Priceline Hotel: 2* Germantown Holiday Inn Express

[hannahb352]

Holiday Inn Express Germantown

W 177 N 9675 Rivers Bend Lane

Germantown, Wisconsin 53022

262-255-1100

Check-In Date: Saturday, January 14, 2006

Check-Out Date: Sunday, January 15, 2006

Your Offer Price: $43.00

Number of Rooms: 1

Number of Nights: 1

Subtotal: $43.00

Taxes & Service Fees:$12.55

Total Charges: $55.55

I bid this the day before. I normally would have been able to use Menominee Falls as a rebid but it was greyed out as rooms were not available anymore with such a last minute bid. I first tried $38 and was countered to add $11. I then had my mom bid since she was going with me and had her bid $43 which was accepted. I think this is a new hotel for our lists.

[thereuare]

Thank you for the new hotel for our lists... hope you enjoyed your stay.

[Blackmagic]

I bid this the day before. I normally would have been able to use Menominee Falls as a rebid but it was greyed out as rooms were not available anymore with such a last minute bid. I first tried $38 and was countered to add $11. I then had my mom bid since she was going with me and had her bid $43 which was accepted.

Hello Hanna,

I know this stay is long past, but others may benefit from this little trick.

Someone once suggested that by using certain small towns in Wisconsin, you can get many rebid opportunities. Germantown is one of those towns - if you start your Priceline request for Franklin, WI they'll tell you they don't have hotels there, but offer you a list like this:

Sturtevant Wisconsin 19.9

Menomonee Falls Wisconsin 22.8

Burlington Wisconsin 23.2

Racine Wisconsin 24.4

Germantown Wisconsin 26

East Troy Wisconsin 28.9

Delafield Wisconsin 31.3

Kenosha Wisconsin 31.9

Ya, that's right - even includes Kenosha - a long ways from Germantown. The first three and Kenosha only have 1-*'s so it gives you many rebid opportunities (even if one is grey'd out).

This seems to work for some other small towns in WI as well. You just have to experiment a little.

[hannahb352]

Thanks I did play around some with this one but didn't use enough small ones. I may need that hotel again and will try this strategy.