Priceline Hotel: Chicago May 18-20

[senor hamachi]

Used the Bidding.Helper and trying to decide between Priceline North Michigan Ave. - River North, 4.5*, free internet, business center, pets allowed, fitness center at $353/night or Hotwire Magnificent Mile North - Water Tower area boutique hotel, free internet, pet friendly, fitness center, restaurant, business center at $407/night.  Any help on what these might be?  

Thanks!

[AaronJB]

I believe there are more amenities then what you have posted above as HOTWIRE has a new interface that does not show the complete set of amenities unless you click thru a few extra links.

If you repeat your search using our BiddingHelper.com.com tool... use the HOTWIRE EASY VIEW tab and then click the GREEN BUTTON next to this listing, do you see more amenities then what you have listed above?

 

I'm not seeing the Mag Mile - RN listing when searching this evening, as well.

 

Are you driving in or flying in? You can stay outside the city for less than half that price for these dates. It is a train trip on the Metra and a trek, but you'd be saving over $200 off the $407 listing per night.

 

Let us know your thoughts on the above and please keep us updated on what you ultimately decide.

 

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

[senor hamachi]

I'm having trouble with the Bidding.Helper.  When I go to the Easy View tab it's just blank.

[thereuare]

The BiddingHelper.com is working fine in my end, if you're still having issues please send me a PM with your operating system (Windows XP, 7, 8, Mac, etc) as well as the browser and version number you are using (at top of your browser HELP >> ABOUT) so that we can test on this end and help you troubleshoot.

If you're not able to see the complete amenity set using BiddingHelper.com, you can try the following:

search HOTWIRE (or use the HOTWIRE tab at BiddingHelper.com) and...

• click the offer
• on the next page click the BOOK NOW link
• in the TRIP SUMMARY box click the 'See more' link at the end of the amenities

I do see the $353/nite River North hotel on PRICELINE EXPRESS but when i click the offer i get a message that the offer is no longer available, and when the page refreshes this is the new 4.5* hotel offered in this zone (at $404/nite):

Free Internet in room

Pets Allowed

Restaurant

Business Center

Fitness Center

... my guess for this one would be the Sofitel Chicago Water Tower

On HOTWIRE this is the 4.5* i'm seeing in the Water Tower zone:

Free Internet

Pet Friendly

Boutique

Smoke Free

Fitness

Restaurant

Business

Hi-Speed Internet

... i don't have a guess for this one.

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

Let us know what you decide and how it goes or if we can be of further help.

[AaronJB]

I'd much rather stay outside the city when hotels are $400 on days like these, but with these HOTWIRE listings at around $400, I'm seeing the 4.5* Conrad on Expedia for $405 (refundable, although double check the fine print for details) for a city view room. 

 

Please use the site's Expedia link (click here) if  this option is of interest.