dfhunt Posted September 30, 2003 Report Posted September 30, 2003 Any suggestions for bidding a hotel for 10/3 & 4? Nothing like waiting for last minute!! Will be on Long Island on business and daughters joining me for weekend in Manhattan. Please give me ideas to bid on Priceline, want a 4*, 5* would also be acceptable :)
thereuare Posted September 30, 2003 Report Posted September 30, 2003 What is your budget? (so i'll know if a 5* strategy is realistic) Please use this HOTWIRE and these PRICELINE LINKS: HOTELS, CAR RENTALS, and AIRFARE to begin your travel purchases
dfhunt Posted September 30, 2003 Author Report Posted September 30, 2003 What is your budget? (so i'll know if a 5* strategy is realistic) Would prefer to stay around $100 but could go up to $150
dfhunt Posted September 30, 2003 Author Report Posted September 30, 2003 Would like to stay around $100 but could go up to $150 if necessary.
thereuare Posted September 30, 2003 Report Posted September 30, 2003 To try for 5* i'd...Bid 5* at $120, adding $5 for each re-bid zone until you hit $150If that's rejected, try...4* MTE $85, if rejected addMTW and bid $95, if rejected addMTS and bid $105, if rejected addUM/CPS and bid $115, if rejected addadd re-bid zone and bid $125If the 3rd bid is rejected (the $105 above) and you're nervous about leaving this to bid on the same day of arrival, post back and i'll post a slightly different strategy to bring you up to your limit of $150.If you're not familiar with re-bid zones, you can read about them HERE. Feel free to ask any questions you may have. Please use this HOTWIRE and these PRICELINE LINKS: HOTELS, CAR RENTALS, and AIRFARE to begin your travel purchases
dfhunt Posted September 30, 2003 Author Report Posted September 30, 2003 well, bid MTE 5* at $120 and got rejected, decided to skip the try for 5* and go with 4* so bid MTE 4* at $85 but it showed that I bid 4* & 5* - got a reject on that as well. How do I go about bidding just 4*? Did I goof up already? Thanks for the help
thereuare Posted September 30, 2003 Report Posted September 30, 2003 Don't worry about that, as long as the lowest star rating selected is 4*.When you bid for a star level, it's actually bidding that level or higher so when you bid 4* you're actually bidding 4* and above (so they had it checked, indicating that adding 5* was not an option for you to select in order to re-bid).Your next bid should be able to be 4* and MTE and MTW (if 5* is also checked off by Priceline don't be concerned). Please use this HOTWIRE and these PRICELINE LINKS: HOTELS, CAR RENTALS, and AIRFARE to begin your travel purchases
dfhunt Posted September 30, 2003 Author Report Posted September 30, 2003 seem to have a problem understanding how to reply :) as I posted earlier but haven't seen it. Anyway, I tried 4* MTE & MTW @ $105 - rejected; added MTS @ $105 - rejected; added UM/CPS @ $115 - rejected. Then couldn't do any more. Decided to add one more zone - UWS (no 4*s there) @ $125 and still rejected. At this point, wondering if I should try adding 3* and lowering my bid?
thereuare Posted September 30, 2003 Report Posted September 30, 2003 From my post above:If the 3rd bid is rejected (the $105 above) and you're nervous about leaving this to bid on the same day of arrival, post back and i'll post a slightly different strategy to bring you up to your limit of $150.You could have bid this all the way up to $150 without a problem, but you needed to stop after your 3rd bid.... now you have to make the decision what you'd like to do: lower your star rating or wait until check-in day.My gues is that your problem replying has to do with the buttom you press to submit your reply.... you need to press ADD REPLY and not the one that says 'preview post'.If you have any other problems with the board you can send me a Private Message or Email me thru the link at the top of the board (under the blue header) that says Email Administrator. Please use this HOTWIRE and these PRICELINE LINKS: HOTELS, CAR RENTALS, and AIRFARE to begin your travel purchases
dfhunt Posted September 30, 2003 Author Report Posted September 30, 2003 am a little nervous about waiting til the day of to bid. Looks like I should go with 3* but do I now have to keep all zones I have previously checked at 4*? What do you suggest I bid for 3*?
thereuare Posted September 30, 2003 Report Posted September 30, 2003 Check your Private Messages.I have put some in there what i see as your choices... answer which direction you'd like to go and i'll advise on approach. Please use this HOTWIRE and these PRICELINE LINKS: HOTELS, CAR RENTALS, and AIRFARE to begin your travel purchases
dfhunt Posted October 1, 2003 Author Report Posted October 1, 2003 After waiting til last minute to book and using up all of my options on Priceline, I finally took the plunge and went with Hotwire. Price isn't too bad and the company is paying anyway :) Amenities for this one was Restaurant, Fitness Ctr, Business Ctr, Tennis nearbyThanks for all your help
thereuare Posted October 1, 2003 Report Posted October 1, 2003 Congratulations on taking the plunge!You're a good employee for working so hard at saving the company some money :) Enjoy your stay and the time with your daughter. Please use this HOTWIRE and these PRICELINE LINKS: HOTELS, CAR RENTALS, and AIRFARE to begin your travel purchases
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