Priceline Hotel: 4* Vancouver (Granville Entertainment District) Sheraton Vancouver Wall Centre

[travisl]

Work is sending me to downtown Vancouver for one night, and is putting me up at the Sutton Place for $218 night (after tax) through the company travel agency. Fools. I'd like to stay an extra day for vacation, but it would come out of my pocket, and I'm cheap. Step 1: I asked myself, "how much is it worth to not change hotels?" I figured it would be worth about $30 to be able to stay in the same place an extra night.

I'm seeing a $124 per night 5* on Hotwire ($152 after tax), which I'm nearly certain is Sutton Place, but could be Pan Pacific. Regardless, I'd chance it for the $66 in savings. However, reports in this forum about Priceline indicate that I could get another nice downtown hotel even cheaper.

I want to stay in a 4* either downtown or in the Granville Entertainment District. The Airport and North Vancouver also have 4* zones, and Delta has no hotels at any level, so that gives me eight bites at the apple, adding the other non-4* zones while bidding on 4* hotels. If I got to $122 after tax, I'd stop and take the Hotwire offer. Thus, with a little calulation, I figured I'd start at $65 pre-tax and go up to $100 pre-tax.

Bids for $65, $70, $75, $80, $85, $90, and $95 were rejected. I entered "$100", but that calculated the total price as $123. Too much. $99 calculates to $122 after tax. I bid $99. Accepted, $122 after tax.

It gets good reviews on TripAdvisor, and it's only two blocks from Sutton Place, so switching hotels one night shouldn't be a big hassle. Yay!

(TL;DR: Seven bids up to $95 rejected, eighth bid at $99 accepted.)

[AaronJB]

Congrats on your success. :)

Awesome deal for this Sheraton property, and glad it'll be easy to switch properties.

Thank you for sharing your win and please use the site's PRICELINE or HOTWIRE links to start your purchases and searches.

Enjoy your stay.