Priceline Hotel: 3* Somerset-Brunswick (Somerset-Piscataway) Marriott Somerset

[sage]

One weekday night at one of the best bargains in the area. First bid was attempted for only this zone and was accepted. Bid was made on 4/4, nine days before stay. Chain's lowest webrate for a room was around $130.

Subtotal: $33 Taxes&Fees: $11.89 Total: $44.89

[dahammer]

Thanks for the post! Although Thursday April 13th was a weekday it was also the day before the Good Friday holiday of April 14th and the start of Easter Weekend, it was not a popular "business" travel day.

Chain's lowest webrate for a room was around $130

My recent $45 win corresponded to direct rates with Marriott of $184, so I still contend that "the air is rare" for a $33 weekday win.

I absolutely agree that this is one of the best bargains in the area. Before the start of summer, I'll have to check out the hotel's WiFi signal and see if it can reach the "courtyard" pool area while switching to Martinis on the rocks in a plastic cup :)

[sage]

Good point about it being Good Friday. My customer had business as usual that day, so I didn't think of it.

The data we have poses a possible Priceline bidding strategy for both Marriott and Courtyard. Let's see if we can roughly correlate chain website lowest rate to lowest bid accepted. Seems like 25 might be the price (percent) point. I'll try in a couple of weeks when I'm back in the area. Enjoy the martinis poolside....