Priceline Hotel: 3* New York City (Madison Square Garden - Convention) Tryp Times Square South

[nonotnowjim]

Hi Better Bidding team.

I am planning a trip to the US in November with my wife. I have used this site for helpful content to book hotels in Washington and Niagara, however i am having a bit of trouble getting something in budget in NYC between the dates of Check in on Tues 19/11/13 and check out on Sat 23/11/13.

Until now i have bid on Priceline on 3.5 star hotels in MTW, MTE, CPS, TS and ESB up to US$170 with no luck

and today i have had bid rejected of US225 for 4 star hotels in TS, MTE, MTW and CPS

Our only requirements is that the hotel is on Manhattan - Ideally we would like a 3.5 star for US$200 (inclusive of tax) or 4 star US@200 ( before tax) - location wise we would like to be in tourist central as a preference, working out if price is a hinderence.

I appreciate that we are going at a busy time of year, and am willing to drop to 3 star if need be...

I would appreciate any advice on how to proceed. When i tried to hi-jack another thread (sorry about that btw!) someone mentioned i may be struggling due to high demand on two of the days i am staying compared to the other two? would it be easier to split the booking?

Thanks again for the site, the advice - and please feel free to ask me to click away on any links - as happy to do so!

All the best

NNNJ

[AaronJB]

This is usually a somewhat slightly less busy stretch within an otherwise VERY busy period, but rates do look rather high for these date/s. I think you're probably $10-20 away from a win at both 3.5*/4*. However, I'll note at the 3.5* level that the Hudson in CPS has VERY small rooms and a couple of MTE 3.5*'s are rather far E in MTE.

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[thereuare]

I would appreciate any advice on how to proceed. When i tried to hi-jack another thread (sorry about that btw!) someone mentioned i may be struggling due to high demand on two of the days i am staying compared to the other two? would it be easier to split the booking?

I previously thought that this was Thanksgiving weekend, but i see now that is the week prior.

Until now i have bid on Priceline on 3.5 star hotels in MTW, MTE, CPS, TS and ESB up to US$170 with no luck

and today i have had bid rejected of US225 for 4 star hotels in TS, MTE, MTW and CPS

Is there a reason you're inclusing ESB in your 3.5* bidding but not your 4* bidding? What about the MSG zone at both star levels?

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[nonotnowjim]

Yeah, i would be fine with 4 star ESB - The main reason i didnt bid so far in that area was that it was our least preferred out of those areas i stated (although preferable over financial district/hells kitchen and chelsea) - and hence, if we were bidding more we were first trying to get our most desired areas.

Not so sure about MSG zone - dont know much about it...thought it was a convention area...?

[nonotnowjim]

Hi all

Following your advice i looked into the MSG area - and checked the hotels on the Priceline hotel list for that area. Wasnt interested in the New Yorker - but liked the look of the 3 star hotels there , especially TRYP and I also liked the look of the three star hotels listed in MTW (especially Ameritania).

With that (and budget) in mind i decided to focus my bidding on those two areas. long story short, we eventually got up to US$201 and had the bid accepted. Allocated the TRYP by Wyndham -Time square South. It was a slightly higher price than i wanted to pay for 3 star, yet the hotel looks a lot nicer than we expected for a 3 star. All in all, we are very happy! Thank you again for all the advice team....

[nonotnowjim]

Happy with that - better hotel than expected for 3 star.

[AaronJB]

Congrats on your success. :)

Very nice win for this property during a busy period. Glad you are pleased with the win.

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Enjoy your stay.