Ramfan2012 Posted April 12, 2012 Report Share Posted April 12, 2012 Hello everyone - I need a little help with bidding/suggestions regarding selecting a hotel. My wife and I are going to Paris on May 26- May 31st and we are targeting the 5 star hotels on price line. There are currently 3 regions out of ten that offer a 5 star hotel. Region 5 = La Defense Neuilly; Region 8 = Opera Quarter East - Les Halles; and Region 9 = Opera Quarter West - Jardin De Toulues. I have decided that region 5 = La Defense Neuilly is out so I am left with the other two (region 8 and 9). I am leaning towards Opera Quarter West - JDT because after search the net it looks like the following hotels are in the section: Reniassane Verdome Paris, Le Burgundy Paris, Scribe Paris, and Sofetil Paris Le Fargourg. The price for these hotels starts around $530. How should I do the bidding and at what price should I start at? Thank you in advance for your response! Link to comment
thereuare Posted April 13, 2012 Report Share Posted April 13, 2012 Welcome to BetterBidding!You can see 5* hotels which have previously been reported to the board in our Priceline Hotel List (also note the comments at the top of the hotel list).Is there a reason you are no longer interested in the OQE zone and only want to bid OQW? If both are acceptable why not use both in a bidding strategy, giving you more bidding opportunities and let PRICELINE accept whichever zone has the least expensive 5* property?What is your expected budget (per nite before taxes and fees) for this trip?Please use the PRICELINE and HOTWIRE links on the board to begin your travel purchases. Please use this HOTWIRE and these PRICELINE LINKS: HOTELS, CAR RENTALS, and AIRFARE to begin your travel purchases Link to comment
Ramfan2012 Posted April 13, 2012 Author Report Share Posted April 13, 2012 Thank you for replying. I just picked OQW because its dead center but I could include OQE. I was looking at rooms in this area for five star hotels and they are ranging between 550 and up and I almost pulled trigger. I would love to get a room for five nights for less than $300 but if its a little over than no worries. So whats my plan? Link to comment
thereuare Posted April 13, 2012 Report Share Posted April 13, 2012 Assuming OQE and OQW are both acceptable you can start with the following:When bidding 5* in Paris you have SEVEN 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 5* OQW...Bid $150, if rejected add re-bid zone1...Bid $160, if rejected add re-bid zone2...Bid $170, if rejected add re-bid zone3...Bid $180, if rejected close browser and use this link to re-access PRICELINESelect 5* OQE...Bid $150, if rejected add re-bid zone1...Bid $160, if rejected add re-bid zone2...Bid $170, if rejected add re-bid zone3...Bid $180, if rejected close browser and use this link to re-access PRICELINESelect 5* OQW and re-bid zone4...Bid $185, if rejected add re-bid zone1...Bid $190, if rejected add re-bid zone2...Bid $195, if rejected add re-bid zone3...Bid $200, if rejected close browser and use this link to re-access PRICELINESelect 5* OQE and re-bid zoen4...Bid $185, if rejected add re-bid zone1...Bid $190, if rejected add re-bid zone2...Bid $195, if rejected add re-bid zone3...Bid $200, if rejected close browser and use this link to re-access PRICELINESelect 5* OQW and re-bid zone5...Bid $205, if rejected add re-bid zone1...Bid $210, if rejected add re-bid zone2...Bid $215, if rejected add re-bid zone3...Bid $220, if rejected close browser and use this link to re-access PRICELINESelect 5* OQE and re-bid zoen5...Bid $205, if rejected add re-bid zone1...Bid $210, if rejected add re-bid zone2...Bid $215, if rejected add re-bid zone3...Bid $220, if rejected close browser and use this link to re-access PRICELINESelect 5* OQW and re-bid zone4 and re-bid zone5...Bid $225, if rejected add re-bid zone1...Bid $230, if rejected add re-bid zone2...Bid $235, if rejected add re-bid zone3...Bid $240, if rejected close browser and use this link to re-access PRICELINESelect 5* OQE and and re-bid zone4 and re-bid zone5...Bid $225, if rejected add re-bid zone1...Bid $230, if rejected add re-bid zone2...Bid $235, if rejected add re-bid zone3...Bid $240, if rejected close browser and use this link to re-access PRICELINESelect 5* OQW and OQE...Bid $245, if rejected add re-bid zone1...Bid $250, if rejected add re-bid zone2...Bid $255, if rejected add re-bid zone3...Bid $260, if rejected add re-bid zone4...Bid $265, if rejected add re-bid zone5...Bid $270, if rejected add re-bid zone6...Bid $275, if rejected close browser and use this link to re-access PRICELINESelect 5* OQW and OQE and re-bid zone7...Bid $280, if rejected add re-bid zone1...Bid $285, if rejected add re-bid zone2...Bid $290, if rejected add re-bid zone3...Bid $295, if rejected add re-bid zone4...Bid $300, if rejected add re-bid zone5...Bid $305, if rejected add re-bid zone6...Bid $310Any 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. Please use this HOTWIRE and these PRICELINE LINKS: HOTELS, CAR RENTALS, and AIRFARE to begin your travel purchases Link to comment
Ramfan2012 Posted April 14, 2012 Author Report Share Posted April 14, 2012 Thank you for your suggestion. I have decided to stick with OQWest and I tried OQW with the other seven zones and no bids were accepted. I went as high as 215. Now it appears that I have to wait 24hrs to rebid. Once I run out to zones to rebid then what do I do? I guess I have to wait 24hrs to start rebidding at 220? Can't things change within 24hrs? Help thank you Link to comment
Romelle Posted April 14, 2012 Report Share Posted April 14, 2012 It is a more complicated technique, but you can use those seven free re-bids with a permutation process described here.Romelle Link to comment
Ramfan2012 Posted April 14, 2012 Author Report Share Posted April 14, 2012 So, as far as I understand, I have wait until the 24hrs is up and then rebid the seven zones again starting from 200 and up. I might as well use 10 increments or maybe 15 increments since I only have seven tries before I have to wait another 24hrs. By the way, closing the browser doesn't help at all. Priceline still remembers me regardless if I close the browser. That theory doesn't work. Link to comment
thereuare Posted April 14, 2012 Report Share Posted April 14, 2012 You could do something like this, using your SEVEN re-bid zones:Select 5* OQW...Bid $220, if rejected close browser and use this link to re-access PRICELINE...Select 5* OQW and re-bid zone1...Bid $225, if rejected close browser and use this link to re-access PRICELINE...Select 5* OQW and re-bid zone2...Bid $230, if rejected close browser and use this link to re-access PRICELINE...Select 5* OQW and re-bid zone3...Bid $235, if rejected close browser and use this link to re-access PRICELINE...Select 5* OQW and re-bid zone4...Bid $240, if rejected close browser and use this link to re-access PRICELINE...Select 5* OQW and re-bid zone5...Bid $245, if rejected close browser and use this link to re-access PRICELINE...Select 5* OQW and re-bid zone6...Bid $250, if rejected close browser and use this link to re-access PRICELINE...Select 5* OQW and re-bid zone7...Bid $255, if rejected close browser and use this link to re-access PRICELINE...Select 5* OQW and re-bid zone1 and re-bid zone2...Bid $260, if rejected close browser and use this link to re-access PRICELINE...Select 5* OQW and re-bid zone1 and re-bid zone3...Bid $265, if rejected close browser and use this link to re-access PRICELINE...Select 5* OQW and re-bid zone1 and re-bid zone4...Bid $270, if rejected close browser and use this link to re-access PRICELINE...Select 5* OQW and re-bid zone1 and re-bid zone5...Bid $275, if rejected close browser and use this link to re-access PRICELINE...Select 5* OQW and re-bid zone1 and re-bid zone6...Bid $280, if rejected close browser and use this link to re-access PRICELINE...Select 5* OQW and re-bid zone1 and re-bid zone7...Bid $285, if rejected close browser and use this link to re-access PRICELINE...Select 5* OQW and re-bid zone2 and re-bid zone3...Bid $290, if rejected close browser and use this link to re-access PRICELINE...Select 5* OQW and re-bid zone2 and re-bid zone4...Bid $295, if rejected close browser and use this link to re-access PRICELINE...Select 5* OQW and re-bid zone2 and re-bid zone5...Bid $300, if rejected close browser and use this link to re-access PRICELINE...Select 5* OQW and re-bid zone2 and re-bid zone6...Bid $305, if rejected close browser and use this link to re-access PRICELINE...Select 5* OQW and re-bid zone2 and re-bid zone7...Bid $310It's time consuming, but you could place all the bids about in the same bidding cycle.Please use the PRICELINE and HOTWIRE links on the board to begin your travel purchases.Good luck and let us know how it goes. Please use this HOTWIRE and these PRICELINE LINKS: HOTELS, CAR RENTALS, and AIRFARE to begin your travel purchases Link to comment
Ramfan2012 Posted April 14, 2012 Author Report Share Posted April 14, 2012 Thank you for your response however, I did this and priceline still remembers me and therefore the 24hr waiting period is still in effect. Closing the browser only resets the zones but priceline still remembers my trip destination, dates, cc info and tells me to wait 24hrs to rebid. So, the closing the browser doesn't reset priceline. Link to comment
Romelle Posted April 14, 2012 Report Share Posted April 14, 2012 You do have to wait the full 24 hours for Priceline to "forget" you. But then if you use the permutation technique, you can have many more than the 7 free re-bids. Also, it has to be 24 hours from the very last thing you did. Romelle Link to comment
thereuare Posted April 14, 2012 Report Share Posted April 14, 2012 Also, it has to be 24 hours from the very last thing you did.If you wait 24 hours from your last rejected bid (or due to a glitch in PRICELINE's system you sometimes need to wait 24 hours from the last time you received the 'duplicate bid message')... then you'll be able to follow the strategy above all in one bidding session.Please use the PRICELINE and HOTWIRE links on the board to begin your travel purchases. Please use this HOTWIRE and these PRICELINE LINKS: HOTELS, CAR RENTALS, and AIRFARE to begin your travel purchases Link to comment
Ramfan2012 Posted April 18, 2012 Author Report Share Posted April 18, 2012 My winning bid for 5 star Paris hotel for May 26-31 was $380/night for Scribe Paris Hotel on price line.thank you for all of your help. Link to comment
thereuare Posted April 18, 2012 Report Share Posted April 18, 2012 Congratulations on your success! Hope you're pleased with the results and looking forward to your trip.Thank you for sharing your win with the board.Please use the PRICELINE and HOTWIRE links on the board to begin your travel purchases.Enjoy your stay. Please use this HOTWIRE and these PRICELINE LINKS: HOTELS, CAR RENTALS, and AIRFARE to begin your travel purchases Link to comment
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