Priceline Hotel: 5* North Strip for $249?

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hello. i'm bidding on a 5* hotel on the last vegas strip vicinity. i bid $180 and was rejected, but received a counter bid of $249 per night.

i don't want to get the trump tower, but am ok with either the palazzo or ventian. any idea which one the below deal is for? or is there anyway to confirm the hotel before taking the $249 deal?

thanks!

We Have A Great Deal For You!

We searched hundreds of options to find your hotel room, however we can't accept your offer of $150 per room, per night. During our search we found a hotel room available for $249 per room, per night. If you are willing to accept this new price, you can get your hotel room right now.

Normally you are required to change additional items (add zones, star level, or dates) in order to try your request again. However we are able to extend this one-time opportunity to you because of the zone, quality level and dates you requested.

Act fast - Hotel inventory is constantly changing and these rooms are subject to availability. To accept this new price just review your offer details and follow the steps below.

Your Offer Details

Check-In Date:Friday, October 3, 2008

Check-Out Date:Sunday, October 5, 2008

Region:Las Vegas, NV

Star Level:

Area(s):Las Vegas Strip Vicinity North

Number of Rooms:3

Number of Nights:2

Offer Price Per Room, Per Night:$249.00

Subtotal:$1,494.00

Taxes and Services Fees:$178.02

Total Charges:$1,672.02

*Prices are in US dollars.

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Not to be disrespectful, but you really need to do your homework to ensure that you end up with a hotel that you are happy with.

Check the out the rates on the 5-star hotels' proprietary websites. This will somewhat gauge what is more likely, although PRICELINE will often get a set number of rooms at a set rate to sell for a specific property (i.e. lowest-priced retail rate may not be what you end up with). I would also sign up on each website for their email deals (usually the good ones aren't for weekend nights but you never know). Check various Vegas-related travel sites, etc. If Trump is a deal-breaker, then South Strip has only one 5-star -- THE Hotel at Mandalay Bay -- you can be assured of if successful (just don't use Strip North in any free rebidding).

Also the $249 is a counter-offer. PRICELINE would LOVE to sell you the room at that price. If you bid $150 and were counter-offered at $249, possibly you could use free rebids -- again read the FAQs (we want you to get a hotel in the zone you desire so it's really important) -- in increments of maybe $10 from $150 until you are accepted. If I remember right re: the previous accepted 5-star bids on here, about $170-190 range is what has been accepted. Keep on monitoring that as inventory can suddenly change (I had a situation like that for a May trip....no success over and over and then someone else accepted at my desired rate for the same dates and I jumped on it for my trip).

Option B, if you absolutely desire the Ventian/Palazzo, is trying HOTWIRE. Price may be slightly higher per night but, if there is no non-smoking icon and there is a casino icon, then you know it aint the Trump. Only problem is that Venetian/Palazzo have rarely shown on Hotwire.

Good luck and be careful so that you get something that you're happy with.