Priceline Hotel: New to Priceline - Looking for a 4*+ in Mag Mile or River North in Chicago April 13-15

[drdavidge2]

Hey, first time using Priceline. I am looking for a 4* or better hotel in the Mag Mile / River north area this weekend, 4/13-4/15. What's the best way to go about using Priceline to get a nice hotel at a decent price?

[AaronJB]

Welcome to Betterbidding. :)

What would be your desired max budget per night? Additionally, on PRICELINE, the River North-NMA area is fairly large - are you willing to stay anywhere within that zone? On HOTWIRE, one can specify the Mag Mile-Streeterville zone, which is the bottom half of the North Michigan Ave area (and including the River North neighborhood) or the North Michigan Ave-Water Tower-Gold Coast area (the top half of the NMA area and the Gold Coast neighborhood.)

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

[drdavidge2]

Thanks, it would be nice to grab something around $100 a night. I guess the question is.. are there many 4* hotels in the northern area of that zone that might come up if I bid that amount? I'd prefer the lower half if possible, think that is the more desirable area.

On HOTWIRE, the inventory has been changing but the past few days it looked like the Intercontinental and Conrad were coming up at about $115.

[thereuare]

... are there many 4* hotels in the northern area of that zone that might come up if I bid that amount?

Use the Priceline Hotel list and our new Priceline Maps... the latter you can easily see all the hotels in this zone (simply uncheck the other zones) plotted on a map, and the hotel markers are designated by star rating (and color) so it's easy to see where the distributions within the zone lies (you can even only checkmark 4* hotel to make it easier to see only the 4* hotel on the map) ;)

On HOTWIRE, the inventory has been changing but the past few days it looked like the Intercontinental and Conrad were coming up at about $115.

If the NMA-River North zone is too large are you willing to pay a little more than your $100 budget to use HOTWIRE where 1) the zone is a bit smaller, and 2) you can take a guess as to the hotel before your purchase, which also gives you an educated guess as to the location. It's a trade-off budget between narrowing the location a bit vs. paying a little more.

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

Let us know how you'd like to proceed and we'll advise accordingly.

[drdavidge2]

Hey, hotwire is listing 3 hotels in the Mag Mile and North Michigan Ave that are 4-4.5 stars and 90%+ recommended.

Any idea on ID's?

4.5* $119 90% - Magnificent Mile Area - Streeterville area hotel

Smoke Free Rooms

Fitness Center

Pool(s)

Restaurant(s)

Business Center

High-Speed Internet Access

4* $121 90% - Magnificent Mile Area - Streeterville area hotel

Fitness Center

Pool(s)

Restaurant(s)

Business Center

High-Speed Internet Access

Tennis Nearby

Spa Services

4.5* $183 95% - North Michigan Avenue - Water Tower - Gold Coast area hotel

Fitness Center

Restaurant(s)

Business Center

High-Speed Internet Access

[thereuare]

Please keep all posts for the same trip in the same thread, if you ultimately use HOTWIRE we'll move the entire thread to that section of the board (OR if you use the EDIT TO REPORT WIN button on the bottom right of the page and fill out the form, the thread will automatically be moved to the correct section of the board, if necessary)

Best guess for each:

4.5* $119 90% - Magnificent Mile Area - Streeterville

InterContinetnal with the addition of a new 'Smoke Free' amenity

4* $121 90% - Magnificent Mile Area - Streeterville

Swissotel

4.5* $183 95% - North Michigan Avenue - Water Tower - Gold Coast

Omni or Sofitel... you should be prepared for either, but it think the Omni is a bit more likely

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 if we can be of further help.