Priceline Hotel: 5* Bangkok (Siam Square) Amari Watergate

[TF720]

Bid date 1/19/09.

5* $61 - Riverside-Silom, no joy.

Added Siam Square, $61. hit Amari Watergate.

Reviews seem good but I'm a bit disappointed:

- This one of those cases where the hotel didn't, and still doesn't, show on the Priceline 'full price' listing.

- It's not at all near the Sky Train.

- The price is only a bit less than the rates shown on other sites such as Hotels.com ($75.)

It should be ok but I probably spent too much.

My normal Priceline strategy is to look at the 'full price' rates and start bidding at about 40% of the lowest. There were two 5* for about $150 (Westin and Marriott.)

I also consider history on boards such as this but for Bangkok there isn't much out there.

In the future I may adjust my strategy to consider other quotes, such as Hotels.com and work off 40% of those.

Bottom line: I probably still got a good deal but probably could have done better.

[thereuare]

Thank you for sharing your winning bid with the board.

I also consider history on boards...

This property has been reported to the board previously, so checking the Priceline Hotel List would have indicated that this was an option as well.

It would be appreciated if you used the requested PRICELINE and HOTWIRE links on the board to begin your future travel purchases (so you can continue to monitor the bid history of the areas you're bidding).

[luv2travl]

While Amari Watergate is a nice hotel, NO WAY is it a 5Star.

And the location is horrible (if you need to go anywhere, you will be stuck in traffic for a long time coming or going unless you want to take a moto-taxi).

I also learned my lesson - PRICELINE may be good in USA, but have had horrible results with it in Europe and Asia.

Will not use PRICELINE anymore outside USA.