Hotwire Hotel: 3.5* Orlando (Lake Buena Vista - Downtown Disney) Radisson Lake Buena Vista

[MattBeach]

Used the Florida hotels thread to ID property by amenities. This is the hotel I wanted, and I did get it. This was my first time using Hotwire & first time on this site, too. Couple questions:

1. Hotwire listed this hotel as $89 per night, but after fees, it is $107.31 (actually more, read further). That's a lot more than just taxes. Just curious what extra fee is? UPDATE: I went on the hotel's own web site and the fees are the same: $18. So I guess this is something that Hotwire isn't responsible for. Perhaps it is state tax + bed tax or something.

2. I noticed that Hotwire did not give me the opportunity to choose king size bed, so I called the hotel and Hotwire. Hotel charged me $16 to "upgrade" to king size bed from 2 queens. I tried to get out of it, but the clerk wouldn't budge. Hotwire said that they can do this. So my total cost was 123.31. Well I can't really complain much because the alternative through the hotel's Web site is $162 (fees included). So in all I saved $38.69 for my time and research, and thanks to this site. And now the hotel's own Web site doesn't even offer King bed in my room class anymore.

Amenities

Free Parking Free Internet Smoke Free Rooms

Fitness Center Pool(s) Restaurant(s)

Business Center Laundry Facilities (self-service) High-Speed Internet Access

Golf Nearby Accessible for the blind Accessible for the deaf

Accessible path of travel In-room accessibility Accessible bathroom

Handicapped parking Roll-in shower

[AaronJB]

Congrats on your success and Welcome to Betterbidding. :)

Very nice win for this Radisson property! Hope the hotel will work well for your travel plans.

HOTWIRE (and PRICELINE) does not offer or guarantee a particular bed type - you have to contact the hotel to request a particular bed type, and they may say no, yes or possibly charge an upgrade fee.

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

Enjoy your stay.