Priceline Hotel: 5* Las Vegas (Strip) Venetian

[off2vegas]

We were hoping to get this at $99 but this was the lowest we could get after bidding for several weeks.

This time, we started bidding at $90 to start out and got a counteroffer of $133. That same day (two days ago), Hotwire was offering Strip 5* hotel for $138. We counteroffered at $110, $115 and finally $120.

We already have a room at the Venetian from 5/30-6/2 for $129 a night. We didn't think of Priceline but checked various websites and then called the hotel directly to see if they'd match one (Expedia was offering $169 a night a couple weeks ago). The hotel said if we prepaid we could get this "special" rate of $129.

Maybe if we were willing to wait until next week to bid, we could have gotten the night of 6/3 for $99. But we didn't want to risk and wait till the last minute while we were on vacatin. We had Luxor as a backup for the last night at $129 or $119.

[thereuare]

Welcome to BetterBidding!

Seems to me like you did quite well for yourself.

Better pay a few extra dollars today and know for certain that you won't have to be changing hotels during the course of your stay.

Thanks for sharing and have fun (and luck) in Vegas.