Priceline Hotel: 3* New York City (Empire State Building) Jolly Hotel Madison Towers

[jcutler123]

This is my first time bidding and would like some help please. I am looking to stay in the city near mid Manhattan if possible. I am not sure what to even start at since the median is very high. I am traveling alone so 1 bed is fine and a 3 or 3.5 I think would be ok as I am just using it to sleep really.

8/31 to 9/2 are my dates

What should I start bidding at and how many areas should I select?

Thanks

[AaronJB]

Welcome to Betterbidding. :)

To get a sense of how to suggest the best way to go about bidding, what would be your desired budget per night for this stay?

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

[jcutler123]

I just went ahead and tried it myself

110 Midtown West - rejected 4*

115 Midtown East - rejected added 3.5 *

120 Times Square - rejected added 3*

125 MGS - rejected

130 Empire State Building - accepted Jolly Hotel Madison Towers

Does anyone know anything about this hotel? Private bathrooms?

Thanks

Justin

[thereuare]

Congratulations on your success!

I'm familiar with the surrounding area but not this particular hotel, although i can tell you that the hotel will have private bathrooms.

My two recommendations in this area:

Jackson Hole Wyoming: Third Ave at 35th St has one of the best burgers in the city

El Rio Grande: at the base of the residential building on the west side of the street at 37th and Third Ave... eat elsewhere, but if you like margaritas it's worth a stop for an expensive, but very strong, frozen one along with some of their homemade chips and salsa.

Thank you for sharing your win with the board. In the future i'd suggest waiting for a suggested bidding strategy, or confirming your intended strategy, before bidding as i believe this was likely an overbid... if this 3* hotel in the ESB was available for less than $130/nite, you never gave yourself a chance to win it for less.

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

Enjoy your stay.