Priceline Hotel: 3* Miami (South Beach) Doubletree Surfcomber

[vtorganix]

Been trying to gnab a room for 5 nights, 12/31 - 01/05, to celebrate New Years and a Hokie WIN at the Orange Bowl :)

Bid unsuccessfully from $50-58 for all five nights:

12/31 - 01/05

Resort - 2*

South Beach, Miami Beach and even Downtown Miami.

I was offered a $14 up-bid opportunity on $50 ($64 offer) for a 2.5* in the Downtown Miami area. I wasn't able to determine with any certainty which hotel I would win, and accounting for cab fares to and from the beach, I did not go this route.

I figured that the first two nights, 12/31 - 01/01, would be a little tricky.

Used the BB PRICELINE Link.

$60 Bid

01/03 - 01/05

Resort - Denied (duh)

4* - Denied

3.5* - Denied

3* - Accepted

Doubletree Surfcomber Hotel Miami-South Beach

1717 Collins Ave, Miami Beach, FL 33139

Attempted to extend stay for 01/01 - 01/02, unsuccessfully.

I was however able to win the same hotel on a seperate bid, for the night of 01/02.

Looking at the various reviews, this should work well for the GF and I, and the price is certainly right ($200-300 list price).

Any tips for the nights of 12/31 and 01/01 would be greatly appreciated! We would like to stay on the beach still, but if the price is right, I would consider staying in other regions closer to dolphin stadium (Downtown, or Miami Lakes).

Thanks BB!

[thereuare]

Congratulations on your <partial> win!

Glad to see you're happy with the results for this leg of your stay. Thank you for sharing your win with the board and using our PRICELINE link to begin your bidding (and the new hotel for the Priceline Hotel List.

Please start a NEW TOPIC for the balance of your stay and we'll try to assist in the newly created thread (this will enable us to stick the board format of 'one win per thread' which enables us to reflect the contents of the thread in the topic title of the thread.

Enjoy your stay (and the game... some of us don't have a bowl game to watch this year :) )

[02908Dude]

You got a great deal on this, as the Doubletree is quite nice and seldom comes up. Their rates for 1/1 are about 25% higher than 1/2-5. I would suggest a higher bid, perhaps $75-80 up to your limit, if you've not done so already. You might be at least able to snag 1/1 at a relatively good rate, and could then work on 12/31.