Hotwire Hotel: *2 Downtown Seattle Center - Space Needle 5/2/08-5/3/08

[lisabarr]

Any idea which hotel this is?

I would like a suite type hotel for a pre-cruise trip. Rate is $95

Complimentary Breakfast

<amenity names only please... not descriptions>Business Center

Guests have access to business equipment and services; an additional charge may apply. Laundry Facilities

<amenity names only please... not descriptions>High-speed Internet Access

Guestrooms are equipped with high-speed Internet access; an extra charge may apply. Golf Nearby

Or if anyone has suggestions for a suite type hotel. I have Springhill suites for $170 on hold.

Please forgive me if post is incorrect. Newbie here! :)

[WillTravel]

Because this is only 2*, but has a complimentary breakfast, I might guess Inn at Queen Anne. However, no guarantees, but the other ones I can think of in the Space Needle district would be better than 2*.

The Springhill Suites is much better, but the Inn at Queen Anne is in a nicer neighborhood (not that Springhill Suites is bad - but it's more of a deserted downtown area).

[WillTravel]

I just remembered the Travelodge by the Space Needle has a free breakfast, so that could be it also. This is one low-end Seattle hotel I haven't stayed at, but I am sure the Springhill Suites is much nicer than this one too, and I wouldn't say the Travelodge has the neighborhood to recommend it.

[lisabarr]

Thank you so much for your help. I will pass on the travelodge and maybe try for a priceline bid at 2.5* and hope to get the springhill Suites. If not, its just for one night so whatever we get will be fine.

[thereuare]

If you need help with a bidding strategy let us know your maximum bid and which zone(s) you're willing to accept and we'll try to advise accordingly.

[lisabarr]

I would like downtown Seattle for the night of 5/2/08. Ideal would be a suite type situation.

[WillTravel]

How many of you will be staying in the room?

[thereuare]

What is your maximum bid?

I'll also wait for you to answer WillTravel and for her subsequent reply since she knows the area well and i'm sure asked for a reason.

[lisabarr]

Max bid of $125 and there are four of us. I know we could get stuck with one bed, so I am a little nervous.

[WillTravel]

HOTWIRE has a 4* for downtown Seattle - PikePlace Market for $129 that works for 2 adults and 2 children. I haven't tried to figure out which one it is.

Of all the options, I think this would be most attractive to me, because all the 4* options are quite central, and you would be sure of enough beds (assuming two of you are children). The downside would be no free breakfast, and no suite.

For most Seattle downtown hotels, you would be fine getting two beds, but there are a few reported exceptions.

I have personally had a good track record getting suite-style hotels with 2.5* Priceline bids, but it's also quite possible you could be "upgraded" to a less desirable 3* hotel. So if you were up to this risk, then bid for a 2.5* hotel. One thing that makes me wonder, though, is that the Pike Street Suites (formerly Summerfield Suites) have still not finished their conversion to become Homewood Suites, so I think there may be fewer suite options available on Priceline than before.

[lisabarr]

Thank you for all your help, but we did not bid on a room and instead are flying in the day of.