Priceline Hotel: 4* Chicago Suburbs (Schaumburg) Hyatt Regency Schaumburg Chicago

[toledo]

This was a really odd booking. My conference is at the Marriott, so I started bidding at $40 on a 4*. I bid up to $60, to no avail. Then I checked the Marriott web site and found out that they were sold out for my stay, which is actually 8/20-8/25. I would rather stay at the Hyatt Regency because of its tripadvisor ratings. The next thing I see today, is that the Marriot has been lowered to a 3.5*, so I wouldn't have gotten even if they did have availability. My AAA membership gets me a rate of $117 (tax included), with two $17 breakfast buffets, for 8/20-23, but then the rate jumps to $132 for the remaining two nights. Checking tripadvisor, I see that several discounters, including Priceline have a rate of $69 for 8/23-25, so I decide to bid again for those nights, alone. I started at $50, but got the "If you're willing to up your bid to $67...". I slowly raised my bids, using all the surrounding areas that don't have 4*s, until I hit $58 and it was accepted. Then I got the message saying I could add on two nights on either side of my stay. I tried for the two earlier nights at the $58 rate, only to be countered at $124. Yeah, right! Taxes and fees added another $11.46/night. The odd thing about this booking experience is the hotel web site had the best rates during the week, but Priceline had the best rates on the weekend

[AaronJB]

Congrats on your success. :)

I've stayed at this property previously; it's a really rather bland looking property on the outside, but I found it to be a very nice hotel on the inside. The hotel restaurant is also pretty good - the hotel has a garden in the back that the restaurant uses. The IKEA a couple of blocks North also offers a 99c breakfast special.

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

Enjoy your stay.