Priceline Hotel: First time bidder; Vegas question for this weekend

[private joker]

Hi everyone, new to the forum (obviously -- check out that skyrocketing post count)!

So I'm looking for hotels near the Vegas strip for 6/30 - 7/4. I've read some threads here... one of them got the MGM deal for $60, which is now not available. The Aladdin and Treasure Island Summer Deals are also sold out. My budget is under $100/night.

However, it's also been recommended on this board NOT to use Priceline for bidding -- to use consolidators instead. So I tried Vegas.com and the best place seemed to be the Orleans, which is a bit off the strip (but not too bad, plus I will have a car) and was around $85/night, or averaging about $100 with taxes.

Is that the best I can do? I did try to lowball a bid on Priceline using 4* at $75 and 3* at $60, and it actually laughed at me. No seriously, I heard it.

Also, I've had trouble using the Hotel Checker maps to find out which 3* Priceline hotels they are, and which are the 4* hotels in the strip zone.

Thanks in advance for any help -- sorry for all the newbie questions. I did try to read a lot of stuff on this site before posting.

[thereuare]

Welcome to BetterBidding!

Is SPLITTING YOUR PRICELINE BID an option?

[headtrip]

I just booked a really good deal at www.travelzoo.com. I posted it in the Summer Deals Thread below. Also I posted the Travelzoo link here too.

Las Vegas Summer Deals Thread

Travelzoo offers for Las Vegas:

http://hotels.travelzoo.com/las-vegas-hotels/

[private joker]

Yeah, I tried TravelZoo and couldn't get anything in my range that wasn't sold out. Splitting the bid is an option, but before I put in the two bids (one for Fri-Sat, one for Sun-Mon), I'd need the answers to my other questions.

[thereuare]

Which other questions? If you mean a specific bidding strategy (which we can supply) we first needed to know if you were willing to split the stay or not.

Are there another question(s) you asked which i'm missing?