Priceline Hotel: 4* Orange County (Newport-Huntington Beach) Hyatt Newport Beach

[Fragnetic]

Bid $65 Newport Beach, 4* - Rejected

Offered for $17 more - which I did - Accepted

Your Offer Price Per Room, Per Night: $82.00

Subtotal: $328.00

Taxes & Service Fees: $51.09

Total Charges*: $379.09

This was my first time ever using Priceline. I normally like to research ad nauseum every aspect of the hotel (and end up paying much more), but thanks to this forum, I worked up the courage to go with Priceline. I also looked at Hotwire for this area and star rating and based on the amenities listed, this was the same hotel I would have gotten on Hotwire for $129 a night. I'm thrilled with $82!

Thanks for running this site and helping out the traveling community :)

[Colfax]

Welcome to BetterBidding, Fragnetic.

You did very well for your first time trying Priceline. Priceline almost always accepts less than their counteroffer, so it's possible some price between $65 and $82 might have been accepted. If you overpaid at all it was only by a few dollars.

Please use these HOTWIRE and PRICELINE links for your future purchases.

Have a good stay.

[Fragnetic]

Welcome to BetterBidding, Fragnetic.

You did very well for your first time trying Priceline. Priceline almost always accepts less than their counteroffer, so it's possible some price between $65 and $82 might have been accepted. If you overpaid at all it was only by a few dollars.

Please use these HOTWIRE and PRICELINE links for your future purchases.

Have a good stay.

Thanks for your input, I guess I wasnt sure that it would even go through for any amount less than the $17 bump. And I didnt want to take a chance on being rejected a second time since they say only one re-bid. Ive read on here to add zones, but it seems to me that if I add zones that I dont want they could accept the offer in an area I dont want?! Or is the key to find zones that don't have any hotels with the rating criteria I used? I'm still trying to figure this out since I dont understand then how that would make an offer go through...

[Colfax]

but it seems to me that if I add zones that I dont want they could accept the offer in an area I dont want?!

There are ten Orange County zones. Six of the ten don't have 4* hotels. You can add those six zones to your 4* bids without risk of winning a hotel in those zones because Priceline will only give you the quality level you bid or higher.

For example, Anaheim Hills zone only goes to 2.5*. If you get rejected at $65 for 4* in Newport Beach you can then add the Anaheim Hills zone and try $70 or $75. You won't get a hotel in Anaheim Hills because you're bidding 4* and there are no 4* hotels there.