Priceline Hotel: 4* London (Kensington-EC-Knightsbridge) Holiday Inn Kensington Forum

[skybeedoo]

11/27/2005 priceline us (dollars)

I wanted 4* in South Kensington

50 4* kensington

60 4* including london bridge (only 3*)

70 4* including notting hill (only 3*) -> failed

11/28/2005 priceline uk (pounds)

40p 3* kensington

50p 3* london bridge: success upgraded to 4* -> success

50 British Pound (GBP) = 85.70650 US Dollar (USD)

[WillTravel]

I'm glad you got the area you wanted. Is this the Holiday Inn Kensington Forum?

But note for future bidding, that London Bridge and Notting Hill areas do both have 4* hotels, although none have been reported on this board. However, Priceline offers them, and it's quite possible that someone is going to be the first person to get these hotels, whatever they might be. So there aren't any free 4* rebid zones for London, the way the zones are currently divided up.

[skybeedoo]

Yes it is the Holiday Inn Kensington Forum

My intention was to use London Bridge as a 3* rebid zone.

[WillTravel]

The problem with using it as a rebid zone is that London Bridge does have 4* hotels, according to Priceline. The list on this site is not complete, because no one has reported a successful 4* bid there yet, but it's certainly possible.

[skybeedoo]

I amy not have understood correctly the point you were making. So you are saying I may have ended up with a hotel in London Bridge area, which would have been less than ideal.

[WillTravel]

Yes, that's what I was trying to say :).

I'm glad it didn't happen in this case, but every now and then someone posts about a similar sort of bid where they do get a hotel in an area they didn't want or expect.