Priceline Hotel: 3.5* Las Vegas (Convention Center) Las Vegas Marriott

[Sota327]

Las Vegas Strip, 4* counteroffer from Priceline

For anyone still looking for a Vegas strip hotel for this weekend:

While bidding last night I got a $154 counteroffer from priceline for a 4* strip hotel (I was bidding South Vacinity and North Strip using various free rebid strategies). I was bidding up from $50, with $10 bonus money, and when I got to $110 ($120 with the bonus), I got a counter at $154, . I would gues I could have wone it at about $145 or so, but $115 was my max budget ($125 with the bonus), which I bid and was declined. I stopped bidding, will try again today and if no luck book either the the LVH (former Hilton, looks like you can get it for about $100) or the Royal House (new and not many reviews, but acceptable for the one night), which is offered at $60 on Orbitz.

[Sota327]

Las Vegas Strip, 3.5* counteroffer from Priceline @ 120

For anyone still looking for a Vegas hotel this weeking, this information may help:

Bidding again this morning and received the following:

"Try Again Right Now

We searched hundreds of options to find your hotel room, however we can't accept your offer of $90 per room, per night. Your credit card has not been charged for Request Number xxxxx. If you are willing to raise your price by $30 to $120 per room, per night, you can try the same request again right now."

I bid $90 (3.5* in North Strip and South Vicinity), counter at $120, splitting the different suggests I should get a win at $105. I've already bid up to $105 for a 4* with no luck. Now I'm just trying to decide if I should wait it out until this evening for more inventory at a lower price. Rooms are still available and I have to think that at some point there will be more inventory released, but I could be wrong.

I have a back-up plan off strip, so I'm just trying to get on strip for a reasonable price.

As an update, I went up to $95 with no luck. Now I'm just trying to decide if I want to keep going up.

[Romelle]

When bidding 3.5* in Las Vegas, you have three available free rebids. You can inch up by even $1. If you aren't familiar with the technique, please post back for more info.

Good technique to have the back-up reserved.

Regarding additional inventory, one simply never knows. But by delaying your bidding up until just before you can cancel the back-up you are optimizing your chances.

Romelle

[Sota327]

Thanks, this was my second post about counteroffers, in the first I explained that I had been working up from $50. So, same with the 3.5* bid, I was working my way up (with free rebid zones) from a much lower starting bid. In this case, I added another zone and increased to $95 and was rejected. Just don't want to pay more.

[Sota327]

I gave up on 3.5* and 4* stip hotels, the counteroffers I was getting ($120 for 3.5* and $154 for 4* -- see my other posts regarding these) were just too high (I continued to increase a little after getting the counteroffer, but couldn't reach the sweet spot winning bid below stated coutneroffers), but ultimately we just didn't want to pay that much, so I opted for convention center location and will use the monorail.

So, I bid as follows:

3.5* Convention Center, bid $40, rejected

3.5* Convention Center + zone 1, bid $50, rejected

3.5* Convention Center + zone 1, + zone 3, bid $60, win.

Here are the details:

Offer Price:

avg. per room, per night $60.00

Rooms: 1

Nights: 1 + Add nights for the same rate!

Room Subtotal: $60.00

Taxes & Fees: $15.10

Total Charged to Card: $75.10

Simply put, the room was not for me and I was working with a strict budget, which dictated bidding strategy. this is a perfectly acceptable hotel at the right price and it looks like all rooms are suites with a sofabed and separate living area, so it will easily accompdate a party of 3, with no request that the hotel give us two beds.

P.S. If you are reading this post it means you are likely a Priceline bidder, so please make sure you are doing your part and reporting your winning bids on this forum. Thanks.

Used PRICELINE link on this board for all wins and purchases.

[thereuare]

Congratulations on your success!

While not the 4* hotel you were originally seeking, glad to see the price is right for this property and that it should work well for the triple occupancy needed.

Thank you for sharing the win and using the PRICELINE links on the board to begin your bidding.

Hope the guests you were bidding for have a great stay.

[Sota327]

Why did you merge my other postings about counteroffers to this winning bid report? Did I do something wrong? I thought as separate posts the counteroffer postings would attract more attention to those bidding wanting to bid stip, which I eventually gave up on in favor of the cheaper convention center area. Having merged the counteroffer posts here makes them less likely to be seen, I think.

[thereuare]

You didn't do anything wrong. The board format is to keep all posts for the same stay in the same thread, we have found it helps keep the board much better organized and more useful for everyone, as well as enables anyone reading your thread to see the entire process of what it took in order to receive the win.

Thanks again for sharing your win and posting to the board.