jn4jenny Posted March 17, 2012 Report Posted March 17, 2012 Initially started bidding for 3.5* and up. knew I was playing with fire since there was no Saturday stayover and there's an NCAA tourney in town that weekend, but I had rebids to spare so I started at $41 (based on recon from this forum) and crept up $1 at a time.All signs pointed to a possible 3.5*/4* win at $68-$69/night. I was offered the "if you will raise your bid right now to $78/night, you can rebid" at bids of $55, $57, $59, $61, $63, $65. In my (very) anecdotal experience, the actual tipping point on these "raise offers' is often just over half the proposed raise amount. Which is how I posted the win at $68-$69/night.So at a failed 3.5*/4* bid of $67/night, I took a moment to re-evaluate. For about $65 less across the course of the whole stay, I was willing to risk getting the poorly reviewed 3* Millennium Hotel. I went to Hotwire and suspected that I saw Millennium Hotel there for $53/night, so I went back to Priceline and (lazily) bid 3* at $51. Won on first bid. Makes me wonder if I overpaid but I'm not going to be ungrateful. Will report back about my Millennium Hotel experience; I am not a very particular traveller but the reviews are all over the place.
thereuare Posted March 17, 2012 Report Posted March 17, 2012 Congratulations on your success! While not your first choice in the zone, glad to see you're pleased with the results for the price paid.Thank you for sharing your win with the board. Please use the requested PRICELINE and HOTWIRE links on the board to begin your future travel purchases. Enjoy your stay. Please use this HOTWIRE and these PRICELINE LINKS: HOTELS, CAR RENTALS, and AIRFARE to begin your travel purchases
riley417 Posted March 21, 2012 Report Posted March 21, 2012 HOW DO YOU GET SO MANY REBIDS? I WOULD LOVE TO HAVE ANY SORT OF INSIDER INFO AVAILABLE. THANKS
AaronJB Posted March 22, 2012 Report Posted March 22, 2012 Please start a new thread with the details of your stay and we would be happy to offer suggestions.Thank you for using the site's HOTWIRE or PRICELINE links to start your purchases and searches.
jn4jenny Posted March 23, 2012 Author Report Posted March 23, 2012 Just a brief update: I am now in the midst of my Millennium Hotel stay, and it's been absolutely lovely. Will post a longer review when I return from travel, but suffice it to say I've had great customer service and my room was tidy, clean, and looked exactly like the advertised pictures. Examples of the great customer service: the front desk guy and my hotel restaurant waiter recommended the same dish (the smokehouse burger) and not only was it fantastic, they brought it from the kitchen in 10 minutes flat. I asked this morning for the front desk to call me a taxi, and they asked me how far I was going, and when I stated my destination just a mile or so away they paged the hotel's shuttle bus driver to take me there.Regarding rebids, I doubt that's in the purview of this particular forum. Pretty sure we're supposed to stick to discussing our bids and hotel. Sorry.
thereuare Posted March 24, 2012 Report Posted March 24, 2012 Glad to hear your stay is going well!You're welcome to discuss re-bids in this thread if you'd like. :)Hope your stay continues to be as enjoyable as it has been. Please use this HOTWIRE and these PRICELINE LINKS: HOTELS, CAR RENTALS, and AIRFARE to begin your travel purchases
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