4* east of Bay St (i.e. Downtown East):

Westin Harbour Castle, King Edward, Cosmopolitan, and Pantages. The Westin has a pool. Would Hotwire automatically disclose that? The other three hotels only seem to have the listed amenities, but neither the Cosmopolitan nor Pantages are on your Hotwire list in Downtown East. Do you think the $79 hotel is the King Edward?

I received a $5 bonus offer for hotels from Priceline today. I tried 3.5* and above from $75 to $82 (add the $5 bonus)without success, and no counteroffers. That's when I decide to try Hotwire.

I have known about this trip for awhile, so I have been tracking successful 4* bids on weekdays in Downtown South. Most of them are for $85, but there was one at $78, $80, $81 and $82.

I know I am bidding way in advance, but I suspect that $79 ($97.17 all in) may be a pretty good deal. Or do you think I should wait until early November?

As always, I used the better bidding links for both Priceline and Hotwire biddding.

Many thanks for your advice!

[thereuare]

The Sutton Place Hotel Toronto has previously been seen with this amenity set so that would be my best guess for this one.

Please use the PRICELINE and HOTWIRE links on the board to begin your travel purchases.

Let us know how it goes or if we can be of further help.

[Atraveller]

I had taken a flyer at this date last month when I received an offer from Priceline with a $5 per night coupon. Alas no luck (and I had bid higher), but it was way in advance. I had been monitoring bids with the Priceline feature for bids under $85 for awhile, as I have known that I needed to be in Toronto on this date.

Yesterday I received another Priceline offer with the $5 coupon. I started with $75 with a 3.5*, was rejected and rebid $77 and was successful with the Westin Harbour Castle. The location is fine and so is the hotel, as I have stayed there before. Total cost was $95.92 US (this is higher than a normal $77 bid because of the bonus money which still attracts taxes and fees, I believe)

Of course I used the BB PRICELINE link.

[AaronJB]

Congrats on your success. :)

Very good deal for this Westin property!

Just to confirm, does $77 include the $5 bonus cash, or was the win $77 + $5 bonus - $82? Thanks.

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

Enjoy your stay.

[Atraveller]

My bid was for $77 plus the $5, i.e. $82

[thereuare]

Thanks for the follow-up.