Priceline Hotel: 4* San Antonio (Downtown-Riverwalk) Emily Morgan

[dougieieie]

Hi,

The wife and i want a three-day weekend in San Antonio.

1st choice would be one of the Resorts in the West area.

At some point, if that is not working out, we might go for a 4* downtown on the river.

I hope i'm not being unrealistic, but we'd like to keep it under $100 a night.

Seems like there are deals posted like this, but they weren't the summer season or a weekend.

Today i did some bids thru the PRICELINE link on this page.

Used thereuare's strategy from this Priceline San Antonio thread.

Started at $55, and re-bid up to $80 with no luck.

Before going on, i thought i'd ask for your thoughts and advice.

We've got a little time, and could even bid as late as 07/09 or 7/10.

We'll drive from Houston and could cancel the trip and do something else if this doesn't pan out.

Please feel free to tell me i'm crazy to think i can get something this cheap.

thanks,

dougieieie

[thereuare]

It will probably take more than $100, but i would try bidding up to your limit and see how it goes... nothing to lose :)

If you need help with a more specific bidding strategy feel free to ask.

Thanks for using our PRICELINE links to begin your bidding.

Keep us updated.

[dougieieie]

Today i did some bids thru the PRICELINE link on this page.

Used thereuare's strategy from this Priceline San Antonio thread.

Started at $55, and re-bid up to $80 with no luck.

UPDATE:

Did some re-bidding today. Took the Resort up to $100 with no luck.

Decided to try my luck with 4* downtown, started at $60 and went up to $80 with no luck either.

For now, I'll try again Wednesday with similar strategy.

The wife and i will discuss if we want to go higher on the 4*.

We are also thinking if this doesn't pan out by next Monday or Tuesday, we may try Austin instead.

Plenty of time, and we're very flexible, so we'll see.

hmmmm.... wonder how Beaumont is this time of year???

[nahtg]

UPDATE:

Did some re-bidding today. Took the Resort up to $100 with no luck.

Decided to try my luck with 4* downtown, started at $60 and went up to $80 with no luck either.

For now, I'll try again Wednesday with similar strategy.

The wife and i will discuss if we want to go higher on the 4*.

We are also thinking if this doesn't pan out by next Monday or Tuesday, we may try Austin instead.

Plenty of time, and we're very flexible, so we'll see.

hmmmm.... wonder how Beaumont is this time of year???

Horrible, now and every other time of the year. For the money, stick to Central Texas, or maybe go North . But don't waste your time in BMT. In fact the only bright spot in the whole city just shut down because of lawsuits.

read here

http://www.kfdm.com/news/street_26711___ar...t_mccarson.html

and here

http://www.kfdm.com/news/bar_26754___artic...r_crockett.html

[dougieieie]

SUCCESS!!

UPDATE:

Did some re-bidding today. Took the Resort up to $100 with no luck.

Decided to try my luck with 4* downtown, started at $60 and went up to $80 with no luck either.

Tried this strategy on Wednesday and Friday with no luck.

The wife and i discussed our plans over the weekend, and we decided to try up to $120 on the resort, and $100 on 4-stars.

Re-bid this morning (Monday, 7/7)

Had no luck with the Resorts (really thought that was a reach)

Started 4-stars Downtown at $70, increasing by $5.

Got the Emily Morgan for $85 a night!!!

Looks like an awesome historic hotel, right across from the Alamo (i may have drank in their bar before)

Check-In Date: Thursday, July 10, 2008

Check-Out Date: Sunday, July 13, 2008

Hotel Name: Emily Morgan Hotel

Your Offer Price: $85.00

Number of Rooms: 1

Number of Nights: 3

Subtotal: $255.00

Taxes and Service Fees: $53.32

Total Charges*: $308.32

Used the PRICELINE links on this page for all bids.

San Antonio has LOTS of re-bid zones which made this all that much easier.

Thanks as always,

dougieieie

[thereuare]

Congratulations on your win!

Glad to see you only needed to go an extra $5 over your previous 4* bid and that you're happy with the results and looking forward to your stay.

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

Have a great trip.