Priceline Hotel: 2.5* Philadelphia (Cherry Hill-Laurel) Amerisuites

[zonensein]

I am bidding in priceline for 3 rooms in Cherry Hill/Mount Laurel, NJ area for 7/10-10/10. I was originally trying 3* and went up to $62 without any luck. I decided to switch to 2.5* but I am nervous about not getting a nice place. Does anyone know which hotels are likely to be the 2.5* in this area?

thanks!

[dahammer]

Just look for the Pennsylvania Pinned Priceline Hotel List and you will see that the Holiday Inn in Cherry Hill is a 2.5* as is the Amerisuites in Mt. Laurel, and Ramada Plaza (unknown town). Since this area is a suburb of Philadelphia, it is in the Pennsylvania section of this board. There was a winning bid at the Holiday Inn at $35, but I'm not sure if this bid ammount will win.

[thereuare]

Let us know if you want to try for a 3* at a higher bid or a 2.5*, and what your maximum bid is at each level, and we'll suggest a strategy to follow.

[ufauxreal]

We've stayed in this area a number of times. The past two years we have gotten the Radisson in Mt. Laurel, with which we were quite pleased, but it is rated 3*. Three years ago we got Amerisuites (2.5*), which we REALLY liked, but haven't seen that one come up very often recently.

Good luck with it.

JB

[zonensein]

Thank you all for all the replies and feedback. I ended up giving up on the 3* hotel since I had been trying for a couple weeks now and had not been successful.

I lowered to 2.5* and offered initially $38. Then I got one of those screens saying I had the "one-time" offer to raise by at least $11. I try offering even less than that but did not work.

Finally I offered the $49 and got 3 rooms at the Amerisuites in Mount Laurel which turned out to be great since I have only seen good reviews of this place.

Thanks again for all the help!

[thereuare]

Congratulations on your win.

To under-cut Priceline's counter-offer you need to use a re-bid zone (if availble)... to take advantage of their counter-offer it is dependent upon you increasing your bid as much as they ask.

Glad you got your stay taken care of and still a nice savings over the 3 day period.

Enjoy your stay.

[biddingforhotel]

glad to see you win AmeriSuites. I used to be able to get it for $32, but then after it is acquired by Hyatt Regencey, I never able to get it at lower. Besides that 2.5* Holiday Inn showed up in the PL list, so when I went up to $35, I hit this Holiday Inn. I did not even hit Ramada Plaza as $35 would hit. $38 normally may have chance to hit 2.5* Summerfield Suites, but very rare. It has not show up for a long while.

If you want Philadelphia area and AmeriSuite type of hotel, I have found Springhill Suites at Plymouth Metting is about the same, but you can get this 2* Springhill Suites at $35.