Priceline Hotel: 3* NYC (CPS) Hudson Hotel

[iced_lemon_t]

Need help in bidding for hotels in NYC

1) one room 6/22 - 6/27 (5n) and another room 6/22 - 6/25 (3n)

MTE, MTW, CPS, ESB, Downtown, UES or even UWS

my budget is not over $160/night so i'm willing to lower to 2.5*

i attempted bidding up 3* up till $170 and 2.5* $160 and failed :)

[thereuare]

So you have already bid up to your limit, correct? Have you done so for both sets of dates?

Please use these PRICELINE and HOTWIRE links to begin your travel purchases.

[iced_lemon_t]

So you have already bid up to your limit, correct? Have you done so for both sets of dates?

Please use these PRICELINE and HOTWIRE links to begin your travel purchases.

Yes, i have bid on both sets of dates up till my limit.

[thereuare]

If you've already bid up to your maximum, not much more you can do then:

-split.bit further

-raise you maximum bid

-lower your star rating

-wait it out

-add other zone (consider NJ and commute into the city)

Please use these PRICELINE and HOTWIRE links to begin your travel purchases.

Keep us updated and let us know whatever you decide or if we can be of further help.

[iced_lemon_t]

Thanks for your suggestion.

I will raise my max bid and lower my star as well.

Any back-up plans for me, while i try my luck further. I tried Quickbook from the link given in this webboard and the price seems quite high.

If i try booking for NJ, what is your bidding strategy if i would like to stay close to good value hotel and yet accessible. I would not want to overpay.

And one last question, based on your expertise in this bidding, how long should i wait before the hotels release their inventory.

A million thanks in advance.

[iced_lemon_t]

I got the rooms

i bidded 2 rooms 6/22 -6/25 starting at 3* $150 and got Hudson Hotel (CPS) at $175

and tried again for

6/25 -6/27 same strategy and got it at $175 at Hudson hotel (CPS) as well :)

Cheers!

[thereuare]

Congratulations on your success!

Glad to see you received the same hotel for both purchases and won't need to change hotels during the course of your stay. Make sure you let them know at check-in that one of the rooms has a separate, but continuous, reservation for 2 additional nites and request that they block the room for the additional nites.

This is a nice hotel but with notouriously small rooms. Expect a very small room and the rest of the stay should go fine.

Thank you for sharing your win(s) with the board and for using our PRICELINE link to begin your bidding.

Enjoy your stay.