Priceline Hotel: 2* Newark (Elizabeth) Extended StayAmerica

[Mulval]

ESA Elizabeth-Newark-Airport (Extended Stay America)

Priceline quality level: 2*

Priceline Region: Newark, NJ - Meadowlands

Priceline City Area: Elizabeth

Check-In Date: Thursday, October 12, 2006

Check-Out Date: Tuesday, October 17, 2006

Offer Price: $54.00

Number of Rooms: 1

Number of Nights: 5

Subtotal: $270.00

Taxes and Service Fees: $52.77

Total Charges: $322.77

Successful bidding on October 10, 2006 for 5 nights (October 12 to 17, 2006):

1) $45 for 2* in Newark - Newark Airport

2) $48 for 2* in Jersey City and Newark - Newark Airport

3) $51 for 2* in Secaucus - North Bergen, Jersey City and Newark - Newark Airport

4) $54 for 2* in Elizabeth, Secaucus - North Bergen, Jersey City and Newark - Newark Airport -- and my bid was accepted.

Comment:

I may have overpaid for 2* in Elizabeth, NJ by not starting a separate bid for it before adding it as another zone.

Rate:

The best available rate from the hotel Web site for the same date was $88.99/night for 1 adult, $93.99/night for 2 adults.

[biddingforhotel]

Yes. Elizabeth zone seems to have the best price, so, if you do not care which area to get, you may start at Elizabeth, I got $45 on 3* Wyndham (now Doubletree) and $40 2.5 Country Inn & Suites ...

But, Extendstay is a nice hotel with full kitchen ...

[Mulval]

This Extended StayAmerica hotel in Elizabeth, NJ is nice enough, and the small kitchen is good to have, definitely. The bed is very comfortable. Car parking is free, and wireless Internet access is $5 per stay.

Going to Manhattan from this hotel, there's a short (less than 10 minutes) drive to the Elizabeth train station (parking fee is $6.50/day maximum), then a 30-minute ride on a comfortable New Jersey Transit train to New York Penn Station on Manhattan's West Side (weekday fare is $8.50/person for adult off-peak return trip).