Hotwire Hotel: 5* Tampa (Downtown) Le Meridien Tampa

[bcl1111]

First, I am a newcomer to these forums so apologies if the answer to my question ia already available and I haven't spotted it.

Hotwire Easy View is showing the hotel description as:

*****

Downtown Tampa

FULL AMENITIES: Boutique hotel, Near beach, Smoke-free rooms, Fitness center, Pool(s), Restaurant(s), Self-service laundry, Internet access, Golf nearby, Tennis nearbyFitness Center , indood or oudoor poll, self-service laundry.

As far as I can establish there are no 5 star hotels in Tampa. I've checked this site's hotel list for Hotwire and no 5 star is listed.

However I visited Tripadvisor and searched for Tampa "boutique" hotels. Le Meridien came up in the results and it seems to be in downtown area but it's 4 star.

Any help is appreciated.

[AaronJB]

Welcome to Betterbidding.

 

Please provide the date/s of travel and we would be happy to take a look and try to research the listing.

 

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[bcl1111]

Hi

It's 2 nights 19 October and 20 October. The rate which came up was $85.

[thereuare]

FULL AMENITIES: Boutique hotel, Near beach, Smoke-free rooms, Fitness center, Pool(s), Restaurant(s), Self-service laundry, Internet access, Golf nearby, Tennis nearbyFitness Center , indood or oudoor poll, self-service laundry.

You've listed 'Self-Service Laundry' twice and 'Indoor or Outdoor Pool' is not an amenity that is used by HOTWIRE... is this the amenity set associated with this property (although i'm currently seeing this offer at $100/nite):

Boutique

Near Beach

Smoke Free

Fitness

Pool

Restaurant

Laundry

Hi-Speed Internet

Golf

Tennis

I will add that i'm seeing this 4 star Downtown hotel (confirm your dates on the landing page) for $89/nite with Restaurant, Pool, Fitness on PRICELINE EXPRESS.

--> my guess for this property would be the well reviewed Le Meridien Tampa if this is a property you're interested in

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.

[bcl1111]

Many thanks for your reply.

I actually copied & pasted the description from Hotwire Easy View listing into my original post so can assure you it did say self-service laundry! (That threw me too as I couldn't imagine a 5 star hotel offering that - they make too much dosh out of a laundry service.)

Maybe I should have said I am a solo traveller and it is still coming up at $85 for me i.e. 1 room, 1 person.

The hotel description you are seeing on Hotwire is 4 or 5 star?

[thereuare]

I wasn't questioning the inclusion of a Self-service Laundry at this amenity set... i was questioning the accuracy of the list you posted as one amenity was listed twice and also misspelled 'indood or oudoor poll' (and this also is not an amenity that is used by HOTWIRE). ;)

If you redo your search does the 5* you're currently seeing show the amenities i've included in my post above? What is the current price?

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.

[bcl1111]

Yes, as of 23:34 BST, I still get the description I aleady posted and a price of $85 for a search of 19 to 21 October, 1 room, 1 adult, 0 children.

Why are you not able to replicate this search using your site's Bidder Helper?

And, for your information, the grammitical and spelling errors were all from the Hotwire Easy View hotel amenities description. If you are unable to duplicate, pleas do not assume I entered them in error!

I have tried to copy & paste my Hotwire result but your site is no longer showing a "paste" option. If you will supply an alternative address, I shall be be only too happy to forward my results to you.

You seem to be not helping me, only obstructing me by challenging my veracity and I don't understand why. Please can you explain for my benefit and that of those others who may be following this thread!

Thank you.

[AaronJB]

I'm also seeing when searching for one adult:

 

Boutique, Near Beach, Restaurant, Pool, Fitness, Smoke Free, Hi-Speed Internet, Laundry, Golf, Tennis (5*, Downtown)

 

This listing hasn't been ID'd/reported to the board, but I'd also guess the Le Meridien is a possibility.

 

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.

[bcl1111]

Thanks, AaronJB.

Was beginning to think I was imagining things!

[thereuare]

You seem to be not helping me...

To research hotels we need to be sure of the exact amenity set that is being offered, and given that your post above included 'indoor and outdoor pool', which is not an amenity set that is used by HOTWIRE, i was trying to confirm the amenity set before proceeding so that i knew exactly what i should be looking for.

If you notice that AaronJB's amenity set is exactly the same amenity set that i had posted... which differs from your amenity set as it does not include "indoor or outdoor pool" (and only listed Laundry once).

I saw the $100 rate as i was searching for the default 2adults/0children... i now see the same $85/nite price when searching for 1adult/0children.

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.

[bcl1111]

Many thanks, thereuare, for your explanation.

My question now is, do I book at the Hotwire Easy View price or try a bid? I have no experience of bidding.

[bcl1111]

Hi again

I just discovered that when I try to click through to book from your Bidder Helper site I get an error message 1310. When I then do another try, I get a page quoting me in £ rather than $. This may explain the differences in the amenities list. I am based in UK and accessing site on my iPad i.e. Safari.

Whe n I go through to the £ site, there is a banner saying "Hotels in our secret 5 star collection" and another banner showing "The Luxury Collection" and the "Le Meridien" is the only hotel listed.

Am at a loss knowing what to do.

[thereuare]

You should be able to change the country and/or currency on either site using the dropdown menu(s) on the top right corner of each of their websites.

Whether to use PRICELINE bidding, PRICELINE EXPRESS, or HOTWIRE depends what is most important to you for this trip... bidding is slightly cheaper then PRICELINE EXPRESS / HOTWIRE, but you then have to be willing to accept any hotel in the zone at the star rating that you bid; whereas Priceline Express and Hotwire may cost a little more, but it gives you the ability to take a guess as to which hotel it is that you may received, as well as know certain characteristics about the hotel (ie- if it has a pool, a good user review rating in the case of the PRICELINE EXPRESS hotel, etc)

If you'd like to try bidding let us know your maximum bid and we will suggest a strategy for you to follow.

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 how we can be of further help.

[bcl1111]

Many thanks for your help.

I have no idea what I should bid but my friend who is a travel agent says I should take the Hotwire Easy View price as she can't match it here in UK.

Thanks for all your help with this booking.

No doubt I'll be back soon.

[AaronJB]

Thank you for keeping us updated with what you decide.

 

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.

[bcl1111]

Hi

I ended up buying the Hotwire Easy View for £136 for two nights. I am happy with that and got instant confirmation that I was booked into the Le Millenium.

Hope this helps someone.

[AaronJB]

Congrats on your success. :)

Nice win for this beautiful property - glad you are pleased with the win.

 

Thank you for letting us know about this new Hot.wire property so that we can update the site's Hotwire Hotel List.

 

Thank you for sharing your win and please use the site's PRICELINE or HOTWIRE links to start your purchases and searches.

 

Enjoy your stay.