Priceline Hotel: 3* Las Vegas (Convention Center-UNLV) Alexis Park Resort

[travelAlot]

Howdy, I have a pretty good idea that this 3-star Near Strip South is the Doubletree Club and would appreciate any validation/insight from those familiar with Vegas. I just need a fairly inexpensive but not nasty, lol, hotel room for Sat 8/30 and prefer to be within reasonable distance of the Strip.

Hotwire is the only option regarding the Doubletree because Priceline's similar zone also includes the Courtyard Henderson which is 5+ miles to the east and farther away from LV Blvd. Plus both properties can be gotten for a retail rate under $100 (often Marriott inventory goes at a greater discount than other chains' inventory). There are also some Hampton Inns, Residence Inns that could possibly be in PL's similar zone (Res Inn will have a "suite" and/or "kitchenette" icon). Normally I can do a Hotwire Package search and match up the icons but even with alt dates the Doubletree does not appear on Packages results.

Here is what I'm looking at:

$55/night (Doubletree prepaid rate is $69 right now so a good sign) with 6 amenities

• Fitness Center
  
• Pool(s)
  
• Restaurant(s)
  
• Business Center
  
• Golf Nearby
  
• Tennis Nearby
  

• Traveler Rating(4.0 out of 5) -- Doubletree TA rating is 4+
  
• Based on: 40+ customer reviews -- Doubletree TA 47 total reviews
  
• Last Reviewed:July 2008 -- last Doubletree TA review 7/15
  
• Address: address search puts Doubletree just inside northernmost boundary of Near Strip South (Courtyard is clearly in Henderson zone and the Dean Martin Dr Marriott propreties are clearly geographically in Near Strip West zone)
  

Any insight would be greatly appreciated. I nprmally would bid on PRICELINE but for this area HOTWIRE is the only alternative and i want to make sure that my thought process is pretty close to a sure thing. Thank you!

[thereuare]

Your logic above seems sensible, and the Tripadvisor information certainly swings the pendulum in your favor... but with your needs specific and areas of the zone unacceptable, is the 'unkonwn' worth saving less than $10? After factoring in HOTWIRE's fee the savings come in at about $9, and i would sooner make sure got what i wanted by booking the $69/nite rate direclty with the Doubletree Club.

Your thoughts?

[travelAlot]

Heya, thereuare, that makes perfect sense. Will ponder that (friend I'm going with is Silver Elite w/Hilton so the upgrade and extra points may be worth it). Still looking at bids closer to Strip (we have the Rio for the other 3 nights close to $55/night). If I do book, I'll make sure it's via your HOTWIRE or hotel support page links. Thanks again

[dahammer]

your stay is a Saturday night, so this prepaid rate of $69 sounds pretty good, the hotel has a shuttle that will take you to MGM Grand between 8:00 AM to 10:00 PM. I was going to suggest the Las Vegas Hilton which is a bit east of the strip, but has a monorail stop nearby, but the rates are high and it would be 35,000 Hilton HHonors points.

[travelAlot]

Unless things change, we booked a cancellable Gold Coast rate of $77 (Coast Casinos matched Expedia / Hotels.com rate) as my travel companion wanted to be closer to stuff (and then, lol, after booking the GC said how the Doubletree would've been great -- I can't win ha ha). Doubletree opaque HOTWIRE rate and Doubletree proprietary rate both are gone. May perhaps bid on 3-star UNLV/Near Strip East on PRICELINE...otherwise staying with GC. Thanks for the advice and direction.

[travelAlot]

I was kinda like Pavlov's Dog on this success. Been mildly looking for a hotel toward the Hard Rock/east of Strip for Sat the 30th (of Labor Day weekend) -- early evening flight arrival and a 4-star hotel lined up for Sun-Mon-Tues. So needed a decent place to crash, catch some nightlife/nice meal but not deal with craziness of the Strip.

When I saw Alexis Park showing on Hotwire for $79 and AP's website showed an $89 rate, I knew a bid in the $60 range would probably do it. Had just been rejected yesterday at $55 & $58. With only 1 rebid zone (Nellis and maybe Near Strip West as Artisan appears to be 2.5 stars/hasn't come up in awhile), I didn't want to get cute given that the window of opportunity might only be a day or so. I assumed mid-$60s would do it but went at $58 with the idea I could up the 2nd bid. Maybe coulda gone a bit lower but still ended up with what is typically a mid-week rate -- not a holiday weekend Saturday rate.

Btw 2.5 stars didn't appear to be viable with Hyatt Place fairly booked (no danger of Terribles given its no-Saturday arrival policy) and St. Tropez (a truly nasty/run-down property near Alexis Park). ...Residence Inn Hughes center appears to be viable but the St Tropoz risk wasn't worth it. Big thanks to BB Hotwire hotel list -- Alexis has extra icons for opaque hotels and less (no resort designation) for VP. This info, combined with AP's retail rate and TripAdvisor match, had me bidding with confidence.

To anyone else thinking of the AP for that weekend, AP's website shows an $89 rate across all days, weekend or weekday (from Fri 29th through 1st week of Sept). I would still try an opening bid toward the low $50s, then rebid around my bid amount.

Used the PRICELINE link from this website to initiate my bid.

[travelAlot]

Change in plans via PRICELINE successful bid at low rate ($58) accepted for Alexis Park Resort. Plan C I suppose. Winning bid posted on the PL Vegas board

[dahammer]

the Gold Coast operates a shuttle to the Strip, has a decent and inexpensive buffet, and its within walking distance of the Palms...a good choice. :)

[thereuare]

Congratulations on your win!

Well thought out and researched... glad to see it all went well for you and you received the hotel you were hoping for.

Thank you for sharing your winning bid with the board and for using our PRICELINE link to begin your bidding.

Enjoy your stay.

[travelAlot]

One footnote to anyone who's looking for Labor Day weekend rooms and would be fine with Alexis Park Resort. The property's publoished rate has gone down to $69/night and HOTWIRE currently offers it for $66. When I bid $58, the retail rate had dropped to $89 and HOTWIRE showed a $79 match.

Therefore, if bidding I would start bidding closer to $50/night, as you have 1 for-sure rebid zone (Nellis) and likely another or two (Strip South 3-star very unlikely for SouthPoint on a holiday weekend Saturday night and same with Strip West re Orleans/Gold Coast as long as Artisan is a 2.5-star). The other zone rebids are likely free rebids based on current bookings/circumstances but you never know (Strip South or Strip West), i.e. like the FAQs say, you are taking a risk even if a calculated one. So I'd keep it to UNLV/Convention Ctr zone and then the Nellis fre 3-star rebid. My hunch is that at $50 you will be accepted and, if rebidding with Nellis, $54 should do the trick.

FYI in case any of you or doing a last-minute holiday trip, thought I'd pass this along.