Priceline Hotel: 3* St. Louis (Downtown) Millennium Hotel

[nsxtasy]

I'm bumping this topic because I'm in a similar situation, and I'm not having a lot of luck. I'm trying to get a room in downtown St. Louis July 23-26. I've been rejected on Priceline bidding $52 for a 4* and $50 for a 3.5*. I don't want to go higher than that because I'm trying to keep the hotel cost with taxes/fees under $200 for the three nights. I'm disappointed because I've seen several reports here of people getting 4* places downtown for $43 or so per night, but those rates are obviously not available for the dates I need. (I tried bidding for two of the three nights and that didn't help, either.) I don't want to bid on a 3* because, as noted above, I'm likely to get stuck with the Millennium, whose reviews are indeed truly awful. Obviously I can keep bidding downtown, either bidding higher (which I would prefer not to do), or hoping that something will open up, perhaps at the last minute, but that's a risky strategy.

I won't have a car, so I'd like to stay close to a Metrolink station to make getting around easier. At the moment I've got a confirmed res at a highly-reviewed hotel within walking distance of a Metrolink station on the IL side of the river that keeps my total cost under $150, but I'd be spending time and money for the Metrolink, so it's not as convenient as staying downtown within walking distance (and Google tells me the walking area is iffy). I'd consider bidding on something in Forest Park-Clayton but not all the hotels there are near Metrolink (the ones right off I-44 are not).

I'm open to any suggestions that anyone has. TIA!

[nsxtasy]

Never mind. I decided to risk bidding on a 3* hotel and ending up in the dreaded Millennium, and that's exactly what happened. Oh well, it will be convenient, and the price is right.

[nsxtasy]

I needed a hotel downtown and didn't want to pay a lot of money. I've read the bad reviews about this hotel (really bad), so I knew in advance that this was probably where I would wind up. I was willing to pay a bit more for a 3.5-4.0 star, but not enough to make it happen, so I broke down and bid on 3*.

As noted in the title, my bid for $41/night for a 3* hotel downtown was accepted for the Millennium. Oh well, the location is convenient (especially since I'm going to several games at Busch Stadium) and the price is right.

Here are other bids I submitted that were NOT accepted:

$52 for 4* for St. Louis (Downtown)

$50 for 3.5* for St. Louis (Downtown)

$40 for 3* for St. Louis (Downtown)

$40 for 2.5* for St. Louis (Downtown)

$35 for 2* for St. Louis (Downtown)

I knew I was close with the $40 bid for 3* when it told me it would give me a one-time offer to allow me to rebid for $47. So instead of taking that offer, I used a "free rebid" for $41 by combining downtown with another area that didn't have a 3* in it.

I'll try to post a review after my stay.

[thereuare]

Thank you for sharing your win with the board... sorry to hear it was a hotel you were hoping to avoid.

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

Enjoy your stay... hope it goes better than you anticipate.

[nsxtasy]

Enjoy your stay... hope it goes better than you anticipate.

Thanks. It went okay, with only minor aggravations. I've posted a detail review in the Hotel Reviews forum.

[AaronJB]

Thank you for your review, it is greatly appreciated. Glad to hear that this was an okay stay.