Priceline Hotel: Question Re: Lake Tahoe zones

[cakobau]

Hi all,

When I enter Lake Tahoe (either CA or NV) in Priceline, I get the 4 possible zones to bid in -- Carson City, North Lake Tahoe, South Lake Tahoe, or Truckee.

The box for Truckee is shaded, regardless of whether or not I want Truckee. I haven't seen this before elsewhere on Priceline, so I'm wondering if you folks know if this means that Truckee is excluded or included in the search.

Besides the fact that a possible free rebid is eliminated, I just really don't want to stay in Truckee. (This is why I will not bid 3* in the North Lake Tahoe area -- Priceline includes the Northstar-at-Tahoe 3*, even though that hotel is in Truckee; however, Priceline's North Lake Tahoe region map correctly goes far enough north to include this particular Truckee hotel...)

Anyway: If a box is pre-shaded, is that excluded from the search, or is it always included?

Thanks in advance!

[thereuare]

Checkmarks = included in search

Shaded = Priceline/Hotwre (whichever service you're using) doesn't have hotels in that zone

On re-bids sometimes there will be a checkmark and shaded... in which case it's included in the search and can't be de-selected (this happens for zones/star-levels that you had previosly bid, but you can get around this by closing the browser and starting from a new Priceline screen)

Hope this helped.

[cakobau]

Thanks so much for the ultra-fast and friendly reply! Much appreciated.