Priceline Hotel: Help with Rome

[scottjustin]

My husband & I are planning a trip to Rome in October 2006 with 3 other couples. We will be staying 1 night before leaving for a cruise. We would like to use PL to get 4 rooms at a 4* hotel. Are we more likely to get our bids accepted if we try to reserve 4 rooms or is it better to have less number of rooms? Also, does anyone think bidding $125 per room is a good place to start? How early do you think I should start bidding? thnks! :) Sue

[thereuare]

What is the actual date of your stay?

I'm assuming you all want to be at the same hotel, so therefore you would need to bid all the rooms on the same bid. If you bid them separately you could all end up at different hotels.

[scottjustin]

The night we will be staying over in Rome is October 5th, 2006.

[thereuare]

Which areas of Rome are you looking to bid?

What is your maximum bid?

[scottjustin]

I know I will be bidding for all 4 rooms in one shot, but I don't know how common it is and are the hotels usually willing to release 4 rooms through PL? My guess is it probably depends on their occupancy for this date. Just thought someone might know what my chances are for a successful bid. :)

[scottjustin]

I think we want to be in the Central part of Rome within walking distance of the Coliseum. I'm not sure what our maximum bid is but probably up to $175.00. :)

[WillTravel]

Have you looked at Priceline's zone map for Central Rome? It's possible you could get a place 2 miles or so from the Colosseum, although it's probably most likely you'll be pretty close.