Priceline Hotel: 4* Los Angeles (Downtown) The Westin Bonaventure Hotel and Suites

[Greg Gee]

I started bidding on Priceline for a 4 star downtown LA hotel. The amenities list stated the secret hotel had a business center, and this allowed me to rule out the Biltmore, which is a downtown 4 star hotel that sometimes is the revealed hotel. Although I have been there and I find it very beautiful, its a retro Hollywood design, and I just wanted a more modern hotel for this trip. I felt I would get the Omni or the Westin Boneventure since they both are downtown 4 star hotels and both have business centers, so I kind of rushed my bidding because I did not want the Biltmore to make itself available while I was trying different bid prices. My first bid was 91.00 dollars. This was declined. So I remembered seeing someone else's post here saying that they placed a successful bid and got the Westin Boneventure at 101.00, so I just rocketed up 10 dollars in my bidding to the 101.00 amount. I just felt that even 101.00 would not be accepted and I was then prepared to inch up from that amount. Foolish mistake I guess, because the 101.00 bid was accepted. I could have at least tested the bidding waters, but I'm really happy to get that hotel for 101.00 per night, and perhaps that amount was the low price anyway tonight.

[yellowdog]

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