Priceline Hotel: Resort San Juan Marriott Resort and Stellaris Casino

[Eric22]

Just had a successful bid for the Marriott San Juan Resort And Stellaris Casino in San Juan from 3/7/09 - 3/14/09 (7 nights).

Used the PRICELINE link here.

I bid $110 in resorts - rejected

I bid $129 in resorts- rejected

bid $149 in resorts and rejected but allowed to bid again right then if I increased bid by $25

So I bid $174 (+$25) and it was accepted.

I'm fairly happy with the price (going rate was $275) although in retrospect I probably would have not bid $174 immediately and instead waited a day and bid $155, then $160, etc. $174 was a little hard to stomach when others had been getting the intercontinental for $130 in Jan and Feb. Anyway, I had been scoping out Hotwire for a couple weeks and found little. A couple weeks ago the Condado was at $189 on Hotwire and then last week jumped to $209 so I figured it was time to act. With the economy in shambles I had hoped for a better deal but that week is prime spring break time... I also read that Puerto Rico was more popular with spring breaker's this year because the international destinations (e.g. Cancun) all now require passports.

I do have a question regarding resort fees and was hoping someone could assist or point me somewhere with more info. It's not clear anywhere on my receipt from priceline that this hotel charges a resort fee and if they do, whether or not that was included in the price of the hotel. I REALLY don't want to be surprised on check-in with a $200 mandatory fee. Any advice regarding resort fees would be helpful.

Thanks.

[thereuare]

Congratulations on your success!

You can often undercut PRICELINE's counter-offers by using re-bid zones, as is explained in this thread: Priceline Suggests Price to Pay.

Thank you for sharing your win with the board and using our PRICELINE link to begin your bidding.

Enjoy your stay.