Priceline Hotel: 4* New York City (Downtown - Financial District) Club Quarters, World Trade Center

[blkjck1]

The final stage of a 12 day trip to New York City. I had originally booked the World Center Hotel from July 19-21 for $129 a night, while leaving July 21 open for a day trip to Washington, DC. I decided against the day trip, and could have extended my stay at World Center for another day before I went uptown to stay with family at a conventionally booked hotel. Just for laughs, I either wanted to see if I could either get the same hotel at a lower cost, or expand my horizons and stay somewhere else just for fun and broaden the board's intel if possible.

I noticed matches for both Club Quarters and World Center on Hotwire for $127 and $131 respectively. I started the bidding at $110, and received a counteroffer for $130. I rejected that, and used a rebid zone to bid at $115, and then hit.

Club Quarters, World Trade Center 4 star

Downtown - Financial District

140 Washington Street, New York, NY 10006

Offer Price: avg. per room, per night $115.00

Rooms: 1

Nights: 1

Room Subtotal: $115.00

Taxes & Fees: $31.73

Total Charged to Card: $146.73

So, it looks like Priceline has upgraded CQ from 3.5 stars to 4. I wonder if there is any differentiation between the CQ rooms and World Center rooms. The two hotels share the same physical space. I was going to have to pack up and move to new hotel anyway, so I shouldn't complain about having to do that here. But if I have to go downstairs to checkout, and then go back upstairs after I check back in, I'll be wondering if the hassle was worth the $15 I saved bidding for a room instead of conventionally extending my stay through Priceline.

According to the CQ website, if I booked conventionally, the room would have cost $229, all in $266.27, for savings of about 45%.

Booked through the PRICELINE link.

[thereuare]

Congratulations on your success!

Glad to see you saved a few dollars and won't need to move too far. If the two hotels share the same front desk i would ask at check-in if they can have stay in the same room throughout. I'm not sure what the owner/management relationship is between the two properties, but it's certain worth asking.

Thank you for sharing your win and using the PRICELINE links on the board to begin your bidding.

Have a great trip!

[blkjck1]

Just wanted to mention again that CQ WTC has been upgraded to 4 stars so the hotel listings can be accurate. I'll post again after I stay to let you know if CQ and World Center are the same.

[thereuare]

Done... thanks for the nudge! :)

[blkjck1]

Club Quarters and the World Center Hotel are effectively the same hotel. They do have separate lobbies, check-in desks, and separate elevator banks. There is a physical barrier between the two hotels, but it is only a door on each floor. When I checked into World Center Hotel, they gave me room that was theoretically on the Club Quarters side of the building. When I checked out of World Center to check into Club Quarters, they didn't have a problem giving me my same room.

[thereuare]

It's a unique, and interesting set-up... regardless, glad to hear it worked out well for you and there was no need to change rooms for this leg of your trip.

Thanks for the update.