Priceline Hotel: Need help 10/2--10/3 for downtown SF hotel

[jouyang]

I am going to hold my wedding ceremony at SF City Hall on 10/3 (Wed), and need 3 rooms for 10/2--10/3 (1 night). I am not familiar with this area (I stayed in Hyatt Regency once during a conference, and I think it's nice). Any recommendations on bidding strategy for hotels in this area around that time? Thank you very much.

[thereuare]

Welcome to BetterBidding! (and congratulations on your upcoming nuptials )

What is your desired star rating and budget?

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[inquisitive]

I just saw the FAQ about how to rebid...tricks/tips that some of the posters including yourself posted...love the visual explanation too! I will give it a shot...keeping my fingers crossed.

[jouyang]

Hi thanks for the reply! I am looking for sth at least 3 stars and price is $100--$150 (better below $100 :)

[thereuare]

City Hall (from what i can gather from the map) is located in PRICELINE's "Civic Center South - Hayes Valley" zone... are you looking to stay in this zone or more 'downtown' in USE, USW, or SOMA... all of which look to be about .75-1.25 miles away.

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[jouyang]

Hi Thereuare,

Sorry for the late reply. I am OK to stay in either Civic Center or any other downtown zones. Thanks for the help.

-Jin

[jouyang]

I checked the PRICELINE map again. I think I prefer following zones:

Zone 1. Civic Center

Zone 4. Japan Town

Zone 12/13. USW/USE

Zone 9. SOMA

Zone 2. Financial District/Embarcadero

[thereuare]

Please click each of these PRICELINE and HOTWIRE links, then reply to this thread and we'll have a look at your post above.

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Thanks.

[jouyang]

Bid three times all for the same zones as follows:

1. Civic Center South

2. Financial District

3. SOMA

4. USE

5. USW

1st bid: 4-star and up, $100: FAIL

2nd bid: 3.5-star and up, $105: FAIL

3rd bid: 3-star and up, $110: FAIL

Will retry tomorrow.

[thereuare]

I would suggest waiting for a bidding strategy as your method above is not optimized and could easily result in an overbid... you shouldn't be lowering your star rating and raising your bid price at the same time, as discussed in this thread: If you Lower Your Star Rating Then Lower Your Bid Price.

However, at current rates (which are quite high) your bids are not realistic. Using MAPS and HOTELS.com and/or BiddingHelper.com, what is the best rate you're able to find at an acceptable hotel.

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