Priceline Hotel: 2* Seattle (Downtown) Springhill Suites

[WillTravel]

Bid through Savingsbarn.com to help support the board.

Your Offer Price: $46.00

Number of Rooms: 1

Number of Nights: 3

Subtotal: $138.00

Taxes & Service Fees:

$27.73

Total Charges: $165.73

http://marriott.com/property/propertyPage....arshaCode=SEADT

http://www.tripadvisor.com/ShowUserReviews...Washington.html

Cheapest rate on the web site is $99.

This isn't my favorite area, but it will do. But as discussed on other threads, Priceline is not the best for targetting your exact area in downtown Seattle. I did not want to pay $70 or so on Hotwire. I'm hopeful that breakfast is included (conflicting info about this, so I guess I should assume not). Maybe I'll get around to trying the swimming pool, spa, and exercise room. The King County Transit Planner will help us figure out what buses to take: http://tripplanner.metrokc.gov/cgi-bin/iti...e.pl?resptype=U

I wasn't able to start bidding on this until recently, because I had to wait to confirm the dates. Last year for a similar time period I got the 2* Inn at Queen Anne for a bid of $26/night, but I bid that one several weeks in advance. Anyway I tried lots of different dates and combinations and I also included Lake Union in some bids. I had lots of counteroffers from all my various efforts. I tried for a 2.5* up to $52 for April 16-18, but did not succeed.

This time around, I bid $38 for 2* Seattle Downtown and got a counteroffer for $11 more. $44 with Lake Union failed. Used new account and bid $46 and got this.

According to TripAdvisor reviews, Hotwire and Priceline customers do not get a suite, so the name is misleading.

[thereuare]

Thanks for the detailed report and the support... it's very much appreciated!! :)

[mucsea2003]

Didn't this use to be a 2.5*?

[WillTravel]

I hadn't seen this one come up before. I was a little surprised it's only rated as 2*, but I didn't have an upgrade. (And bids of more than this for a 2.5* had failed.)