Priceline Hotel: 3* Las Vegas (Convention Center-UNLV) Marriott Suites

[travelAlot]

After a bunch of manuvering and multiple zone bids and rebids, I nailed the Marriott Suites in the UNLV/Conv Ctr zone for $65/night for Friday 3/30. Already had ridiculously reasonable options for Flamingo, Harrah's and Rio for Sat-Sun 3/31-4/2 and basically needed a moderate costing place to sleep (flight gets in around 8 p.m. Friday night and prob doing dinner after arriving). For some reason, all hotels (even the larger casinos) seem to be offering Saturday arrivals that weekend -- and crazy-high Froday night 3/30 rates. Could've waited this out but didn't want to chance the spike in rates. No surprise here re a Marriott proprty coming up (in September the Res Inn Hughes came up for me at $59 out of the blue).

This series of bids started out at $50 for 2.5 star Conv Ctr/UNLV, and then $54 with Fremont added (Hotwire shows $61 for a Fremont 2-star but nothing for 2.5 star so figured I was safe from 4 Queens most likely). Then started a second search of 3-star West (in hopes of Gold Coast as it's way less than Orleans right now) at $60, then added Nellis at $64, and UNLV/Conv Ctr (not expecting anything but Alexis Park and assuming the added zone would just be a free rebid) at $65. And voila! Marriott Suites' best rate is $169, rack rate is $298. Definitely noteworthy because this hotel also solves another potential Vegas issue regarding room selection at checkin -- all rooms are one king bed woth sofa bed and all rooms are nonsmoking per Marriott policy -- so we don't have to stop at the hotel upon arrival (and can grab a leisurely dinner).

If anyone else is looking for the same dates or so and trying for a similar success (targeting the Marriott) -- and you;d be OK with Gold Coast or Alexis Park just in case -- I would recommend starting at UNLV/Conv Ctr zone at $55, rebid with UNLV/Conv Ctr and Nellis at $58, rebid with UNLV/Conv Ctr and West of Strip at $61, then rebid with all 3 zones at $65. Don't add Strip as the Strat and Circus Circus are lurking around $100-110 and could possibly come up.

Hope this info is helpful....thought I'd share.

P.S. Tried going through the SB link, not sure if this properly linked on the new browser (as was on a friend's computer).

[thereuare]

Nicely done!

Congratulations on your win... glad to hear of your success and that you're happy with the results.

Thanks for using the PRICELINE links at SavingsBarn.com to begin your bidding.

Enjoy your trip in Vegas.