Priceline Hotel: 4* New York City (Downtown - Financial District) Millenium Hilton

[aackerm]

The wife and I are traveling up to NY for our summer vacation and are really wanting to get some sort of deal through Priceline. The ideal situation would to get a 4* hotel in the Midtown East are for around $140-$170 or a 3.5* hotel in the MSG area for around $120-$150. After reading these boards Ive made several bids for the ME area using rebid zones that dont offer 4* hotels with no luck and the same with the 3.5*in MSG. Are these price ranges just too low or am I still too far out to bid in such price ranges. Any help would be appreciated.

[AaronJB]

Welcome to Betterbidding. :)

What bids have you made so far in terms of zone/price/star rating?

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

[aackerm]

All dates 7/14-7/18

MTE 4*:

MTE $140 - Decline

MTE, UES $150 - Decline

MTE, UES, QB $160 - Decline

MTE, UES, QB, CI $170 - Decline

MSG 3.5*:

MSG $120 - Decline

MSG, UES $130 - Decline

MSG, UES, QB $140 - Decline

MSG, UES, QB, CI $150 - Decline

[thereuare]

I think the problem is two-fold...

At current rates your bids aren't enough and you're being very restrictive in your zone selection... if you're looking for the lowest prices you should give more hotels the opportunity to accept your bid. For your MSG bidding, of the 'known' hotels in the zone rated 3.5*, you're basically only giving one hotel the opportunity to accept your bid price. If you're willing to expand to other nearby midtown zones, i think your current budget is about $20-$30 too low at each star rating.

Let us know your thoughts if you'd like to raise your bid, lower your star rating, and/or include other nearby zones... OR if you want to wait it out and hope for lower prices in the next 10 days.

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

[aackerm]

I think expanding the 4* area is something we will do so any strategies would be appreciated, but I dont think we will go over the $180 mark. We currently have a good hotel booked at a decent price for our backup and it doesnt make sense to cancel it unless we get a really good deal on PRICELINE or HOTWIRE. Thanks for all the help and assistance.

[thereuare]

Where and how much is your back-up reservation?

At the 4* level which zone(s) are acceptable? MTE, MTW. CPS, TS and ESB are all generally considered centrally located.

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

[aackerm]

Got it all booked. After looking at my backup, Affinnia Shelburne, I noticed my rates for the 14th and 15th were $154 and the 16th and 17th were $289 and $349. We figured we werent going to do much better then $154 so we kept those two nights and then I bid on PRICELINE for the other two. Here is my bid:

7/16-7/18

MTE, CPS, ESB, Downtown $140 - Decline (offered to rebid at $185, I declined)

Add re-bid zone $165 - Accepted Hilton Millennium

[AaronJB]

Congrats on your success. :)

Superb deal for this Hilton property! Hope you are pleased with the result and are looking forward to your stay.

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.