Priceline Hotel: 2.5* San Francisco (South) Courtyard Oyster Point

[zbenye]

Check-In Date: Thursday, March 16, 2006

Check-Out Date: Sunday, March 19, 2006

Hotel Name: Courtyard San Francisco Airport Oyster Point Waterfront

1300 Veterans Blvd

San Francisco, California 94080

Your Offer Price: $50.00

Number of Rooms: 1

Number of Nights: 3

Subtotal: $150.00

Taxes and Service Fees: $30.03

Total Charges: $180.03

$49 rejected for 2* in: USE, FW, CC, CH, SSF

$38 rejected for 2* in SFO

When you can't get a 2* in SFO for $38 you know that it's a busy time here.

When you can't get a 2* in SSF for $49, at a time when Expedia has this Courtyard for just $99, you know that too many people are now using Priceline so their rates are creeping up.

I almost took a Hotwire offer for 2.5* for $56. The amenities suggested that it would be the Larkspur Landing or the Homewood Suites. But then on the next page they showed the retail price of the hotel (is that a new thing?), to show me how much I'll be saving: $71.10. A quick check on Expedia identified the Comfort Suites. How Hotwire have the gall to still rate this disgusting dump a 2.5* is beyond me. I'm sure they're getting complaints right and left. A few months ago Priceline downgraded it to 1*...!

[thereuare]

Yeah, the "retail price" thing is fairly new... but at times can be flat out wrong and way off base :)

Thanks for the post.

[zbenye]

I checked again on Hotwire and I think I was wrong coming to the conclusion that it was the Comfort Suites. The customer review reads:

"The hotel provided us with a very clean, new, well appointed suite that came with a complete kitchen, marble counters, and large bathroom. We enjoyed the good, fresh breakfast in the morning. The hotel is located near a bay area with a great walking trail."

Comfort Suites does not have complete kitchens or marble counters.

Also, the amenities shown include a pool and a gym. Comfort Suites has neither.

This must be either the Larkspur Landing or the Homewood Suites. But then why aren't there "Suite" and "Kitchenette" icons?