jameswilson Posted October 7, 2017 Report Share Posted October 7, 2017 Hi, I'm travelling solo to London at short notice on October 11th to 13th. I am happy to stay anywhere in zone 1 pretty much and I'd like a hotel that is close to tube stations (ideally within 300 metres). I am on a tight-ish budget of around $60-80/night and OK with 3 star or better. It's been a while since I used priceline and this site, searching back it was in 2008 or something and I see the pricelines zones have changed. Can you guys help me with a search strategy and tell me which are the cheapest zones on priceline in order so that I can work out a bidding pattern/strategy. Thanks Link to comment
thereuare Posted October 8, 2017 Report Share Posted October 8, 2017 Welcome (back) to BetterBidding! To clarify: 2 hours ago, jameswilson said: I am happy to stay anywhere in zone 1 2 hours ago, jameswilson said: tell me which are the cheapest zones on priceline ... are you only interested in Zone 1 (and is that 'Arsenal Football Stadium - Finsbury Park') or are you also interested in other zones? The Arsenal Football Stadium - Finsbury Park zone is not really that centrally located, so what exactly are your needs in a hotel for this trip? (other than $60-$80/nite) Please remember to return to BetterBidding and use the PRICELINE and HOTWIRE links on the board to begin your travel purchases... or thru our sister site MAPSandHOTELS.com for your regular rate purchases. Please use this HOTWIRE and these PRICELINE LINKS: HOTELS, CAR RENTALS, and AIRFARE to begin your travel purchases Link to comment
jameswilson Posted October 9, 2017 Author Report Share Posted October 9, 2017 ideally priceline zones: 2 bloomsbury 23 nottinghill 16 kensington 18 knightsbridge 33 westmister 30 tower bridge 21 mayfair - soho which would be the cheapest zones going to the most expensive zones to bid in? Link to comment
thereuare Posted October 9, 2017 Report Share Posted October 9, 2017 If all the zones above are acceptable why not include them all in a bidding strategy, having PRICELINE award you the least expensive one, if you use a bidding strategy such as the one offered below (i think $100 is a more realistic number that will be needed for a 3* or better in one of the zones you have listed above, but the strategy that follows will win you a hotel for less if one is available, and you are of course welcome to end at whatever maximum bid price you're willing to go up to): When bidding 3* in London you have ONE re-bid zones available. 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* Knights Bridge, Notting Hill, Kensington Bid $50, if rejected add re-bid zone... Bid $55, if rejected close browser and use this link to re-access PRICELINE... Select 3* Bloomsbury, Westminster, Tower Bridge Bid $50, if rejected add re-bid zone... Bid $55, if rejected close browser and use this link to re-access PRICELINE... Select 3* Mayfair-Soho, Notting Hill, Kensington Bid $50, if rejected add re-bid zone... Bid $55, if rejected close browser and use this link to re-access PRICELINE... Select 3* Bloomsbury, Notting Hill, Tower Bridge Bid $58, if rejected add re-bid zone... Bid $60, if rejected close browser and use this link to re-access PRICELINE... Select 3* Kensington, Knights Bridge, Westminster Bid $58, if rejected add re-bid zone... Bid $60, if rejected close browser and use this link to re-access PRICELINE... Select 3* Mayfair-Soho, Kensington, Knights Bridge Bid $58, if rejected add re-bid zone... Bid $60, if rejected close browser and use this link to re-access PRICELINE... Select 3* Bloomsbury, Notting Hill, Kensington, Knights Bridge Bid $63, if rejected add re-bid zone... Bid $65, if rejected close browser and use this link to re-access PRICELINE... Select 3* Bloomsbury, Westminster, Tower Bridge, Mayfair-Soho Bid $63, if rejected add re-bid zone... Bid $65, if rejected close browser and use this link to re-access PRICELINE... Select 3* Bloomsbury, Westminster, Kensington, Knights Bridge Bid $68, if rejected add re-bid zone... Bid $70, if rejected close browser and use this link to re-access PRICELINE... Select 3* Bloomsbury, Notting Hill, Tower Bridge, Mayfair-Soho Bid $68, if rejected add re-bid zone... Bid $70, if rejected close browser and use this link to re-access PRICELINE... Select 3* Bloomsbury, Westminster, Tower Bridge, Knights Bridge Bid $73, if rejected add re-bid zone... Bid $75, if rejected close browser and use this link to re-access PRICELINE... Select 3* Bloomsbury, Notting Hill, Kensington, Mayfair-Soho Bid $73, if rejected add re-bid zone... Bid $75, if rejected close browser and use this link to re-access PRICELINE... Select 3* Bloomsbury, Notting Hill, Kensington, Knights Bridge, Westminster Bid $78, if rejected add re-bid zone... Bid $80, if rejected close browser and use this link to re-access PRICELINE... Select 3* Bloomsbury, Notting Hill, Kensington, Knights Bridge, Tower Bridge Bid $78, if rejected add re-bid zone... Bid $80, if rejected close browser and use this link to re-access PRICELINE... Select 3* Bloomsbury, Notting Hill, Kensington, Knights Bridge, Mayfair-Soho Bid $78, if rejected add re-bid zone... Bid $80, if rejected close browser and use this link to re-access PRICELINE... Select 3* Westminster, Tower Bridge, Bloomsbury, Notting Hill, Kensington Bid $83, if rejected add re-bid zone... Bid $85, if rejected close browser and use this link to re-access PRICELINE... Select 3* Westminster, Tower Bridge, Bloomsbury, Notting Hill, Knights Bridge Bid $83, if rejected add re-bid zone... Bid $85, if rejected close browser and use this link to re-access PRICELINE... Select 3* Westminster, Tower Bridge, Bloomsbury, Notting Hill, Mayfair-Soho Bid $83, if rejected add re-bid zone... Bid $85, if rejected close browser and use this link to re-access PRICELINE... Select 3* Bloomsbury, Notting Hill, Kensington, Knights Bridge, Westminster, Tower Bridge Bid $88, if rejected add re-bid zone... Bid $90, if rejected close browser and use this link to re-access PRICELINE... Select 3* Bloomsbury, Notting Hill, Kensington, Knights Bridge, Westminster, Mayfair-Soho Bid $88, if rejected add re-bid zone... Bid $90, if rejected close browser and use this link to re-access PRICELINE... Select 3* Tower Bridge, Mayfair-Soho, Bloomsbury, Notting Hill, Kensington, Knights Bridge Bid $93, if rejected add re-bid zone... Bid $95, if rejected close browser and use this link to re-access PRICELINE... Select 3* Tower Bridge, Mayfair-Soho, Bloomsbury, Notting Hill, Kensington, Westminster Bid $93, if rejected add re-bid zone... Bid $95, if rejected close browser and use this link to re-access PRICELINE... Select 3* Bloomsbury, Notting Hill, Kensington, Knights Bridge, Westminster, Tower Bridge, Mayfair-Soho Bid $98, if rejected add re-bid zone... Bid $100 You can make all of the bids above in the same bidding session. Any thoughts/questions feel free to ask (especially confirming your re-bid zone if you're new to that subject or are unsure) Please remember to return to BetterBidding and use the PRICELINE and HOTWIRE links on the board to begin your travel purchases... or thru our sister site MAPSandHOTELS.com for your regular rate purchases. Let us know how it goes (or how you'd like us to revise this strategy) and we'll take it from there. Please use this HOTWIRE and these PRICELINE LINKS: HOTELS, CAR RENTALS, and AIRFARE to begin your travel purchases Link to comment
jameswilson Posted October 9, 2017 Author Report Share Posted October 9, 2017 have to wait 2 hours before rebidding, annoying. Link to comment
thereuare Posted October 9, 2017 Report Share Posted October 9, 2017 Did you go thru the entire bidding strategy, since if you did it correctly you can place all of those bids within the same 2 hour period. What did you use for your re-bid zone? Please remember to return to BetterBidding and use the PRICELINE and HOTWIRE links on the board to begin your travel purchases... or thru our sister site MAPSandHOTELS.com for your regular rate purchases. Please use this HOTWIRE and these PRICELINE LINKS: HOTELS, CAR RENTALS, and AIRFARE to begin your travel purchases Link to comment
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