Hotwire Hotel: 3.5* Seattle (Downtown-Pike Place) Silver Cloud Inn (on Broadway)

[AmyA]

I've been watching HOTWIRE prices for downtown Seattle vigilantly over the last week for the weekend nights of 09/12/08 - 09/14/08, and have only seen the prices for 3* and 4* tend to go up as we approach that weekend rather than go down. Also I've been monitoring prices at individual hotel sites, and witnessed the same thing as well -- all of the "specials" have been disappearing, prices are going up, and rooms are disappearing. Many 4* are now gone. In hindsight, I really should have booked the first day I started watching (initially Pan Pacific was having a sale of $189/room for that weekend, but the day after I saw that deal, it, too was gone!) There must be something going on that weekend (lots of conferences, perhaps)?

By way of background, I also bid on PRICELINE numerous times over the past week, and went as high as $202 for 4* downtown, $130 for 3* downtown, $90 for 2.5* in Lake Union, and $137 for 4* Bellevue, to no avail. :)

I finally gave up watching HOTWIRE and bidding on PRICELINE, and last night booked the Hotwire special of $179 for 3.5* downtown Pike Place (that's for 4 adults/room). The rate is $163 to $166 for 2 adults/room. The facilities are: complimentary breakfast, fitness room, pool, restaurant, business centre, laundry, internet. From my research (asking around, and looking at the hotel websites), I knew which hotel I was getting before I booked it on Hotwire (i.e. the Silver Cloud Broadway in Capitol Hill). Regular rack rate at that hotel for 4 adults/room is $189 for that weekend, so it's not like you're getting a steal on Hotwire particularly after you factor in the Hotwire-tacked-on service fees (which are around $10). But at this point, I'll take anything decent under $200, because all the rooms in Seattle are going going gone. I've heard very good reviews about the Silver Cloud Broadway so hopefully it'll be good! It's located 9 blocks from downtown (although Hotwire characterizes it as being in downtown- pike place), but there's supposed to be lots of restaurants/cafes near by and the hotel runs a free shuttle to downtown.

[thereuare]

Thank you for sharing your win with the board.

Glad to see you were able to get something within your budget and this will work well for your needs.

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

Enjoy your stay.

[Colfax]

You'll never win this hotel on Priceline because it's not in any Priceline zone. The free shuttle to Downtown is a nice touch.