Hotwire Hotel: Minneapolis Bloomington Central

[ROOTHEY]

ANY HELP WITH THIS ONE? MOST OF THE 3*'S LISTED OFFER A SHUTTLE THIS ONE DOESN'T.

FITNESS CENTER

POOL

LAUNDRY

RESTAURANT

STAY MAY 21-22

$72.00

THANKS

[thereuare]

Welcome to BetterBidding!

This is a match for the Courtyard Mall of America so that would be our best guess.

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[ROOTHEY]

when I checked out their website to see the hotel it does offer shuttle service

I'm confused

[thereuare]

Nothing states that the hotel has to show all the amenities that are offered... just that they offer the amenities shown (think about how many hotels do offer hi-speed internet access yet that icon only appears on about 50-60% (i'm guessing) of HOTWIRE offerings.

Assuming the hotel above is the Courtyard, it could be an amenity only recently added and never submitted to hotwire to be updated, they could be leaving it off intentionally (for a variety of reasons), etc, etc.

[ROOTHEY]

Thanks...I just read that in another post, sorry for bothering you on that one

Guess that's why I'm a neewbie!

I'm also looking at the 3* for 39 on those dates

ammenities shown are:

Airport shuttle

restaurant

Pool(s)

fitness center

High-speed Internet Access

Business Center

laundry

From what I can gather on all the other posts is that its a Holiday Inn BUT I'm not sure WHICH one there seems to be 3 in that area One called Holiday Inn Airport, Holiday Inn Express and a Holiday Inn Select.

[Jason's Storm]

Kind of sounds like the Holiday Inn Select, but it is more than usual. Maybe there is a convention in town?

~JS

[thereuare]

The one that is refered to with these amenities is the Holiday Inn Select at Three Appletree Square.

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[ROOTHEY]

I've never even had Bloomington Central come up as a hotwire an option before!

here are the services:

3* Bloomington Central

Shuttle

Fitness

Pool

Restaurant

Internet

Laundry

Business Center

$39.00 for stay from May 21-22

Also A 2* Bloomington Central

$25.00

services:

Laundry

Any Ideas????

Thanks!

[Jason Trumble]

Yeah you're right, it looks like they have just recently added a third zone (maybe just today or yesterday because it wasn't there a couple of days ago). Looks like the central zone now goes from just east of France ave to just west of portland ave, and then south down 35w a ways. The other day these hotels were included in the Bloomington West - MOA zone. If I had to guess about the 3* I'd say it is the holiday inn airport, on 35w and 94th st. No idea about the 2* :)

[ROOTHEY]

They still have a Bloomington West listing for $39. And typically that's been the Holiday Inn Airport. Think that's changed too??

[ROOTHEY]

I have not booked either query as I'm travelling in May and am still on the hunt for the "perfect" place and price

[Jason's Storm]

thereuare is going to have fun reorganizing the hotels.:)

~JS

[Jason Trumble]

I think the Bloomington west one is the La Quinta (formerly the Clarion before August 2006). This would correspond to the Bloomington west map which surrounds the 494 strip east of bush lake road and west of france ave. The La Quinta is on American Blvd, just off from Normandale (hgwy 100). Obviously this is only a guess though, since the La Quinta is not even a confirmed property. I would assume when they took control of the Clarion though they probably still partnered with hotwire.

The holiday inn certainly now falls within the bloomington central zone because it is south of 494 on 35w.

BTW, the Clarion name should be updated (or removed until confirmed) in the hotwire Minnesota list, since it doesn't exist anymore as the Clarion.

[thereuare]

The holiday inn certainly now falls within the bloomington central zone because it is south of 494 on 35w

Do you know this area and the actual location of this property? I immediately thought it was the Holiday Inn Select too, but looking at this hotel's location on a map puts it in HOTWIRE's Bloomington East zone. I wasn't sure if hotwire misclassified it, the map was wrong, or perhaps it's a hotel other than the Holiday Inn Select.

[Jason's Storm]

The Holiday Inn on I-35W is in the Central location as that zone covers that area. Holiday Inn Select would still be in the east zone as it is on the far eastern area of that area.

~JS

Added: The Holiday Inn in the West zone comes over to the Central zone as well as probably the Hampton inn.

[Jason's Storm]

Sorry, I just had to put this in as well. There are two La Quinta hotels in Bloomington. One that use to be a Baymount and the one that was a Clarion. That one is a La Quinta Inn and Suites. Although some on tripAdvisor call it La Dumpa. :)

~JS

[ROOTHEY]

I've decided not to take the Hotwire route for my stay in Minneapolis. Seems they are mostly holiday inn's and I'm not a real big fan of that chain

thanks for all your help, hope you 2 can figure this out

[Jaimito Cartero]

I have a stay coming up in June, and am thinking of being the Guinea Pig for this one, unless I find a better one on Priceline. I'll post any results.

[decaff38]

I have stayed at the Holiday Inn on 35W and 94th. Nice, clean hotel with a Green Mill restaraunt attached. Easy access to all shopping ( 10-15 min ride) but all main Hwys.Quiet sleep! Personnel were very nice!!! Would stay there again if I could find a rate for the times I need.