Priceline Hotel: Brazil (Rio De Janeiro/Sao Paulo): Any previous experience

[kelzobei]

Any information about hotels in Brazil (Rio De Janeiro/Sao Paulo) participating in the bidding process?

Thanks in advance

[thereuare]

Any hotels reported to the board would be found in the Priceline Hotel List, although i'm not sure if we've seen any bidding in this area (it may be fairly new too 'name your own price').

You can try to use the 'retail' version of PRICELINE to see what may be available, but do realize that the two servcies ('retail' and 'opaque') use different pools of hotels, there is a lot of overlap, but hotels that you see thru the retail version of their site may or may not be offered thru the bidding portion of their site (and vice-versa)

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

[Romelle]

It is still a non-issue, since Priceline hasn't opened up bidding there. When I tried a minute ago, I still got the message:

"Unfortunately, our Name Your Own Price service was unable to locate available hotel rooms for the area and dates you selected. However, we have found a broad selection of hotel room options below."

If our visas come through, I'm headed there with my granddaughter in three days. Cliff hanger.

I finally found rooms when Orbitz had a 30% off special. Jumped on it. I think it is gone now, and I don't know when you are going, but you might watch for it to appear again if you have time.

Romelle

[thereuare]

There is currently 'Name Your Own Price' PRICELINE bidding available in Rio De Janeiro... 3*, 3.5*, and 4* bidding available.

[Romelle]

Oops - I just checked Sao Paulo. Glad Rio is opened up, and sorry for the mis-information. I'll edit my post above to say I just checked Sao Paulo.

Romelle

Well, I would edit it, but can't see any icon to edit the old one, just this one.

[thereuare]

No harm done... i think the information is clear for anyone reading this thread.

On a side note, you have up to 50 minutes to edit your post, after that you can just add a reply to the thread as you have done.

[Romelle]

Thank you for your understanding, and explaining about the editing.

Romelle

[kelzobei]

Many thanks everybody, used other means to reserve Rio/Sao Paulo Hotel. Since there is no bidding history for Rio/Sao, I couldn't risk it.

[bxfresh220]

Anyone find out any of the hotel names in Rio yet?

[GroovyGeek]

Reviving an old topic to see if there are any updates. I will be in Rio around Christmas, the list here now includes Sheraton Rio Hotel and Resort as a 4*. Rio is such a touchy city (safety-wise) that I am not sure there will ever be enough risk-takers before the 2016 Olympics to provide enough information.

[thereuare]

All hotels reported are in the Priceline Hotel List... if the zone is too large for your comfort level then PRICELINE may not be the best option for this stay.

If you would like further help regarding this trip please start a NEW TOPIC.

Please use the PRICELINE and HOTWIRE links on the board to begin your travel purchases.