Priceline Hotel: Need Downtown Toronto 3/2-5

[annwitz]

I am looking for a 3* room in downtown Toronto From March 2-5, have tried bidding three times with no success so am now hoping someone here can help me out.

All three attempts, I took advantage of free rebids & bid on these zones in this order:

1) Downtown

2) Rebid, Downtown + Scarborough

3) New bid, Downtown + Toronto East

4) Rebid, Downtown + Torronto East + Scarborough

First time I really lowballed, $34, $37, $40, $42

Second time, $40, $43, $45, $48

Third time, $48, $50, $52 (didn't use fourth try)

On my last bid I received the reply that if I added $15 to my bid I'd get a room; didn't do it.

Based on looking at previous successful bids, I really thought that I'd have a room before I hit $50. Plus, Hotwire is showing a 3* for $58. I've never had to get so close to a Hotwire price before.

Any thoughts/suggestions would be greatly appreciated!

[thereuare]

Welcome to BetterBidding!

What is your maximum bid?

It looks like rates are higher for the first nite of your stay, is SPLITTING YOUR PRICELINE BID something you would consider?

[annwitz]

This time around we don't want to have to worry about switching hotels, so splitting the bid isn't an option.

Let's say my maximum is $56. Since the Hotwire 3* at $58 has been available for over a week, I figure I'll take it if Priceline doesn't work out.

Thanks!

[thereuare]

So add your last re-bid zone and bid $56... unless you really want to slice and dice this in order to save another $2/nite.

Have you identified the 3* Hotwire hotel to make sure that it is equivalent to a 3* priceline property? Each service does not rate hotels in the same way, so you may not be making an apples-to-apples comparison.

[annwitz]

I did kinda try to figure out how comparable Hotwire vs. Priceline 3* would be in this situation, but I wasn't really sure. I came to the conclusion that the Marriott Courtyard was a likely candidate for either, but I'm not sure that's right. Can you provide any further insight/guidance?

[thereuare]

What are the amenities Hotwire associates with the 3* property?

[annwitz]

Restaurant(s)

Pool(s)

Fitness Center

High-speed Internet Access

Golf Nearby

Business Center

[thereuare]

The above is a match for the Best Western Primrose, but i have reason to believe that it may also be the Days Hotel and Conference Center. Neither of these have been reported on Priceline so i don't know what they would be rated, but i would make sure you are comfortable with either of these (or some other hotel that Hotwire deemed to be 3*) in order to use the Hotwire hotel as the basis for your maximum Priceline bid.