Priceline Hotel: Bidding assistance for Dana Point

[tleev]

I'm trying to win the Laguna Cliffs Marriott, which is a 4-star in Dana Point, CA. I know that using PRICELINE to try to get a specific hotel is ludicrous, but I am fairly confident in this in that it is the only 4 star in Dana Point, and it is not sold out on my dates. I have seen other winning bids on this forum, so I am keeping my fingers crossed.

My travel dates are Saturday, August 30--Wednesday, September 3, 2008.

My current bid history looks like this:

Selected 4*Dana Point-San Clemente ...

Bid $110, rejected, added re-bid Laguna Hills-Mission Viejo

Bid $120, rejected.

Closed browser and re-started bid (because I needed to look at something else on PRICELINE and was too lazy to open a new browser).

Selected 4* DP-SC + AH

Bid 125, rejected, added re-bid LB

Bid 130, rejected, added re-bid LH-MV

Bid 135, rejected, added re-bid Seal Beach,

Bid 140, rejected, added re-bid FB

Bid 145. Final bid rejected.

I realize that I am still a ways out re: dates, so I'm just hoping to keep on trying as much as I can. Do you have any recommendations for me? I'm thinking my maximum is $160 or so, is that reasonable? Others have gotten $151 for the same hotel, but not sure what the rack rate was at that time. The rack rate for August 30 is $269.00, the rack rate for the other nights is $229.00 a night (per their website at www.lagunacliffs.com). Should I just change my plans to come on Sunday instead or try to win the whole time closer to the dates?

Thanks for the help!

[Colfax]

It's likely that Saturday night either has a higher PRICELINE rate than the other nights or that Saturday night isn't available on Priceline at all.

You could bid Sunday, Monday, Tuesday. Then if you're accepted try Add a Night for Saturday night. You'll either be offered Saturday at a higher price that you can accept or reject, or you'll be told that the hotel has no PRICELINE availability on Saturday.