Priceline Hotel: 4* Las Vegas (Strip South) Monte Carlo

[private joker]

I'm having some problems getting a decent bid for the Friday/Saturday nights of April 25th and April 26th.

I saw a thread on here where someone got a 5* (at the Palazzo I believe) for $179, and I've been bidding on 4* and am fast approaching that number.

I started off with 95, got rejected, added a zone, re-bid at 105, got rejected, added a zone, re-bid at 125, got rejected, added a zone, re-bid at 140, and got rejected!

If I can't get a 4* at a place like Luxor, PH, TI, or Rio for $140, then how high do I need to go? Is it worth continuing with 4* or should I back out, start a new bid at ONLY 5* and try to get Palazzo for the $179 deal? I don't really want to spend 179/night, which is why I'm willing to take a 4* hotel, but if it isn't even possible to get 4* for under like 160, then I might as well kick in the extra few bucks and stay at a really really nice place (which I hear the Palazzo is).

Any ideas? It has to be that weekend, those two nights, and it has to be at least 4*, and it has to be either Strip North or Strip South, or the Rio (which I believe is the only 4* in the West of Strip zone).

Thanks,

-joker

[private joker]

Well, nobody offered any advice or suggestions, so I kept at it. I ramped my 4* bids up to about $160 or so before I changed to a 5* bid at $170, hoping to eventually get that Palazzo deal the other guy got at $179. I bid on 5* up to $200 before I got a counter offer for $254, which was way out of my price range.

So I went back down to the 4* bidding and started up at $170. I kept going up by $5 and adding zones until I finally got accepted at $185 for the Monte Carlo.

Not the greatest outcome for me, but I've stayed at the MC before and it was acceptable (I'd certainly rather have had PH, TI, or Rio, but I'm glad I didn't get Westin). Must just be a busy & expensive weekend for Vegas. The most I've ever spent through PRICELINE!

[thereuare]

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