Priceline Hotel: 4* Toronto (Downtown Southwest - Entertainment and Financial Districts) Delta Toronto

[beantown24]

Deal type: Name Your Own Price
Offer price: $126.00/night
Number of rooms: 1 room
Number of nights: 2 nights
Room subtotal: $252.00
Taxes & fees: $51.44
Total charged today: $303.44
Hotel fee: $0.00
Total cost: $303.44

 

This was one of the more difficult biddings I've done, but all worked out well in the end with a new hotel that gets a 9.3 guest rating.  (All prices below in USD).

 

My winning bid was won with both Downtown SouthWEST + Downtown SouthEAST included in the bid areas, 4-star and above.

 

When bidding on Priceline for Downtown Toronto at the 4 star level, Priceline would add hotel fees in the Downtown Southeast area, but not in the Downtown Southwest area.  The hotel fees that they would add were $12.50 yesterday, but today for some reason they only added $9.  So I bid a bit higher for the Downtown SouthWEST hotels because they didn't have the fees.  

 

Seeing some low very low bids in the BetterBidding Toronto history, I started very low ($68 per night) and worked my way up by 1's and 2's using the many rebidding zones.  I also bid a bit higher on 5-star and 4-star properties, but never won those.  

 

Maximum 5-star bid in Downtown SouthWEST + Downtown SouthEAST was $150 per night ($361 grand total for two nights with taxes) - did not win

Maximum 4.5-star bid in Downtown SouthWEST + Downtown SouthEAST was $134 per night ($329 grand total for two nights with taxes and $6.50 hotel fees) - did not win

 

The weird part was that mere minutes before I won the bid at $126 with both Downtown SouthWEST + Downtown SouthEAST, I had been turned down for a bid of $135 in the Detroit SouthWEST area only.  Isn't the Delta Toronto considered SouthWEST?  If so, they why would they turn down $135 only to accept $126?  

 

In the end, the highest 4-star bids that I did NOT win were:

  Downtown SouthWEST only:  $135 per night, no projected hotel fees, $325 grand total for two nights with taxes

  Downtown SouthWEST + Downtown SouthEAST:  $123 per night, $9 in projected hotel fees, estimated $305 for the two nights with taxes and fees - this was my last bid ($3 lower) before winning at $126

[thereuare]

Congratulations on your success!

The Delta is indeed in the Southwest-Entertainment zone so i can't say exactly why your previous $135 bid moments earlier was rejected... but glad to see you were ultimately successful at the lower price. :)

Thank you for sharing your win with the board.

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

Enjoy your stay.