Priceline Hotel: 3* Portland (Convention Center-Lloyd Center) Holiday Inn

[AinA]

Bid $37 for Convention Center. Rejected. Added Downtown & upped to $42. Rejected. Added free re-bid NW & upped to $45. Rejected. After my last failed bid attempt in this zone I upped it to $49 (instead of $48 hahaha) for my final free re-bid by adding Beaverton. Accepted! Yay! Won the Holiday Inn.

It should be noted for future reference that the Holiday Inn is in the process of changing to a Crowne Plaza. Wonder if it will still be Priceline-able. After paying essentially $46/night at the ESA-Gresham I am so grateful for the comfy beds, bellhop, room service, great view of Downtown Portland, GLASS glasses, abundance of pillows, nice linens, bathroom amenities, convenient location, should I keep going? for only $3/night more.

Used the PRICELINE link, I am glad that is on the page now, so much easier to start my bidding.

Thanks so much!!!

AinA (well... AinO for now)

[thereuare]

Congratulations on your win... glad to hear you're happy wit the results.

The Holiday Inn and Crowne Plaza are both owned by the same parent (ICHotels Group) so i would imagine that they will still participate with PRICELINE and HOTWIRE even after the brand changes.

Glad to hear you're enjoying the luxurious Holiday Inn accomodations :) (relatively speaking after your ESA stay)

Thanks for using the convenient PRICELINE links on the board to begin you're bidding.

Enjoy your stay.

[AinA]

Glad to hear you're enjoying the luxurious Holiday Inn accomodations :) (relatively speaking after your ESA stay)

Well, it's not the W by any means! I think it is more a Crowne Plaza at this point vs. a Holiday Inn. I heard that the change over will be complete in the next couple weeks.

AinA

[Colfax]

When I first moved to Portland in the 1980's this hotel was a Travelodge, believe it or not. I think it was called the Travelodge Executive. Travelodge Executive was a hotel concept that quickly fell to the wayside. It turned into a Radisson. Then a Holiday Inn. Now, or very soon, the Crowne Plaza. If the upscaling trend continues by next year this might be the Portland Ritz-Carlton!

:)