Hotwire Hotel: 2.5* Austin (Arboretum-Mopac) Candlewood Suites

[HarryK]

The Hotwire amenities listed are: Fitness Center, High-speed Internet Access, Laundry Facilities

Any ideas?

[thereuare]

Please follow-up your previous Priceline Las Vegas thread by replying to that thread with whatever you ended up doing for that stay.

[HarryK]

Done. The only reason I didn't do it previously is because I never ended up finding anything via Priceline or Hotwire.

[thereuare]

We like all posts to have a resolution... even if pricline or hotwire are not used. It let's other users know what ultimately happened rather than left guessing, as well as make the board a bit cleaner.

What are the date(s) of the above Austin stay?

[HarryK]

My complete travel dates are up in the air right now, because everything is sold out for March 10th-11th (the opening weekend of SXSW)

Even though I stayed at a 4* downtown for $60/night last year (reservations made in Feb, I believe) I can't get a 4* downtown for under $200/night this time and I've been working on it for the last couple weeks. So my 'week in Austin' may end up being '3 days in Austin' because I'll be spending $1000 in hotel costs :)

That being said, this particular 2.5* came up when I searched March 10th-12th (I believe, but it's hard to say with 100% certainty because I've been pricing-out all kinds of things from the 10th to the 17th). I'd check again but right now Hotwire is preventing me from checking prices without logging in first. Has it always done that after a certain number of requests? Maybe I'm just doing more shopping around than normally.

I'd like to stay downtown and, frankly, I'm willing to stay just about ANYplace downtown for March 10th and 11th (and possibly longer depending on cost) but I don't think I can get a cardboard box for under $200 for that first weekend. If there's any way to do it, I'm all ears.

[thereuare]

For the nite of 3/10 the Clarion Conference Center looks like it sits just outside of the Downtown zone... would that serve as a good option for this nite?

If you can find the dates which return the above property we'll take a look.

[HarryK]

If you can find the dates which return the above property we'll take a look.

I went ahead and logged into Hotwire and it was the nights of March 10th-12th (check out the 13th) The price listed for me is $48

For the nite of 3/10 the Best Western looks like it sits just outside of the Downtown zone... would that serve as a good option for this nite?

That link takes me to a page that says:

Hotel not found.

[thereuare]

I fixed the link above, you can re-try it... it's a Clarion property (not a Best Western as previously mis-typed).

The hotel above is a match for the Candlewood Suites so that would be our best guess.

[HarryK]

Thanks. That Candlewood is a little far south for me. Part of the 'downtown' goal was so I wouldn't have to drive at all. If I'm going to have to drive, I figured I'd look close (South Austin) and the Clarion Conference Center is a bit closer, but (obviously) still a drive to down town and in the $100 range. I may end up staying up near the Arboretum, which is not close at all, but there's a nice Candlewood up there in the $40ish range which would defray some of my other costs.

Thanks for the help

[thereuare]

... and a reminder that this board is an affiliate of the Candlewood Suites as per our SUPPORT PAGE

[HarryK]

Booked it via the SavingsBarn.com link to HOTWIRE

Customer Favorite

Amenities: Fitness, Kitchenette, Hi-Speed Internet, Laundry

$106.91 total

FWIW, the word "Candlewood" is misspelled as "Candelwood" in this Hotwire Hotel List thread.

I'm not being nitpicky, just noting because it might make a difference if people are searching the forum.

[thereuare]

Glad you found something for this nite and thank you for using the HOTWIRE links at SavingsBarn.com to begin your purchase.

I agree that the mispelling is an important one to note (for the exact reason you mentioned), so thank you for bringing it to our attention and we have made the correction.

Thanks again and enjoy your stay.