joeytraveler Posted June 24, 2015 Report Share Posted June 24, 2015 I'm looking to book a 4* star hotel in Montreal for this coming weekend for 2 nights, 6/26-6/28. I looked at the PRICELINE EXPRESS deals and the best offer there is $150/night USD for a 4* star hotel in the Montreal Downtown - Financial District Area Hotel. Based on the amenities listed below for it I believe it is the Hotel Omni Mont Royal: Pets Allowed Business Center Restaurant Indoor or Outdoor Pool Fitness Center Could this also be the Sheraton or not? Should I just go ahead and try to book it at this price point or do I have a chance of getting this hotel in the $100-$120 range by bidding for it? Of course by bidding it might not be this same hotel or some other 4* hotel. What is the recommended strategy here? I've never done a bidding on PRICELINE before so this is all new to me. Also what is the opinion on this hotel anyways? Is it a good place to stay as far as location goes? I'd like to be around $110-$115/night max before taxes? Is this good range or should I shoot for a lower rate? Link to comment
AaronJB Posted June 24, 2015 Report Share Posted June 24, 2015 Welcome to Betterbidding. Express Deals and bidding are two distinctly different options and have their positives. The "spread" between the prices for both varies, but is generally slight-to-moderate. If you bid, you are willing to accept any hotel at the star rating picked in the zone/s picked. There is no way to ensure a particular property, there is no way to know what you may get and there is no way to increase the odds of a particular property. With PRICELINE EXPRESS Deals it's possible to make an educated guess as to which hotels are showing. There's value in that from the standpoint of being able to increase the odds of potentially getting something you may like, getting a particular amenity or even if you're "location-sensitive" and would rather try to be in a particular part of a zone. If you're seeing a 4* for $150 on Express Deals, a $100 bid is unrealistic and $115-120, while worth trying, may be a bit shy of what it takes. Let us know which route you'd rather take and we would be happy to outline how to proceed. 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. Link to comment
thereuare Posted June 25, 2015 Report Share Posted June 25, 2015 My guess for the current PRICELINE EXPRESS deal listed above would be the Le Centre Sheraton Montreal Hotel. Let us know how you'd like to proceed (or how it goes if you decide to go for the current PRICELINE EXPRESS offer) and we'll advise accordingly. 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. Please use this HOTWIRE and these PRICELINE LINKS: HOTELS, CAR RENTALS, and AIRFARE to begin your travel purchases Link to comment
joeytraveler Posted June 25, 2015 Author Report Share Posted June 25, 2015 So is that a decent rate for this Sheraton for weekend rate? How much less could I get a 4* star by bidding for same zone? What would be a bidding strategy for 4* star for this area with max of $130? Link to comment
joeytraveler Posted June 25, 2015 Author Report Share Posted June 25, 2015 So if I wanted to bid for a 4* hotel what should be my starting bid and would a $130 max be an offer that could be accepted given the $150 PRICELINE EXPRESS offer?I noticed that recent wins for a 4* in the same area was around $120 as posted by priceline. So wondering if starting at $110 and increasing bid by $5 would be a good strategy or not? Link to comment
thereuare Posted June 25, 2015 Report Share Posted June 25, 2015 The Le Centre Sheraton is currently $213/nite from PRICELINE for your dates (and $243/nite from Hotels.com)... you can easy get prices using our MAPS and HOTELS.com site to determine if the PRICELINE EXPRESS rate is a good deal or not. ;) If bidding on PRICELINE is the Montreal Downtown-Financial District the only zone you're willing to accept OR are any of the other 'downtown' zones also acceptable? 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. Please use this HOTWIRE and these PRICELINE LINKS: HOTELS, CAR RENTALS, and AIRFARE to begin your travel purchases Link to comment
joeytraveler Posted June 25, 2015 Author Report Share Posted June 25, 2015 I would like to just accept the Downtown Financial District hotels. What strategy would you recommend for a max bid of $125-$130 since it looks like the express deal at $149 is most likely the Sheraton right now. Link to comment
thereuare Posted June 25, 2015 Report Share Posted June 25, 2015 When bidding 4* in Montreal you have EIGHT re-bid zones. If you're not familiar with re-bidding please read Priceline Re-Bidding Explained and feel free to ask questions and/or confirm your re-bid zones with the board before proceeding. Select 4* Downtown Financial... Bid $100, if rejected add re-bid zone... Bid $105, if rejected add re-bid zone... Bid $110, if rejected add re-bid zone... Bid $115, if rejected add re-bid zone... Bid $120, if rejected add re-bid zone... Bid $123, if rejected add re-bid zone... Bid $125, if rejected add re-bid zone... Bid $128, if rejected add re-bid zone... Bid $130 Any questions feel free to ask (especially confirming your re-bid zones with the board if you're unsure and/or new to the subject). 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 how it goes. Please use this HOTWIRE and these PRICELINE LINKS: HOTELS, CAR RENTALS, and AIRFARE to begin your travel purchases Link to comment
joeytraveler Posted June 25, 2015 Author Report Share Posted June 25, 2015 Thank you. So no need to close browser or start over after adding certain number of zones? Just bid, if rejected add next zone, increase bid, if rejected, add zone and increase bid and do that until it gets accepted or I reach my max limit of $130? If on my last bid of $130 it still rejects then I can just go to the express deal side and take that offer with no issues correct? Link to comment
thereuare Posted June 25, 2015 Report Share Posted June 25, 2015 Correct, no need to close the browser with the above strategy (just make sure you're adding re-bid zones (and not just some random zone)) If the above is rejected you can take the PRICELINE EXPRESS offer (assuming still available) Thanks for using the PRICELINE and HOTWIRE links on the board. Good luck and let us know how it goes. Please use this HOTWIRE and these PRICELINE LINKS: HOTELS, CAR RENTALS, and AIRFARE to begin your travel purchases Link to comment
joeytraveler Posted June 25, 2015 Author Report Share Posted June 25, 2015 So for a 4* star hotel I'm bidding on in Montreal the re-bid zones would be the following correct?: Anjou - St Leonard - Olympic Stadium 3.5 Brossard 3 Dorval Airport Area (YUL) 3.5 Laval 3.5 Longueuil - Boucherville 3 Midtown 3.5 Montreal Downtown - Latin Quarter 3 Pointe Claire 3 I can add any of these in any order after a bid gets rejected and just keep adding one of these zones with the selected 4* Financial district. Link to comment
thereuare Posted June 25, 2015 Report Share Posted June 25, 2015 Yes, all of the zones above are re-bid zones when bidding 4* in this region... but always double check just before bidding to make sure that nothing has changed since you last looked. 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 how it goes. Please use this HOTWIRE and these PRICELINE LINKS: HOTELS, CAR RENTALS, and AIRFARE to begin your travel purchases Link to comment
joeytraveler Posted June 30, 2015 Author Report Share Posted June 30, 2015 Was not able to win with $130 bid. So I instead book directly with another hotel in different area. Link to comment
yellowdog Posted June 30, 2015 Report Share Posted June 30, 2015 Thanx for the follow-up and closing this thread. When PRICELINE or HOTWIRE don't work for your needs for a given trip, please book thru our sister site MAPS and HOTELS.com... or thru our Support Page where we have links to most of the major hotel chains and online booking agencies Yellowdog. Link to comment
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