karloe Posted July 15, 2015 Report Share Posted July 15, 2015 Hi!This is my first time bidding using priceline and I'm seeking your help:)Could you please help me identify following hotels: Downtown Portland - City Center - South Waterfront District Area HotelGuest Rating: 8+Save 36% or more+$156/night3.5*Amenities: pets allowed, business center Downtown Portland - City Center - South Waterfront District Area HotelGuest Rating: 7+Bed choice availableSave 16% or more+$222/nightIncludes free Internet4*amenities: pets, business center, restaurant ,free internet, fitness center Downtown Portland - City Center - South Waterfront District Area HotelGuest Rating: 8+Save 22% or more+$202/nightIncludes free Internet3*amenities: pets, business center,free internet, fitness center I appreciate your help! Link to comment
thereuare Posted July 15, 2015 Report Share Posted July 15, 2015 Welcome to BetterBidding! Best guess/comments for each: 3.5* Downtown Portland - City Center - South Waterfront District Area Hotel --> not seeing this property on a current search for your dates, are you still seeing this one on your own search? 4* Downtown Portland - City Center - South Waterfront District Area Hotel --> The Benson Hotel a Coast Hotel 3* Downtown Portland - City Center - South Waterfront District Area Hotel --> Courtyard by Marriott Portland City Center 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 what you decide and 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 Link to comment
karloe Posted July 15, 2015 Author Report Share Posted July 15, 2015 Thank you!Regarding the first one, yes, I still see this one in my search results as one of the express deals.Are those deals customized or everyone is supposed to see the same? Link to comment
thereuare Posted July 15, 2015 Report Share Posted July 15, 2015 For the most part the offers are the same for everyone, occasionally the results will be slightly different from one user to another ... but i'm not seeing this one offered when searching for your one nite stay above. The 3.5* i'm seeing in this zone for your dates is priced at $229 (and has more amenities then just the two above) Please use the PRICELINE and HOTWIRE links on the board to begin your travel purchases... or thru our sister site MAPS and HOTELS.com for your regular rate purchases. Let us know whatever you decide for this stay or how we can be of further help. Please use this HOTWIRE and these PRICELINE LINKS: HOTELS, CAR RENTALS, and AIRFARE to begin your travel purchases Link to comment
karloe Posted July 15, 2015 Author Report Share Posted July 15, 2015 I did the search again and this time the 3.5* was still displaying, but for slightly less... 148$. I looked for 3.5* hotels on PRICELINE and the only one which didn't have fitness gym listed in amenities was Hotel Rose. I was fine with that one, so I booked it through PRICELINE EXPRESS deal but it turned out to be... Hilton Portland & Executive Tower :) I'm even more happy with this choice. The only thing which I'm concerned about is that this hotel has fitness gym and on the confirmation page, it lists it as well... Do you think they purposefully hide some of the amenities on express deal to confuse people and make it harder to "identify" hotel? Seems to me like that's the case but I'm new to it. Link to comment
thereuare Posted July 15, 2015 Report Share Posted July 15, 2015 Congratulations on your success! Glad to see the offer was still available and that you're pleased with the outcome. Hotels need to have all the amenities listed, but don't need to list all the amenities they have. ;) The most common example i give when asked this question is that just about all hotels these days (at least in the US) offer high-speed internet access, yet you will still find some hotels on PRICELINE EXPRESS and HOTWIRE that don't list this as an amenity. Thank you for sharing your win with the board and helping us add the amenity set for this property to the Priceline 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 Link to comment
karloe Posted July 16, 2015 Author Report Share Posted July 16, 2015 Thanks, this forum helped a lot!Do you guys have some guide on how to get started with bidding as well? Link to comment
thereuare Posted July 16, 2015 Report Share Posted July 16, 2015 If you need help bidding for an upcoming trip feel free to start a NEW TOPIC with the details of your stay (city, acceptable zones, desired star rating, budget, and dates of your stay (and anything else we may need to know to assist)) and we'll advise accordingly. Thanks for the compliments on BetterBidding! :) Enjoy your upcoming stay. Please use this HOTWIRE and these PRICELINE LINKS: HOTELS, CAR RENTALS, and AIRFARE to begin your travel purchases Link to comment
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