Priceline Hotel: Pensacola March 24th

[rainpetal]

Looking for a hotel in Pensacola on March 24th. Would prefer a 3* but will do 2.5*. I don't really want to go over $50 and would like to stay in either Pensacola Bay, Pensacola Beach, or Pensacola West (2.5*).

Any bidding suggestions would be appreciated. Not sure if my max amount is too low.

Thanks.

[thereuare]

Please follow-up your previous Priceline NYC thread with whatever you ended up doing for that trip, then reply to this thread and we'll have a look at your post above.

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

Thanks.

[rainpetal]

I haven't decided anything yet for my NYC trip. That request for help is still pending until I know the firm dates for the trip come mid-March. I will follow up on that one when I know more. Unfortunately, my husband's schedule in only available 1 month at a time. We just don't know April's schedule yet.

Thanks for understanding.

[Romelle]

Your max might be too low on this one. Hotwire has a 2* for $51. It never hurts to try though. Other than wasting a bit of one's time.

Romelle

[rainpetal]

The reason I thought $50 might be possible was because I saw on hotwire's retail side the 2.5* Baymont Inn at $50/night. I know that the 2 sides are necessarily compatible, but I figured that if that price was available for a hotel where you can see the name, it might be plausible for bidding as well.

[Romelle]

Totally reasonable logic. And you will never know until you try.

I personally think Pensacola is one of the most beautiful places in the US.

You are right, in that the various areas don't have a perfectly clear relationship, but one can still derive a lot of information from them.

Romelle

[rainpetal]

Tried bidding a low ball amount today just to check it out.

1st bid: Pensacola Bay, Univ. Mall Area 3* @ $30 - rejected

2nd bid: added Navarre @ $35 - rejected

3rd bid: Added Pensacola West @ $40 - rejected

I will try a little higher amounts tomorrow. I was more trying to get a hang of it all today.

[Romelle]

Excellent! And it gets easier!!

And I think it is really exciting when one finally has success. Good luck.

Romelle

You bid University Mall area, but didn't bid Pensacola Beach area? Change of plans, or just haven't got to the Beach area in your bidding?

Do you have a preference among the 3 zones with 3* availability, or are they pretty much equal?

[rainpetal]

Looks like I read my list wrong when I made my first posting. I meant to list Univ. Mall area instead of Pensacola Beach. Pensacola Beach is too far from where we need to be.

[thereuare]

The reason I thought $50 might be possible was because I saw on hotwire's retail side the 2.5* Baymont Inn at $50/night.

The Baymont Inn and Suites is 2* rated by PRICELINE so not sure how this would relate to your 2.5*/3* bidding on PRICELINE. However, if you want to bid up to $50 for a 3* hotel, i think you can improve your strategy as follows (taking into consideration your recently rejected bids):

At the 3* level you have TWO re-bid zones. If you're not familiar with re-bidding please read Priceline Re-Bidding Explained and feel free to ask questions and/or confirm your re-bid zones with the board before proceeding.

(NOTE: 're-bid zone1' is not the same as priceline's Zone1, 're-bid zone2' is not the same as priceline's Zone2, etc, etc)

Select 3* Pensacola Bay and University Mall...

Bid $43, if rejected add re-bid zone1...

Bid $45, if rejected closer browser and use this link to re-access PRICELINE

Select 3* Pensacola Bay and University Mall and re-bid zone2...

Bid $48, if rejected add re-bid zone1...

Bid $50

Any questions feel free to ask.

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

Good luck and let us know how it goes.

[rainpetal]

Took the bidding up to $75 for a 2.5* with no luck. At this point, I'm just going to stick with my back up reservation since it doesn't appear that bidding is going to get me much of a discount.

Thanks for the help anyways.

[thereuare]

Thanks for closing this thread with your decision.

Where and how much is your back-up reservation?

Enjoy your stay.

[rainpetal]

My back-up reservation is the Holiday Inn Express Pensacola West-Navy Base for $112/night. We saved so much with our Charlotte hotel and we are using accumulated points to cover our other hotels, we figured we just wanted a nice, reliable hotel even if it is a bit more expensive. Free breakfast is always nice too. :)

[thereuare]

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Thanks.