Hotwire Hotel: 2.5* Erie Downtown Erie Hotel

[candlegirl]

2.5* in Erie, PA for $79 + tax = $93.54

Hotel amenities: smoke free rooms, fitness center, business center, complimentary breakfast, pool, laundry facilities

Hotel is Downtown Erie Hotel. When I looked online, the price if I booked directly with hotel is cheaper than hotwire price. Even though hotwire says 2.5*, tripadvisor gives very bad reviews on this hotel.

[thereuare]

Thank you for sharing your results with the board and helping us add this property to the Hotwire Hotel List.

If the price is cheaper elsewhere (before HOTWIRE's fees and taxes are added in) you can apply for hotwire's double the difference guarantee.

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

Enjoy your stay.

PS- any follow-up to your Hotwire Ft Lauderdale thread... please reply to that thread with whatever you ended up doing for that stay.

[candlegirl]

We stayed at the hotel this past weekend and it was one of the worst hotels I've ever stayed in. The bath tub was rusting. The sink didn't drain properly. We booked two rooms. The other room .... the bed hadn't been made and the entire room smelled of alcohol so they gave us another room. I think most people that are in the hotel booked through hotwire. The hotel is a 1.5 star at best.

I have already applied for double the difference (which you must do within 2 days of booking) but they haven't replied back yet. I've read reviews of hotwire that I will likely have trouble getting the difference back. Hotwire is not what it used to be.

[thereuare]

In my experience HOTWIRE has actually been very good at honoring their Double the Difference claims. I've had a few issues with hotels not honoring their own Best Rate Guarantees, but from what i've seen HOTWIRE has honored all legitimate claims.

[candlegirl]

Hotwire did give us double the difference money back and has lowered the hotel to 2 star instead of 2.5 star. They gave us a $50 credit ($25 per room) on our HOTWIRE account. It was nice of them to give me the $50 credit however, I would have preferred never to have stayed at the hotel in the first place.

[thereuare]

Glad to hear they honored the Double the Difference Guarantee (as i noted above, my experience is that they're excellent in doing so... not like many hotel companies that try to 'weasle' out of their best rate guarantees)

Hope your future stays are better.