Priceline Hotel: 4* Las Vegas (Strip North) Westin

[thjester]

Needed 4* room for Friday and Saturday night. I selected strip north and strip south.

Bid $60 Rejected. Counter Offer $95. I did not accept at first.

used rebid zone $70, rejected no counter

used rebid zone again $81, rejected no counter

Most of the 3* rooms were listed between *140 and $160. The 4* were $180-$190. I got scared I'd never get a better deal and it wasn't worth the risk for the extra $30 or so, so I went back to the counter offer listed under "My Trips" from the day before and accepted the $95 counter. Got the Westin. I was hoping for planet hollywood, but I'm happy with the Westin. Much happier than I would have been with the Luxor. Should I have been more patient? Now I have to secure a room for 8/3-8/5 (Sunday-Wednesday). Do I have any hopes of getting a 4*, strip north?

[mrxow]

Welcome to Betterbidding :)

It is interesting that the counter offer was still valid after you continued bidding. I don't have any experience that said is shouldn't be, but if they continue to be available after bidding, why ever stop bidding?

Does anyone know how long counter offers are good for? Was it 24 hours and that is why you grabbed it when you did?

There is a long time before August, so maybe you jumped the gun a little, but you're doing a lot better than all the people who are too scared to use PL.

Somebody won Treasure Island at some point, so sure, you might be able to get a 4 star north strip if you keep at it. You have lots of time. But is your stay for longer than the time period for which you made your first bid?

[thereuare]

Thank you for sharing yoru winning bid with the board.

Under $100 is usually very good for weekend nites in the strip zone, although you probably could have shaved a few dollars off of the $95 offer you accepted.

The counter-offers dont' expire, but there is no guarantee that the rate availble (the reason for the counter-offer) will still be available when you try at a later date. So for example, let's assume that there was one room available at $95 for the dates above, and you decide to keep bidding over the course of a week. In that timeframe somebody else comes along and wins this hotel and takes that last room... later in the week you can still use the counter-offer button, but the offering will no longer be available.

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