CBC373 Posted March 3, 2015 Report Posted March 3, 2015 HI everone, need help identifying : PRICELINE EXPRESS Deals for April 23-28 USD 127 for 4 Star Hotel Bloomsbury - Marble Arch - Kings Cross Station & British Museum Area Only clues are free wifi , restaurant and gym facilities. Very vague. Conversely, i tried bidding on that area for up to 110 with no luck.
thereuare Posted March 3, 2015 Report Posted March 3, 2015 With few amenities it's difficult to have a high degree of certainty in any guess, but i think this one may be the Ambassadors Bloomsbury, and that would be my best guess. Please use the PRICELINE and HOTWIRE links on the board to begin your travel purchases... or thru our sister site MAPS and HOTELS.com for your regular rate purchases. Let us know how it goes or if we can be of further help. Please use this HOTWIRE and these PRICELINE LINKS: HOTELS, CAR RENTALS, and AIRFARE to begin your travel purchases
CBC373 Posted March 4, 2015 Author Report Posted March 4, 2015 Priceline countered 120 on my last bid of 110. A winning bid may probaby be within 115-120.....
thereuare Posted March 4, 2015 Report Posted March 4, 2015 Are you going to bid higher on the next round of bidding? Also, note that the time required between bids is now only 2 hours! Please use the PRICELINE and HOTWIRE links on the board to begin your travel purchases. Good luck and keep us updated on progress or how we can be of further help. Please use this HOTWIRE and these PRICELINE LINKS: HOTELS, CAR RENTALS, and AIRFARE to begin your travel purchases
CBC373 Posted March 4, 2015 Author Report Posted March 4, 2015 Thanks for letting me know. I did not know about the revised 2 hours window. I had wanted to keep it at the 100-110. Maybe 115 should be the magic no. I will keep you posted.
Romelle Posted March 4, 2015 Report Posted March 4, 2015 There currently are even two free-rebid zones for London, so you could creep up on that counter-offer all in one session. Romelle
CBC373 Posted March 4, 2015 Author Report Posted March 4, 2015 i was looking at the prices and amenties and your guess looks like it spot on. i am inclined to wait it out and see if another hotel will join be offered. i was looking at hotwire and it seems that the property being is also ambassador. i was also looking at priceline deal 3 star mayfair and i am guessing it's the mermaid suite hotel. what do you think?
CBC373 Posted March 4, 2015 Author Report Posted March 4, 2015 yes, actually i changed my date to april 23-27 instead and i bid from 105 to 115 and got rejected for bloomsbury 4 star. the priceline deal for 4 star bloomsbury is currently priced at 160 for april 23-27 which i am thinking is a different property than the priceline deal for april 23-28 priced at 127 only.
CBC373 Posted March 4, 2015 Author Report Posted March 4, 2015 actually i also noticed that hotwire and priceline both charge 25% in service charge and taxes versus if we book directly thru hotel website at about 12% taxes (for holiday inn in london, at least) so the discount they offer on the room rate has to be substantial since we are paying more in service charges. the current name your price deals don't seem to be as attractive as before when my winning bids were about 50% posted rates if i recall :( now its just about 20-30% off and if we add on their 25% surcharge the deals aren't as good as before, it seems.
thereuare Posted March 4, 2015 Report Posted March 4, 2015 Your math doesn't entirely hold-up since the lower tax percentage of the hotel direct rate is on a higher base price. So for example, using your percentage numbers above: Hotel Direct rate: $150 x 12% tax = $18 added onto the room rate = $168 Discounted Price.line rate: $100 x 25% = $25 added onto room rate = $125 Using the example above, the perceived 33% discount ($150 to $100) equates to an all-in discount of 25% ($168 to $125). Obviously the more deeply discounted the room rate the easier it is to make up the booking fee... the less discounted the room rate the more difficult it is to make up the booking fee; similarly it's easy to make up the additional fee on a $100 hotel room than on a $40/nite hotel room. Fortunately, the discounts are usually deep enough that the booking fee is not much of an issue, and sometimes it costs money to save money. ;) Please use the PRICELINE and HOTWIRE links on the board to begin your travel purchases... or thru our sister site MAPS and HOTELS.com for your regular rate purchases. (or thru our Holiday Inn link as found in our Support Page if you decide to buy direct) Let us know whatever you ultimately decide to do for this stay or how we can be of further help. Please use this HOTWIRE and these PRICELINE LINKS: HOTELS, CAR RENTALS, and AIRFARE to begin your travel purchases
CBC373 Posted March 5, 2015 Author Report Posted March 5, 2015 I am considering other areas as well, I saw on hotwire 4 star Chelsea knightsbridge harrods area for 112. Any guesses which hotel this might be? My stay is from April 23-27 now. Thanks.
AaronJB Posted March 5, 2015 Report Posted March 5, 2015 Please confirm the complete list of amenities showing with the Hot.wire listing and we would be happy to take a look and try to ID. Also, you can see all of the hotels reported to the board here: Hotwire Hotel List Other Countries. Please use the PRICELINE and HOTWIRE links on the board to begin your travel purchases... or thru our sister site MAPS and HOTELS.com for your regular rate purchases.
CBC373 Posted March 5, 2015 Author Report Posted March 5, 2015 Hotwire 4 star Chelsea knightsbridge harrods area for USD112 complete list of amenities: boutique hotelfitness centerrestaurantbusiness centerinternet access There are no listings of 4 star properties in your hotwire list so far. Appreciate your help.
thereuare Posted March 5, 2015 Report Posted March 5, 2015 MyHotel Chelsea would be a guess, but with such a limited amenity set it's difficult to have too much confidence in any guess. Please use the PRICELINE and HOTWIRE links on the board to begin your travel purchases... or thru our sister site MAPS and HOTELS.com for your regular rate purchases. Let us know how it goes or if we can be of further help. Please use this HOTWIRE and these PRICELINE LINKS: HOTELS, CAR RENTALS, and AIRFARE to begin your travel purchases
Romelle Posted March 5, 2015 Report Posted March 5, 2015 There is so much info on the web that it is easy to get in the habit of just reading message text and blocking out everything else. But I wanted to make sure you don't miss that red $10 off in the signatures of thereuare and AaronJB. Romelle
CBC373 Posted March 5, 2015 Author Report Posted March 5, 2015 Thanks for your inputs. Will let you know what I decide on .....
CBC373 Posted March 8, 2015 Author Report Posted March 8, 2015 Express Deals and secret hot rates prices have been fluctuating up and down the past couple of days for my date range... I have decided to wait out a bit
thereuare Posted March 8, 2015 Report Posted March 8, 2015 If you are choosing to wait you can use our free RateDrop service that will monitor rates for you and send you an alert if/when there are are price drops for the star rating, zone, and dates that you'd like. Please use the PRICELINE and HOTWIRE links on the board to begin your travel purchases... or thru our sister site MAPS and HOTELS.com for your regular rate purchases. Good luck and let us know whatever you ultimately decide to do for this trip. Please use this HOTWIRE and these PRICELINE LINKS: HOTELS, CAR RENTALS, and AIRFARE to begin your travel purchases
CBC373 Posted March 10, 2015 Author Report Posted March 10, 2015 Hot.wire secret hot rates were lower so I eventually booked with Hotwire secret . Amenities were boutique hotel, internet, business center, fitness center and restaurant
thereuare Posted March 10, 2015 Report Posted March 10, 2015 Congratulations on your success! Glad to see you received the hotel previously guessed and that you're pleased with the outcome. Thank you for sharing your win with the board and helping us add this property to the Hotwire Hotel List. Please use the PRICELINE and HOTWIRE links on the board to begin your travel purchases. Enjoy your stay. Please use this HOTWIRE and these PRICELINE LINKS: HOTELS, CAR RENTALS, and AIRFARE to begin your travel purchases
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