Priceline Hotel: Help needed Please for San Diego

[happyme]

Hi there,

Will go to Legoland and need a hotel room for 8/3-8/5. Last 3 days I've been bidding on PL for 3* at Oceeanside-Carlsbad. No luck on bidding and max was $62.

Last bidded 3* $55 for Oceanside rejected then added North County Coastal for $58 and last added San Ysidro for $62 with no suceed.

Would appreciate any bidding strategy. Prefer to stay near Legoland but if not willing go further along to Downtown San Diego. If that will give me a better chance. Thanks

Happyme

[happyme]

Updated tried the bidding again still 3* all the zones in SD went up to $90. What you think the best bet? Thank you inadvance.

[Romelle]

I'm a member, not a moderator. But if I were bidding and had pretty much topped my budget at the 3* level, I'd be looking at the 2.5* hotels. Or booking a cancelable back-up reservation and continuing trying the 3*s up until the last minute.

FYI - HOTWIRE's low for your dates was a 3* Chula Vista - San Ysidro area hotel at $80.

Romelle

PS - and as a member, I hope you are bidding through the links here. That is what keeps this site in business.

[happyme]

Thank you very much Romelle

That's exactly what I'm doing with a back-up reservation. Hoping to get a good deal with a 3* if not I'll stay at my original plan. Just to mention I do used the links here to bid and will keeping doing it with all my hotel reservation from now on.

Happyme

[thereuare]

At the moment in your original zones i think you may be looking about ~$165-185 for a 3*... a 2.5* may be had for ~115-$140.

Have you found a suitable back-up... if so, where and how much? (you can also use a sister site MAPS and HOTELS.com to help in your search for a back-up reservation)

Thanks for using the PRICELINE and HOTWIRE links on the board.