Hotwire Hotel: 4* San Francisco (Nob Hill) InterContinental Mark Hopkins

[acourts]

Have decided to possibly book 2nd night in city, unfort. requiring moving hotels.

4* hotel in Union East Square - $122

Dates: 8/23/07-8/24/07

Customer favorite

Details:

Restaurant

Business Center

Fitness Center

High Speed Inter. access

Any idea?

[BEAV]

A search of Hotwire's vacation package for your dates indicates this would be a match for both the Grand Hyatt and the Palomar. However, in reading the customer favorite comments, I would give the edge to the Palomar. I'm seeing the comment of this hotel being 1 block from Market Street (which acurately describes the Palomar). The Grand Hyatt is further from Market than one block. So the Palomar is my hunch.

Good luck...

[acourts]

Thank you so much for that insight! I'll post my results if I go through with it.

[BEAV]

Since you're new around here (welcome, by the way), I should point out the Hotwire vacation package is often an excellent tool for identifying hotels. This is in addition to the Hotwire hotel list here on this website, which I hope you've discovered. Again, good luck.

[acourts]

I was unaware of the hotwire hotel list on this site. I need to go check it out. Thank you. I should have booked already, but I'm too afraid to hit the button again.

[thereuare]

This is a one nite stay which is usually the best opportunity to give the opaque players a try. Most are quite happy with the savings and quickly get 'hooked'... sometimes taking trips simply based upon where they can get the best deal.

I also favor this more likely being the Palomar vs. the Grand Hyatt.

If you do book the above please use this HOTWIRE link to begin any purchases you make.

Let us know how it goes or if we can be of further help.

[acourts]

First off, I did use the HOTWIRE link to book.

I ended up educating myself a bit more through all of the helpful hints on this site and took a different route, mostly because an additional 3rd person will be staying w/ us the 2nd night.

There was a 4* Nob Hill option, priced at $105 (same price for booking both 2 and 3 guests). I searched through the vacation packages on hotwire and took my chances, hoping that it would turn out as I suspected, the Intercontinental Mark Hopkins, and it was. I

So my "win" was:

4* Nob Hill 8/23/07-8/24/07

$105 (3 guests)

Details: Restaurant

Internet

Business Center

Fitness

Thanks so much for all of the help! Too bad I don't have anything else to book for a while.

[thereuare]

Congratulations on your success!

Glad to hear you received the hotel you were expecting and that the board was able to help.

Thank you for sharing the details of your win with the board and for using our HOTWIRE link to begin your purchase.

Enjoy your stay.

[BEAV]

Too bad I don't have anything else to book for a while.

Welcome to the world of Priceline/Hotwire addiction, where you don't necessarily need a legitimate reason to book another trip. :)