Priceline Hotel: 4* Los Angeles (Hollywood) W Hollywood

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I tried multiple times over a 10 day period to land a 4 star hotel in Downtown LA or Hollywood for a Sunday night stay. While Downtown LA would have been more convenient, the options that showed up on multiple Hotwire checks were likely the Sheraton or Westin downtown --both get mixed or antiseptic reviews on Trip Advisor. With the W Hollywood showing up on Hotwire for 10 days at $149, I decided to try to get it for a bit less on Priceline.

First bid for $125 was rejected. After adding a rebid zone of Inglewood and raising the bid to $131, the bid was accepted. Multiple other bids for Downtown LA and Hollywood for $108 - 121 had been rejected beforehand.

Summary of Charges

Room Cost (avg. per room, per night): $131.00 (USD)

Number of Rooms: 1

Number of Guests Per Room: 2

Number of Nights: 1

Room Subtotal: $131.00 (USD)

Taxes and Fees: $28.13 (USD)

Total Room Cost: $159.13 (USD)

(All prices are in US dollars)

Lowest available rate on the W Hotel/Starwood site was $279/night. I suspect I could have gotten the hotel for less if I had waited another couple of weeks but I didn't want to chance getting another property in Hollywood. Although I was hoping to pay a bit less for a hotel in Downtown LA and settle for lesser accommodation, nothing was coming up for a low enough amount to make me bite. I am very pleased with win. The W seems to have a 90% satisfaction rating from Hotwire, excellent reviews on Trip Advisor, and it's reasonably close to the Hollywood-Vine metro station, which will get me to Union Station easily on Monday morning.

Used the BB PRICELINE link to start bidding.

[AaronJB]

Congrats on your success.

Great deal for this W property and glad you are looking forward to your stay.

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

Enjoy your stay.