Priceline Hotel: Bidding Help 4* NYC (23/03 - 27/03)

[Markono1]

Hi All

Looking for some advice, taking my Mum to New York from 23/03 - 27/03.

Looking for 4* or above prefably in the following areas:

Empire State

Midtown East

Times Square

How much should I be expecting to pay? Also is it possible to request 2 double beds rooms?

Thanks

Mark

[thereuare]

Welcome to BetterBidding!

PRICELINE only guarantees double occupancy, after that it's at the discretion of the hotel, and you could receive a room with only one bed. While you can call the hotel you win and request a room with two beds, the hotel may not be able, or willing, to honor your request (especially in NYC where hotel rooms are notoriously small and hotels therefore have a high percent of rooms with only one bed; many hotels consider rooms with two beds to be an upgrade). Is this a risk you're willing to accept? If not, HOTWIRE may still be an option as they allow you to search for up to quad occupancy and ensure separate sleeping accommodations (although this often means two beds, the second 'bed' could be a sofabed, rollaway, etc)

If you're willing to take the risk you receive a room with only one bed, then i'd guess you're looking at $150-$165... to ensure separate beds you can search HOTWIRE for 2adults/2children to check on prices.

Let us know how you'd like to proceed and we'll take it from there.

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

[Markono1]

Thanks I think I will look at Hotwire. Never used it before so a bit apprehensive..

On a quick check there is a hotel offered at

[thereuare]

Please use the drop down menu on the top right of HOTWIRE's home page and change your default currency to US Dollars. For consistency, search and post room rates to the board in US Dollars, then when you're ready to commit to a purchase simply change the currency back to whatever denomination you'd like to purchase in.

Please post the room rate in US Dollars as it appears on HOTWIRE's page and we'll have a look at the offer above.

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

Thank you.

[Markono1]

$149 per night, all the about info stays the same.

Would I be best moving this post into the Hotwire heading?

Thanks

[Markono1]

Also forgot to mention, are Hotwire prices likely to get better closer to the time of arrival?

Thanks Again

Mark

[thereuare]

Please keep all posts for this stay in this thread, if you ultimately use HOTWIRE the thread will be moved to that section of the board (when you use the "EDIT TO REPORT" win button on the lower left corner of this page)

The HOTWIRE property above is a match for the Holiday Inn Midtown 57th St so that would be my best guess for this one.

Unfortunately there is no way to know if prices will come down between now and your stay... or continue even higher. It's all based upon supply/demand, and not even the hotel knows how new reservations/cancellations will come in relative to expectations (if you could predict the future like that you'd have a good career ahead of you in hotel revenue management). For more on this subject see the 'Bid Early or Close to Check-in' link in our PRICELINE FAQ.

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

Let us know what you decide and how it goes or how we can be of further help.