Priceline Hotel: 4* Vancouver Hyatt Regency

[pgd]

Hi. New member. Have been seeing the posts to get an idea on how to bid on priceline and hotwire.

I am not getting any 4* hotels in Vancouver for the above dates under $110 on priceline. And so started looking at Hotwire - nothing less than $150 in the last 4 days.

Decided to go with 3* in Hotwire. All I am getting is a 3* hotel for $90. Can't figure out which hotel it is from the Amenities and the area - looked at the forum list....

It comes up as - Downtown Vancouver Entertainment district with Restaurant; Fitness center; Businesss center and Laundry facilities.

Any idea and/or tips?

Thanks,

PGD

[thereuare]

Welcome to BetterBidding!

The above 3* on Hotwire has not yet been identified (there is also a 3* appearing for your dates with only Restaurant and Fitness icons... $90 as well).

Why not try a 3* bid on Priceline, or is there an area of the zone or a particular hotel you are trying to avoid? If you'd like to go that route and need help with a bidding strategy let us know.

I would also check out EasyClickTravel.

[pgd]

Thanks for the quick reply! I did not want to go for 3* in Priceline mainly because of reviews on Sandman Hotel (3*) in one of the other forums - they said the rooms were too small. I am travelling with kids and do want to live in a match box ;-) Even though, we are going to use it for only sleeping mainly......

We want to stay close to downtown.

I will look at EasyClickTravel now and try my luck.

Regards,

PGD

[pgd]

Easyclicktravel did not have any good options either for 3* or better.

[thereuare]

Then i think your options are:

1) choose a 3* (or higher) rated hotel via Hotwire in the zone that the Sandman is not in (Hotwire divides this area into 3 sections vs. priceline's 1)

2) bid higher for a 4* property

3) wait it out

Rates do not look very high for your dates so i would inclined to book a cancellaable back-up (see our SUPPORT PAGE for hotel-direct links) and continue to try. This stay is close enough that i don't think it's a timing issue, but on the otherhand rates are not high at a few of the 4* properties and within the range of when we usually see acceptances at the prices you've bid.

Keep us updated.

[pgd]

Finally made the reservation for Vancouver. Got it through Priceline - $110 for Hyatt Regency. 4 star hotel.

I actually added Vancouver airport area and dropped the bid from $125 to $110, this was accepted - much to my surprise. And I got the area I wanted initially too ;-)

Maybe something freed up or that is way the system works - I don`t know. Either way, I like it!

Thanks for your advice.

[thereuare]

Glad to see you were ultimately successful and are happy with the results.

Have a great stay.