Priceline Hotel: Las Vegas 5* (Strip North) - General Observation/Note

[YYC F/A]

Bidding for 5* Strip North 24th-27th January.

Counter-offers are of course nothing new, but usually a counter offer is within $20 or less of the initial bid. With a bid of $80, I got a counter offer of $130/night.

Just thought that it was interesting that the counter-offer was so much higher, more than 50% higher than the original bid. I've never seen a counter offer this high before.

I am wondering if it is because 2 of the nights are off-peak, but one of the nights is peak (weekend). I am looking at splitting up the stay (although this can be risky of course) and will update if more information.

[AaronJB]

Seems very unusual to me. Usually, if you were that far off from being accepted, I would think you just wouldn't have your bid accepted and not get a counter-offer.

It also seems a little odd because one of the possible 5*'s in that area on the hotel list is the Trump, which is $142.66 on Orbitz for these dates (and you get a $50 credit and an upgrade) and if you use the coupon FABSAVE10, you get 10% off = about $128.40 per night - a couple bucks less than your counter offer of $130 (and plus the upgrade and credit via the Orbitz.com deal.)

HOTWIRE also has a 5* in the Center Strip with the amenities: Casino, Restaurant, Pool, Fitness, Business, Golf, Tennis, Spa for $114 that would appear to be a potential match for the Wynn.

Hotwire and Orbitz.com links: HOTWIRE, Orbitz.com.

[Zandar]

I have been bidding on 4* North Strip 1/15 - 1/18 for the past few weeks. I started at $33 and was rejected. I slowly increased every 2 (or so) days. Once I hit about $44, I have been consistently been offered a room for $77 per night each time.

Can you expect counter offers to ever change?

[YYC F/A]

Seems very unusual to me. Usually, if you were that far off from being accepted, I would think you just wouldn't have your bid accepted and not get a counter-offer.

It also seems a little odd because one of the possible 5*'s in that area on the hotel list is the Trump, which is $142.66 on Orbitz for these dates (and you get a $50 credit and an upgrade) and if you use the coupon FABSAVE10, you get 10% off = about $128.40 per night - a couple bucks less than your counter offer of $130 (and plus the upgrade and credit via the Orbitz.com deal.)

HOTWIRE also has a 5* in the Center Strip with the amenities: Casino, Restaurant, Pool, Fitness, Business, Golf, Tennis, Spa for $114 that would appear to be a potential match for the Wynn.

Hotwire and Orbitz.com links: HOTWIRE, Orbitz.com.

Thanks for the tips!!!

The Venetian is actually $139/night booking direct, so the $130 counter offer is really not that great. And like you mentioned, there are possible matches for Wynn and Trump (although I personally don't think the Trump is hitting the same standard as Wynn, Venetian et al).

As posted by Zandar as well, counter-offers representing over 50% increase from the amount originally bid.

I think it definitely must be a new strategy - previously counter-offers were within $20 or so, but for a counter offer to be 50% or 60% more than the original bid was never seen before (IMHO / AFAIK).