Priceline Hotel: New Buffalo area - Four Winds Casino

[nick5]

Four Winds Casino last minute trip. All the following bids were places for a stay on 07/12/08 a Saturday night. Bidding took place on 7/11 and 7/12 as this was a last minute idea.

Rejected bids for New Buffalo and surrounding area. (within a estimated 20 minute drive)

New Buffalo, MI 2* 90.00

Michigan City, In, 2.5* 45.00

South Bend, In, 3.* 55.00

South Bend, In 2.5* 58.00

Mishawaka IN duplicate see below

Benton Harbor MI 2.5* 65.00

Benton Harbor MI 2* 65.00

Saint Joseph, MI 2* 65.00

Stevensville, MI 2* 75.00

Niles, MI 2* 75.00

Re-bid for Mishawaka was rejected because it says I already bid this area.. (They considered Mishawaka in South Bend saying it was a duplicate bid but when loading Mishawaka, they do not list South Bend IN so I thought it would be a rebid area). Same thing happened with Granger IN

There are a few things I would do different (besides not waiting until last minute). I would have raised my first bids for South Bend to the 65.00 level. I under estimated the area. It must go for more on Sat nights because it is within the distance of casinos. One thing I would not do is bid 2* level for South Bend IN as there is a Priceline room that is 2 stars that has bad reviews on Trip advisor. (people said they won this property from Priceline and it was a poor 1 star) Perhaps Priceline as removed it but I did not want to take a chance. Since they lump Mishawaka and South Bend together, I would not bid a 2 star in the future for Mishawaka either.

Hope these rejected bids help someone else.

Cheryl

ps, Thereuare, if you want to post this in Indiana area as some of the bids occured for that area, you can. I just was not sure what subject heading to use.

[thereuare]

Just to be clear... you didn't win any hotel for this stay, correct?

[nick5]

Just to be clear... you didn't win any hotel for this stay, correct?

Sorry I did not make it clearer. All bids were rejects. We never did win a bid for that area for that night. It was a last minute idea and I started bidding on Friday evening for the next night stay. I bid on Sat also as PRICELINE says you can bid up to 6:00 PM but your chances are narrower for getting a property. I believe just the fact it was close to a casino ran the prices up and limited the rooms. To stay at the Four Winds (which they were sold out) but would have been 249.00 a night. eww,, too rich for me.

Cheryl