DaveAce Posted October 14, 2015 Report Posted October 14, 2015 Hi! My wife and I really want to stay at the Cosmopolitan from Dec. 1 to the 4. Average price on the Cosmo site is $230. Yikes! Kayak has it at $159 but that is still a bit more than I want to pay. I was hoping maybe $120 a night (or if you guys think I can do better than that). Priceline Express Deals has $76 rates for Vdara those days and $94 for Aria (figured it out from the resort fees). Is there any way to make sure we get Cosmopolitan if we Name Our Own Price? Can I tell for sure before I commit? I put in an offer of 120 for a Strip South 5* and it seems there would be a hotel fee of 34.50. Not sure which one that is for since Vdara and Aria are $35.84 and Cosmo is $33.60. Please help my wife and I take our first trip in ages without breaking the bank! Thanks!
AaronJB Posted October 14, 2015 Report Posted October 14, 2015 Welcome to Betterbidding. :) There is no way to guarantee or increase the odds of a particular property when bidding. If you bid for a 5* in North Strip (for example), you have to be willing to accept any 5* in the zone. Bidding more to try to avoid or increase the odds of a particular property will likely result in overbidding for the same hotel you would have gotten had you bid lower. Hot.wire or PRICELINE EXPRESS - where you can make an educational guess as to which hotels are showing - are better options but 1) there is no guarantee the hotel you are looking for will be available on either service for your dates and 2) there is always the chance that how a hotel appears on either service may have changed, making it the same as how another hotel has appeared. Overall, both services require some flexibility. Is the Cosmo the only hotel that would be acceptable? 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.
DaveAce Posted October 14, 2015 Author Report Posted October 14, 2015 Thanks for this reply. I know my wife really has her heart set on Cosmo. I'd be willing to do a priceline express for it, but right now only two express deals are available for our dates (12/1-12/4) on the Strip South, and i believe it is for Vdara and Aria. Do you think they might add more express deals down the road? It seems people have gotten Cosmo through it before and based on current posted rates on the site, it looks like a slower week. Thanks again!
thereuare Posted October 15, 2015 Report Posted October 15, 2015 PRICELINE EXPRESS typically only shows one (or two in Las Vegas) hotels per zone... for a different hotel to appear you would need: 1) the Cosmo to offer rooms at a lower rate then the hotels currently being offered 2) the current hotels to pull their offers 3) the current hotels to raise their rates higher then what the Cosmo is currently offering (assuming that the Cosmo is offering rooms thru PRICELINE EXPRESS for your dates) 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 ultimately decide to do for this trip 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
DaveAce Posted October 15, 2015 Author Report Posted October 15, 2015 Thanks for the info! You're the best!
AaronJB Posted October 15, 2015 Report Posted October 15, 2015 Thanks for the info! You're the best! Please keep us updated on what you decide and let us know if you have additional questions. 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.
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