Priceline Hotel: 4* Ottawa Arc The Hotel

[MJRBIM]

This is a "split-week" for me, so I thought I would see what I could get a 4* for on the Wednesday/Thursday night.

1st bid - Ottawa DT zone - 4* @ $55 = Declined

2nd bid - added Hull zone - 4* @ $62 = Declined

3rd bid - added Glouster zone - 4* @ $69 = Accepted

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Check-In Date: Wednesday, March 10, 2004

Check-Out Date: Friday, March 12, 2004

Hotel Name:

Arc The Hotel

140 Slater Street

Ottawa, Ontario K1P 5H6

613-238-2888

Your Offer Price: $69.00 (US dollars)

Number of Rooms: 1

Number of Nights: 2

Subtotal: $138.00 (US dollars)

Taxes and Service Fees: $16.39 (US dollars)

Total Charges: $154.39 (US dollars)

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Best rate on the hotel site was $179 (CDN) / $136 (US).

This will be my first stay at "Arc The Hotel" - I'll post a review.

[thereuare]

We look forward to the review.

Thank you for your detailed bidding history as it comes in quite helpful when others read it in the months to come.

Enjoy your stay(s) and thanks again for posting your results.

[MJRBIM]

It's a Boutique - not a 4*

Just spent two good nights at "ARC - The Hotel" on a PL bid of $69 (US) per night.

It's a cool, trendy hotel that is almost identical to the BENTLEY HOTEL on the upper east side in NYC. It's a converted office building, and yup the rooms are small - but amenities are great.

Had a few drinks in the lounge, great room service, and a really good meal in the restaurant. As has been mentioned, the staff are young and hip - but without the attitude that you find at boutique hotels in NYC and LA.

Valet Parking at $18 (CDN) and in-room wired highspeed at $9.95 (CDN) per day, both seem like pretty good deals for this range of hotel.

However, I do think it's misrated as a 4* - large rooms, pool, 24 hour room service, wireless highspeed - I would expect all of those things at a 4*. "ARC - The Hotel" is a Boutique hotel and should be rated as such. If it were classed as a Boutique - this review would be a Rave...

That being said - when I want to indulge a little and spend more than I do on the Radisson or the Crowne Plaza, I would bid for "ARC - The Hotel" again.

[thereuare]

Thanks for the re-cap.

Are you saying that the hotel is Boutique-like or does Priceline actually rate this Boutique rather than 4*? (if you're unsure, you can confirm this by looking at your previousl winning bids thru Priceline's page)

THANKS!

[MJRBIM]

PriceLine rates "ARC - The Hotel" as a 4*, but it's not - it should be in the BOUTIQUE category.

[Randi66]

I stayed at The ARC in Ottawa way back in July of 2002. At that time it was rated as a 5 star and we got it for 40 per night. We thought it was a fantastic deal.

I loved the little touches. 300 tread count sheets, godiva chocolate, starbucks coffe, in room CD players, fresh orchids in the room.

The rooms were somewhat small, but it was the MOST comfortable hotel bed Ive ever slept on( and Ive slept on a lot of them).