Priceline Hotel: 4* Paris (Champs Elysees-Opera Quarter West) Concorde Lafayette

aaronmidnight · August 1, 2008

Only bid 4*s this time.

Started at $125 in St. Germain zone.

Raised to $135 and added Opera Quarter East. Priceline counter offered $170-something, which would have been around $200 with tax. I declined the counteroffer.

Lowered to $126 and added Bercy / Bastille.

Raised to $138 and added free rebid zone (Batignolles).

Finally raised to $140 and added Opera Quarter West.

Won Concorde La Fayette at $140 ($158.38 including taxes and fees).

It seems I saved about 35% off the lowest price on the hotel's website ($242 including VAT, nonrefundable).

Reasonably pleased with this win. I think it's a decent price for a Paris 4* and location is not too bad. I do wonder if I could have gotten something a bit cheaper ($20 less?) if I went out to La Defense zone, but I guess it's better to be slightly more central.

I finally remembered to use the PRICELINE link from Better Bidding!

Thanks to everyone for posting their wins. Hopes this helps other bidders make informed decisions...

thereuare · August 1, 2008

Congratulations on your win!

Paris is expensive so this does look like a nice deal. However, you could bid it a bit more systemactially in the future. Assuming there were four zones you were interested in and only Batignolles as a re-bid zone, you could have bid as follows:

Zone1 You wanted