Priceline Hotel: 4* Portland (Downtown) 8/10-13 rejected up to $95

[Micah]

Bidding for 4* downtown only, 3 nights 8/10-13/06.

Started bidding through savingsbarn at $60 and increased in $5 increments to $95 using free re-bid zones. All rejected.

Elsewhere it looks like some folks have recently been successful with the Westin for $99. Maybe I'll wait three days and try again

Or maybe I won't wait, as I can get a room at the Heathman for $127 throuh my wife's employer (negotiated corporate rate).

If the stupid Holiday Inn wasn't in the DT 3* list, I would consider bidding for 3*, too, but I don't want to be at that HI.

[thereuare]

If you are considering a 3* you can run a HOTWIRE search and possibly figure out the hotel beforehand... if not, at least manage to avoid the Holiday Inn.

[Micah]

Went back and kept bidding it up. Bid in $1 increments (love those free re-bids) to $104. All rejected (although I did get a couple of "increase by $22 and rebid now" messages, which I ignored as always).

I ended up just booking the Heathman for $127 through my wife's employer.