Priceline Hotel: 3* Ottawa-Hull (Ottawa) Marriott

[MJRBIM]

(One -Night)

Tried bidding up to $45 the other day - but no dice. Waited for the 72 hours to expire and started over from scratch.

1st Bid - Ottawa 2.5* @ $50 = Accepted with a bump to the 3* Marriott Ottawa

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Check-In Date: Monday, February 13, 2006

Check-Out Date: Tuesday, February 14, 2006

Hotel Name:

Marriott Ottawa

100 Kent Street

Ottawa, Ontario

K1P 5R7

613-238-1122

Your Offer Price: $50.00 (US dollars)

Number of Rooms: 1

Number of Nights: 1

Subtotal: $50.00 (US dollars)

Taxes and Service Fees: $11.90 (US dollars)

Total Charges: $61.90 (US dollars)

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The best rate on the Hotel site is $229.00 (CDN) = $197.75 (USD) per night plus tax...so this almost a whopping 75% savings. Gotta love PriceLine!

[thereuare]

This is a FANTASTIC deal.

Based upon your other post it seems that maybe the Courytard is inching up their prices a bit, so this upgrade may be an unexpected perk.

Enjoy.

[MJRBIM]

Depending on the anticipated outcome of next week's Canadian election there could be a huge influx of new political staffers for the Conservatives transition team (thousands of new people moving to Ottawa)...I expect that places like the Courtyard and Les Suites have lots of cancelable reservations currently filling their books until the votes are counted.

The Conservatives want to cut down on Gov't spending - so I see them filling the gov't rate 2.5* hotels rather than the 3* properties...which will be good for me if it gets me some PL bumps.