Priceline Hotel: 3.5* Boston Metro-South (Needham - Dedham) Hilton Boston/Dedham

[Raytech]

Just to share my experience bidding with priceline.

Wanted the Holiday Inn Express in Cambridge, MA -- a 2.5 star property. The challenge was that I had to make the reservation at the last minute.

Check-in date was June 1, 2013. It was for one night. (Bidding was done around 3am of that day)

I saw a successful bidding post at $79. Tried my luck by starting from $60.

$60, $69, $79, $89... even $99 failed.

Perhaps there was some kind of event in that area? I dunno. I decided to change the zone and won a room. Will post in a second.

Good luck to other betterbidding users!

[AaronJB]

Sorry to hear that your bids weren't accepted but glad you were able to find a deal.

Please keep all posts in this thread and we'll just switch the subject/title.

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

[Raytech]

After a series of unsuccessful biddings for a Cambridge-East property, I went for a suburban area of Boston.

Saw a nice review on a Four Points hotel (Three-star) with a winning report of $54/night.

I went with $55/night.

To my surprise, Priceline.com has 'automatically upgraded' my request by getting me a 3 & 1/2 star property, which is the Hilton Boston/Dedham one.

Room Subtotal: $55.00

Taxes & Fees: $14.27

Total Charged to Card: $69.27

This works for me since I did not want to pay (much) for parking, and self parking here is provided for free.

(Seems that you need to pay for parking at Four Points)

Thanks, and good luck to other Betterbidding friends!

[AaronJB]

Congrats on your success. :)

Very nice win for this Hilton property and glad you are pleased with the deal. Free parking is also certainly a nice (and seemingly increasingly rare) bonus.

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

Enjoy your stay.