Priceline Hotel: Help for Vancouver, WA

[distein]

I have many winning bids at Priceline.

Choose the Downtown area for Vancouver, WA. Usually a bid of $33 will get you the Red Lion at the Quay.

I am looking for somewhere else that is NICER, but seem to keep getting the warning messages when I bid below $40 in the other Vancouver, WA areas...

Can anyone help?

If you are looking to stay in Portland, OR you can usually get cheaper bids by choosing Vancouver.

[WillTravel]

No guarantee this would work, but sometimes 2.5* hotels are nicer than 3* hotels. What if you bid $40 for a 2.5*? The disadvantage is the fairly likely possibility of getting upgraded to a 3* and still paying more.

I think people have gotten 2.5* and 3* hotels in Portland, OR in the low-30s many times.

What does Hotwire offer?

[thereuare]

Welcome to BetterBidding!

Do you have a particular date in mind for your next trip or is this just a general comment?

It would be appreciated if you posted some of your prior wins to the board... especially any that are not already included in our hotel lists!

Thanks!

[distein]

I want to stay on a Saturday, but I cannot stay in Portland, OR. I have won many times on Priceline by selecting all three zones in Vancouver and bidding $33. Unfortunately, Red Lion at the Quay always accepts the bid.

The lowest I have tried in the "Salmon Creek" and "Vancouver Mall" zones is $40, at that point the "low chance of acceptance bid warning" goes away.

Hotwire's lowest was $59.99. I would rather stay at the Red Lion that pay twice what I have been.

Thanks! :)

[deleted]

I am 100% totally unfamiliar with Vancouver, but curious why are you checking all 3 zones at once? Why don't you try checking one of the non-Quay zones, see what happens, add the other non-Quay zone at a buck or two more, and see what happens. Just an idea. I bet the other two zones have higher minimum prices, or maybe the other zones don't have 3* at all, and when you check all 3 zones on the first bid that is why you win that Red Lion in that low price zone. Check just one zone at a time maybe?

Ignore the warning messages particularly if you have extra rebid zones or extra time to rebid. Your $33 bids are definitely in the acceptable range, I have gone as low as $25 on a winning 3* bid in Tampa years ago (true 3*, not upgraded).

[smarttraveler]

I don't see multiple zones for Vancouver, WA area. They show Vancouver as one big zone under Vancouver-Salmon Creek. Am I missing something?

Thanks,

-ST