Priceline Hotel: 2.5* Wilmington Hilton Garden Inn

[WzDancer]

Hilton Garden Inn Wilmington Mayfaire Town Center

6745 Rock Spring Road

Wilmington, North Carolina 28405

910-509-4046

Beyond my control, I was looking for a place for tonight in Wilmington. My first instinction was to use 'Extend My Stay' feature of Priceline to add to $77 Saturday night at Couryard that I've already paid for. But this cool guy decided to drive a better bargain and supported BetterBidding by using the PRICELINE link.

My $65 for 2.5* was snapped by Hilton Garden on the first try. How sweet! I've always enjoyed HG better than CY, based my experience elsewhere in the US.

Hilton.com lists a minimum of $179 for tonight.

I've never paid more than $50 for a hotel room through PRICELINE before this weekend. But I am delighted to be accepted at a vacation destination during a Summer weekend.

[thereuare]

Congratulations on your win!

Looks like a great deal (almost a third of a conventionally booked room) and you can compare the two :)

I've never paid more than $50 for a hotel room through PRICELINE before this weekend.

WOW!! Considering how many room nites you have booked, this is quite a feat!

Thanks for the support by posting your wins and using the board's PRICELINE link to begin your bids.

Hope you're enjoying your stay (and there's not too much traffic)

[WzDancer]

I'd like modifiy my quotable quote.

I've never paid more than $45 for a hotel room through Priceline until last weekend, when I stayed at the 4* Hilton Hotel in Santa Clara, CA for $48.

My experience at this 2.5* Hitlton Garden far exceeds that at the 4* Hilton.

I was assigned a suite with separate sitting and sleeping areas, I do not know if this is the standard room here. Each area comes with a 37" LCD TV, and this is the first hotel I've stayed that provides digital cable signals. I did not have to endure streched fuzzy pictures as in many other hotels with LCD sets.

As at many Hilton Gardens, the all you can order American Breakfast cost $10 including everything from the $6 continental tables. The free Wi-Fi access is fast.

My $75 (65+10) is well spent at this Hilton Garden.

[thereuare]

Glad you're enjoying your stay... i suppose the A/C works well too (as we're experiencing some VERY hot weather on the east coast right now)

[WzDancer]

It is interesting that you mentioned AC, it was set at 60F when I checked in. It took a while to return to a comfortable temp after I turned it off. I was over-dressed when I went out to take a walk in the stylish outdoor shopping center around the hotel. Should have been in T-shirt and shorts.

[WzDancer]

It turned out this stay was not spotless.

On my weekly monitoring of my credit card account, I noticed a $62.01 charge from Hilton Garden. I called HG to report the erroneous charge. I was first told that this could be a temporary hold. Then they admitted the error after I asked if they make a temporary hold in an odd amount.

With this snafu, I also learned that the PRICELINE made 81.22-62.01=$19.21 on m stay. As Bill Shatner said in the TV commerical, "It is not stealing, it is negotiating!"

[thereuare]

I asked if they make a temporary hold in an odd amount

Quick thinking... Nice job!