Priceline Hotel: Pls Help -Paris 4* hotels (St. Germain - Latin Quarter - Montparnasse

[Jane1888]

There are two 4* hotels listed in this area - Le Meridien Montparnasse and Marriott Rive Gauche. I want to get Le Meridien from PL, how do I avoid getting a winning bid on Mariott?

My travel date is September, when should I place the bid? Thanks

[WillTravel]

There's no way to avoid one hotel or another. Any 4* hotel in this zone could appear as the winning hotel.

If your tickets are booked and you are positive you will make the trip and you can accept the nonrefundable nature of the purchase, you can try bidding anytime.

[mig211972]

Jane:

My strategy for when to bid is a function of what should be a winning price.

Check winning bids on this forum and use then as a guide for your max bid and then you can start bidding at any time.

Winning bids for Meridian Montparnasse seem to be pretty consistent at USD $100 to $110.

So I'd start bidding now in that range or lower but don't panic early and increase your bid if you don't get it.

I've bid for weeks in other cities with no luck and then suddenly hit (I'm sad to say probably too high) because they apparently released a bunch of rooms for that date.