Priceline Hotel: Bidding Strategy for Montreal

[canatravel]

I am looking for Bidding help for Montreal hotel for one night Aug 19. Three or four star hotel preferred.

First bid on three or star at $60 was rejected. I would prefer downtown, but dorval would work in a jam.

Thanks for the help.

John

[slick_gd]

Out of the 5 zones for Montreal, only downtown Montreal (Zone 5) has a 4*, and all of them have 3*. So if you want a 3*, you would only have Dorval as a re-bid zone. However, with the 4* you have a lot of chances for re-bids. Here's how I would do it:

1: New-bid: 4* Montreal

2: Re-bid: Montreal add Dorval

3: New-bid: Montreal & Laval

4: Re-bid: Montreal & Laval add Dorval

5: New-bid: Montreal & Longueil

6: Re-bid: Montreal & Longueil add Laval

7: Re-bid: Montreal & Longueil & Laval add Dorval

8: New-bid: Montreal & Pointe Clare

9: Re-bid: Montreal & Pointe Clare add Longueil

10: Re-bid: Montreal & Pointe Clare & Longueil add Laval

11: Re-bid: Montreal & Pointe Clare & Longueil & Laval add Dorval

A new bid means closing your browser and starting a whole new bid (using the PRICELINE links on this site). For more clarification take a look at the FAQ's on the bidding process. Link: Priceline Re-Bidding Explained

Read the entire post to understand what is happening.You would want to make sure before you add a new zone that it doesn't have a 4* just in case Priceline changed it up at that very second. From here, just choose how much you want to bid each time.

[thereuare]

A warning regarding the above...

Re-bid zones can, and do, change at any time and therefore should be checked before each bidding cycle. (rather than simply follow what somebody else as provided as your re-bid zone which may have been correct at the time posted, but no necessarily at the time a bid is placed) If you don't know how to check/confirm your re-bid zones see Priceline Re-Bidding Explained and feel free to ask for help if you don't understand the process.

Please use these PRICELINE and HOTWIRE links to begin your travel purchases.

[canatravel]

I was unsuccessful in my attempt using PRICELINE - Bid up to 110 for 4* with no luck. Celine Dion is playing in Montreal that week, so I am sure that is putting pressure on the hotel prices. Thanks for the help.