Priceline Hotel: 4* Seattle (Downtown - Pike Place) Silver Cloud Hotel - Seattle Stadium

[hkdavda]

Hi,

Looking for 3 rooms for July 4th night in Seattle downtown area - Pike Place.

Found a 4 star hotel on Hotwire. 80% recommended with following Amenities - Pet Friendly, Smoke Free Rooms, Fitness Center, Restaurant(s), High Speed Internet Access, Accessible for the Blind, Accessible for the Deaf, Accessible Path of Travel and In-room accessibility

Found a 3.5 star on Priceline Express deals - Guest Rating of 7.0 - Restaurant, Business Center and Fitness Center

Any idea on the hotels? Also, do you think I will have better luck bidding instead on Priceline?

Thanks!

[yellowdog]

HOTWIRE has a new interface which is not currently showing the complete set of amenities at the usual point of the search process.

Please try the following:

• use this link to search HOTWIRE
  
• from the search results page click the offer for this hotel
  
• on the next page click BOOK NOW (no worries about purchasing by accident since no credit card information is entered up to this point)
  
• on the left side of the page click the 'See all amenities' link

If you follow the above, do you now see more amenities then previously?

How many adults/children did you search for?

Also, do you think I will have better luck bidding instead on Priceline?

In terms of price or quality of the hotel? Most of the times can you undercut the price on HOTWIRE and PRICELINE EXPRESS deals. So you need to decide what is most important to you for a given stay, the lowest possible price OR the ability to take an educated guess as to the property you may receive.

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

Yellowdog.

[thereuare]

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

... and please click each of the links above before replying.

Thanks.

[hkdavda]

I used the links provided to do the search.

For PRICELINE bid, what is good bid to start with? I am a little selfish so hoping for low price and a good hotel :)

For HOTWIRE, the hotel showing up today has different amenities than yesterday. I searched for 3 rooms, 6 adults. The amenities after clicking 'Book Now' seem to be matching the main hotel page

On Hotwire, found a 4 star for $147 with 80% rating. Amenities include:

Free Internet

Smoke Free Rooms

Fitness Center

Pool(s)

Restaurant(s)

Business Center

Laundry Facilities (self-service)

High-Speed Internet Access

On HOTWIRE, found a 3.5 star hotel for $149 with 90% rating. Amenities include:

Free Internet

Pet friendly

Smoke Free Rooms

Fitness Center

High-Speed Internet Access

[thereuare]

I used the links provided to do the search.

Thanks... please use for all your future searches and purchases (each time you access the respective sites)

For PRICELINE bid, what is good bid to start with? I am a little selfish so hoping for low price and a good hotel

What would be your maximum bid for this trip?

Thanks for using the PRICELINE and HOTWIRE links on the board.

[hkdavda]

My Max bid is $145-150

[thereuare]

When bidding 4* in Seattle you have FIVE 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.

(NOTE: 're-bid zone1' is not the same as priceline's Zone1, 're-bid zone2' is not the same as priceline's Zone2, etc, etc)

Select 4* Pike Place...

Bid $110, if rejected add re-bid zone1...

Bid $115, if rejected add re-bid zone2...

Bid $120, if rejected add re-bid zone3...

Bid $125, if rejected close browser and use this link to re-access PRICELINE...

Select 4* Pike Place and re-bid zone4...

Bid $130, if rejected add re-bid zone1...

Bid $133, if rejected add re-bid zone2...

Bid $135, if rejected add re-bid zone3...

Bid $138, if rejected close browser and use this link to re-access PRICELINE...

Select 4* Pike Place and re-bid zone5...

Bid $140, if rejected add re-bid zone1...

Bid $143, if rejected add re-bid zone2...

Bid $145, if rejected add re-bid zone3...

Bid $148, if rejected add re-bid zone4...

Bid $150

Any questions feel free to ask (especially regarding re-bidding if you're new to the subject matter)

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

Remember to use the PRICELINE coupon code SUMMER for an extra 5% OFF.

Good luck and let us know how it goes.

[hkdavda]

Hi,

Used your PRICELINE link for the booking. Started ay $110 and kept going up following your instructions. Booked "Silver Cloud Hotel - Seattle Stadium" for $143 a night. Booked 3 rooms for 7/4 night.

By the way, when I was up to $130, they countered me with an offer of $161. Obviously, I did not go that route and kept bidding using your technique.

Thanks for your help.

[thereuare]

Congratulations on your success!

Hope you're pleased with the outcome and this property works well for your group. This hotel is on the outskirts of 'core downtown' but they do offer shuttle service to the Pike Place Market.

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

Enjoy your stay.