Priceline Hotel: 3* DC (Convention Center-Capitol Hill) Courtyard Cptl Hill-Navy Yard

[hcm]

Courtyard By Marriott Washington Capitol Hill/Navy Yard 3 Star

Convention Ctr - Capitol Hill Area

140 L Street Southeast

Washington, District Of Columbia 20003

202-479-0027

Check-In Date:

Sun, Feb 1, 2009 / After 03:00 PM

Check-Out Date:

Mon, Feb 2, 2009 / 12:00 PM

Amenities: Remote control TV w/ premium channels Radio Alarm Clock Business services Telephone w/ voicemail Iron and ironing board Hairdryer 24 hour front desk On-site Dining

Your Offer Price Per Room, Per Night: $50.00

Subtotal: $50.00

Taxes & Service Fees: $14.33

Total Charges*: $64.33

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[AaronJB]

Thank you for using the site's PRICELINE link and posting your win.

Enjoy your trip. :)

[thereuare]

Thank you for sharing your results with the board and helping us add this property to the Priceline Hotel List.

Hope you enjoy your stay, and thanks for using our PRICELINE links. :)

[hcm]

I just wanted to post again and say what a great hotel pick this turned out to be.

This courtyard marriott is brand new, and very clean and nice. The rooms are beautiful and fairly big by DC standards.

It is located one block from the Navy Yard metro stop on the green line.

All in all a great experience.

I just tried to bid the same price again for a room next month, but this time they didn't accept my bid ($50) which was the bid they accepted last time. I'm not sure why not - the hotel was almost empty - I mean literally no more than 1/3 full, and you know the carrying costs are eating Marriott alive in this economy. The guy at the desk said they get a fair amount of business from Priceline.

But seriously, there is no way this hotel is going to be anywhere near full March 16, so they're going to have to sell the rooms for the market price, and I'm just wondering why the market price would be any higher 1-2 months further into this miserable recession. There must be 15,000 empty hotel rooms every night in DC. There are 29,000 rooms there in total, and the occupancy rates in many major cities now is about 50%.

I might try $5 higher in 72 hours just to put this to rest, but I figure my best bet is just to hold out for my price and see what happens in the next few weeks - my only guess is that they only go down to $50 when they get within a certain number of days of the stay, and before that they hold out for some higher price. Anybody know how hotels' priceline strategy works?

[thereuare]

I just tried to bid the same price again for a room next month, but this time they didn't accept my bid ($50) which was the bid they accepted last time. I'm not sure why not - the hotel was almost empty - I mean literally no more than 1/3 full, and you know the carrying costs are eating Marriott alive in this economy. The guy at the desk said they get a fair amount of business from Priceline.

But seriously, there is no way this hotel is going to be anywhere near full March 16...

Rates are date specific, and while the hotel was empty on the date of your previous visit (thus the low $50 accepted bid rate) that may not be the case for the nite of 3/16. Have you checked rates for this nite at this property... if you did, you'd see that the hotel is currently sold out.

Anybody know how hotels' priceline strategy works?

Every hotel has their own pricing strategy.

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