Hotwire Hotel: Help I.D 4-star Hotel in South Beach Ocean Drive

[flash90]

Hi guys,

Can any of you please help me I.D. this 4-star hotel in downtown Miami going at a rate of $95 dollars per night?

The amenities listed are as follows:

4-star Hotel in Downtown Miami

• Fitness Center
  
• Pool(s)
  
• Restaurant(s)
  
• Business Center
  
• High-Speed Internet Access
  
• Accessible for the blind
  
• Accessible for the deaf
  
• Accessible path of travel
  
• In-room accessibility
  
• Accessible bathroom
  
• Handicapped parking
  
• Roll-in shower
  

Also, is it a bad idea to book a place for 5 to 7 days? We are hoping to get a King/Queen sized bed (and not two doubles or something...).

Thanks for your help!

[yellowdog]

Welcome to BetterBidding :)

Please post your firm dates for the stay and we'll be happy to take a look at this.

We are hoping to get a King/Queen sized bed (and not two doubles or something...)

from HOTWIRE FAQ. All rooms booked on Hotwire will accommodate the appropriate number of guests in each room, based on the total number of guests you provided and the number of rooms you requested. Some of our hotel partners allow you to reserve your beds (e.g., king, queen) at the time of booking. Look for this indicated in the search results. If this option is not available, please contact the property directly. While we cannot guarantee that your request will be accommodated, our hotel partners will do their best to make your stay as comfortable as possible.

Please use the board's PRICELINE and HOTWIRE links to begin your purchases and searches

Yellowdog.

[thereuare]

Please use the board's PRICELINE and HOTWIRE links to begin your purchases and searches

... and please read your messages and click each of the links above before replying.

Thanks.

[flash90]

Hi Yellowdog,

We haven't decided on exact dates but I imagine it will be around July 5 to 12. Thanks!

thereuare - I've checked the HOTWIRE links on this site and I've come to the conclusion that the property is either InterContinental or Marriott... not sure though! I also read some reviews about customers getting stuck with double sized...but I'm hoping because it's probably not as busy in July this is not the case. Would booking for 7 days put me in a disadvantage in this regard? Just trying to get some insight on how the tools work.

[thereuare]

Occupancy levels and what is available is a big factor in the room type that you are assigned, but there are many other factors as well... what is available at check-in, mood of the front desk clerk, hotel policy, etc. While there are some hotels that do appear to discriminate towards guests who book thru 3rd party websites, fortunately this is the exception and not the rule, and the vast majority of stays go off without any issue. It is too easy to blame PRICELINE or HOTWIRE (or any other 3rd party booking) when you don't get the room type you really wanted, but sometimes it's just not available, or you didn't make your preference known. For example, i recently had a hotel stay where i booked direct since i needed a specific location for an event, and the room i was assigned was next to the elevator. If i had booked thru a 3rd party website it would be easy to use that as a scapegoat for the room type assigned, but i don't believe there was any 'ill intent' since i actually had a very good repertoire with the clerk at check-in and he gave me an additional perk i wasn't technically entitled to... so i know the clerk had no bad intent with the room assigned, but if i had booked thru a 3rd party it would be easy to say "i got the room next of the elevator because i booked thru a 3rd party" (and there would be no way to prove otherwise) I'll further add that the room was fine and no elevator noise was heard at all. :)

More directly to your stay, seven nites is only a factor if there is high occupancy on any nite during your stay... your chances would be better for a 7 nite stay of low occupancy than for a 2 nite stay of high occupancy (all other factors being equal).

Are your dates of travel flexible OR do you have to coordinate with other aspects (time off from work, airline tix, etc) before confirming your dates?

Please use the PRICELINE and HOTWIRE links on the board to begin your travel purchases.

[flash90]

Hello,

I am trying to identify this property which is going for $137 per night from July 9 to July 11. I tried using the Hotwire list but I didn't have any luck.

Here are the amenities listed:

• Boutique Hotel
  
• Oceanfront Property
  
• Smoke Free Rooms
  
• Fitness Center
  
• Pool(s)
  
• Restaurant(s)
  
• Business Center
  
• High-Speed Internet Access
  
• Tennis Nearby
  

Hopefully someone here can help me out.

Thanks!

[thereuare]

Are your dates of travel flexible OR do you have to coordinate with other aspects (time off from work, airline tix, etc) before confirming your dates?

???

[flash90]

Hey, I've settled looking to book July 9th and July 16. The dates are firm.

and the property I refer to in post #6 is a 4-star Hotel in South Beach - Ocean Drive

[thereuare]

Hey, I've settled looking to book July 9th and July 16. The dates are firm.

and the property I refer to in post #6 is a 4-star Hotel in South Beach - Ocean Drive

I'm not seeing the hotel in post #6 above when searching for your dates of 7/9-7/16... are you seeing this same property offered for this set of dates? If so, are you searching for more than one room or for something other than the default 2adults/0children?

Please use the PRICELINE and HOTWIRE links on the board to begin your travel purchases.

[flash90]

I actually had that hotel in mind for the 9th to the 11th. Wanted to stay on the beach a few days and downtown the rest.

And it was all default, 1 room, 2 adults, 0 children

[thereuare]

The Breakwater Hotel would be my best guess for this one.

Please use the PRICELINE and HOTWIRE links on the board to begin your travel purchases.

Let us know how it goes or if we can be of further help.

[flash90]

Do you think I can use this info to book through PRICELINE? If so, what would be a good baseline bid?

Sorry, I don't have much experience with this. Thanks for all your help, it's much appreciated.

[thereuare]

If you bid on PRICELINE you need to be willing to accept any hotel in the zone at the star rating (or higher) that you bid.... because this is suspected of being the hotel currently offered on HOTWIRE it is not an indication that it is the hotel you will receive on HOTWIRE.

If you are willing to accept any hotel then you can use the room rate of this HOTWIRE property as your maximum bid, but if you're trying to use this information in order to target this property on PRICELINE it can't be done.

Let us know how you'd like to proceed and we'll take it from there.

Please use the PRICELINE and HOTWIRE links on the board to begin your travel purchases.

[flash90]

Any 4 star hotel in this area (South Beach - Ocean Drive) would suffice. I'm hoping to get the best price possible.

[thereuare]

When bidding 4* in Miami you have SEVEN re-bid zones. If you're not familiar with re-bidding please read Priceline Re-Bidding Explained and feel free to ask questions and/or confirm your re-bid zones with the board before proceeding.

Select 4* South Beach-Ocean Drive...

Bid $100, if rejected add re-bid zone...

Bid $105, if rejected add re-bid zone...

Bid $110, if rejected add re-bid zone...

Bid $115, if rejected add re-bid zone...

Bid $120, if rejected add re-bid zone...

Bid $125, if rejected add re-bid zone...

Bid $128, if rejected add re-bid zone...

Bid $130

Any questions feel free to ask.

Please use the PRICELINE and HOTWIRE links on the board to begin your travel purchases.

Good luck and let us know how it goes.