Priceline Hotel: Looking for 2-3* hotel w/good commute to NYC

[alosito]

I am going on a trip to NYC, and somebody suggested that it is cheaper to stay in a hotel in New Jersey and just commute by subway to downtown NYC. Could somebody please suggest hotels in which areas of New Jersey I should look at so that it would be an easy commute and more or less decent and not too expensive (around $50) hotel?

[blindman]

Have you looked in this thread??

Have you looked at the Maps??

This thread discusses staying in NJ and visiting NYC.

[dahammer]

please list your dates of travel, rates in this area have almost doubled in the past two years, along with rates in Manhattan. While you would like to get a room for $50, what is your maximum bid as we would not want to suggest a bidding strategy that is greater than your budget.

[alosito]

The dates for my stay are from 03/16/06 until 03/23/06. I would say the highеst bid that I can afford before all the taxes is $60. Spliting is an option. It would nice to get a 2- or 3-star hotel for this price. Thank you for your help.

[thereuare]

At the 3* level you have one re-bid zone avaialble. If you're not familiar with re-bidding please read Priceline Re-Bidding Explained and feel free to ask questions and/or confirm your re-bid zones with the board before proceeding.

Select 3* Secaucus/North Bergen...

Bid $50, if rejected add Secaucus/Meadowlands...

Bid $55, if rejected add Jersey City...

Bid $58, if rejected add re-bid zone...

Bid $60.

The above will take you up to your maximum bid. Try it for your complete stay, if rejected (likely) let us:

1) if you'd prefer a lower star rating for your complete stay or a higher star rating and splitting your bid

2) how many times you're willing to SPLITTING YOUR PRICELINE BID

We'll take it from there.

Good Luck.

PS- not sure if you'll have a car or not, but do note that without a car the Meadowlands and Secaucus zones can be a bit of a hassle to get to from the NYC airports without a car (it's do-able via mass transportation, but it takes a little while)

[alosito]

Thank you for the advise. I did all these and got rejected each time:

Chose Secaucus - North Bergen and bid $50 -- got rejected

Added Secaucus/Meadowlands and bid $55 -- got rejected

Added Jersey City and bid $58 -- got rejected

After that, I tried to just bid $55 straight on Jersey City with dates 03/16 - 03/22 -- got rejected.

Changed the dates to 03/16 - 03/21 and bid $60 -- got rejected.

Any other suggestions?