Priceline Hotel: 4* London (Kensington-Earls Court-Knightbridge) Copthorne Tara

[Mr.Cat]

Bidding strategy used:

Selected 4* Bloomsbury

Bid $80 - Rejected

Selected 4* Mayfair

Bid $80 - Rejected

Selected 4* Westminster

Bid $80 - Rejected

Selected 4* Kensington

Bid $80 - Counter offer $118

Selected 4* Regents Park

Bid $80 - Counter offer $151

Selected 4* Bloomsbury and Mayfair

Bid $90 - Rejected

Selected 4* Westminster and Kensington

Bid $90 - Counter offer $118

Selected 4* Bloomsbury and Regents Park

Bid $90 - Counter offer $151

Selected 4* Bloomsbury and Mayfair and Westminster

Bid $95 - Counter offer $208

Selected 4* Kensington and Bloomsbury and Regents Park

Bid $95 - Counter offer $118

Selected 4* Westminster and Mayfair and Kensington

Bid $100 - offer to raise by $22

Selected 4* Westminster and Bloomsbury and Regents Park

Bid $100 - Counter offer $151

Selected 4* Bloomsbury and Mayfair and Westminster and Kensington

Bid $105 - offer to raise by $22

Selected 4* Bloomsbury and Mayfair and Westminster and Regents Park

Bid $105 - Counter offer $151

Selected 4* Bloomsbury and Mayfair and Westminster and Kensington and Regents Park

Bid $110 - accepted

Regular rate for the hotel is at least twice as much.

[thereuare]

Welcome to BetterBidding!

Thank you for sharing your winning bid, and bidding history, with the board.

Enjoy your stay.

[Mr.Cat]

I tried to add a night to my London stay of 4 nights next year. Priceline rejected my request. Now I have 3 options:

1.Call the hotel directly and ask if they can extend for one night for the same PL price or at least close.

2.Bid PL and hope to get the same hotel (should I bid the same price I got the room for to maximize my chances?).

3.Get a room for full price.

Any suggestions which is a best option.

[thereuare]

When did you try the add a nite feature? (recently or shortly after you had won the bid)

How much is the hotel asking directly? How much would you dislike changing hotels during your stay?

[Mr.Cat]

I tried to add a night yesterday. After been rejected I sent an email to PL asking why they did not provide a reason

why I was rejected because my request seemed to be within their rules. They answered that the hotel is not available

for the day.

The standard price for the hotel is $238. I have never being to London before and do not know how difficult it is to check out, move my bags to another hotel, check in then check out again next morning. But I guess to save $128 I would do it.

[thereuare]

Since you'll be bidding on a new stay, please start a NEW TOPIC with the date(s) that you need, your maximum bid amount, and the zone(s) you're willing to bid... we'll then provide a strategy in the newly created thread.

[jbiz]

Hi there.. newbie here sorry if there are basic questions.. So I need to stay at the Copthorne Tara arriving May 5th, departing May 7th 2008 (for 2 or 3 rooms)

based on this thread, can I just bid with:

Selected 4* Bloomsbury and Mayfair and Westminster and Kensington and Regents Park

Bid:$110

I can post a new thread, since its a new bid, but its within a few days of the OPs stay.. so before I open a new thread, figured I would post here. my next question will be where do I start, but I'll leave that for later

Thanks!!

[thereuare]

Welcome to BetterBidding!

For starters, you can't bid on a specific property. If you need to stay only at this property then the opaque suppliers are probably not your best option. Even though this stay is near your own, rates are date specific, and can (and do) change from one day to the next... you can't count on receiving the same property as above is you make the same bid as above (this would be true even if your dates were the same as the original poster of this thread)

If you're open to the possibility of receiving other hotels in this zone besides this one please start a NEW TOPIC for your own stay.

Thanks.