sarahbeier Posted February 2, 2009 Report Share Posted February 2, 2009 Taking my mom to Vegas for the first time this March 15th-18th. Here is what I found using the HOTWIRE link from Better Bidding:4* Hotel in Central Strip for $74 with:CasinoFitness CenterPool(s)Restaurant(s)Business CenterHigh-speed Internet AccessSpa ServicesTrip Advisor 3.5/5 based on 1680+4.5* Hotel in Central Strip for $99 with:CasinoFitness CenterPool(s)Restaurant(s)Business CenterHigh-speed Internet AccessGolf NearbyTennis NearbySpa Services5* Hotel in Central Strip for $109 with:CasinoFitness CenterPool(s)Restaurant(s)Business CenterGolf NearbyTennis NearbySpa ServicesWhat do you think?Any help would be appreciated! This board is such a neat idea! Link to comment
sarahbeier Posted February 2, 2009 Author Report Share Posted February 2, 2009 Went with this one after reading through other posts here4.5* Hotel in Central Strip for $99 with:CasinoFitness CenterPool(s)Restaurant(s)Business CenterHigh-speed Internet AccessGolf NearbyTennis NearbySpa ServicesGot Caesar's Palace- which is great- Mom thinks we're planning to stay at Bill's (her choice originally based on price). Will try to keep the secret until we drive up to the hotel! Link to comment
thereuare Posted February 3, 2009 Report Share Posted February 3, 2009 Congratulations on your success!Glad to hear you received the hotel you were hoping for and that the information on the board was helpful with your purcahse.Thanks for sharing your results with the board and using our HOTWIRE link to begin your purchase.Enjoy your stay. Please use this HOTWIRE and these PRICELINE LINKS: HOTELS, CAR RENTALS, and AIRFARE to begin your travel purchases Link to comment
sarahbeier Posted February 15, 2009 Author Report Share Posted February 15, 2009 Won Caesar's Palace for $99 a night for 3/15 through 3/18 using betterbidding help about two weeks ago. Got a letter from Hotwire soon after informing of downgrade from 4.5 stars to 4 stars. I recieved $75 credit Hotdollars for inconvenience.Reading TripAdvisor reviews of Caesar's Palace and I am concerned about getting stuck with a horrible room (read Roman Tower) because I have paid less. Has anyone else had experience with this or other hotels treating hotwire guests poorly because they know you have paid less? I have never stayed at Caesar's before. Was going to tip $20 at check in and inquire about Agustus or Forum Tower but would be happy in decent room elsewhere.I read online an interview with Hotwire CEO regarding this possibility and they deny that it would happen but I have read such bad reviews from people who booked THROUGH THE HOTEL... I plan on keeping hotwire 800# handy and if given less than a 4* room see if they can help me. Any advice/stories to share? Link to comment
thereuare Posted February 15, 2009 Report Share Posted February 15, 2009 Since your purchase Caesar's had been downgraded by HOTWIRE, so if you haven't heard from them yet, you very likely will soon... offering an oportuntity to accept some hot Dollars (like cash to be used on the HOTWIRE website) or you can liklely press the issue for a refund and re-book.With the above noted, most people report being treated the same, but others report being 'mistreated'... i suspect some of it real and some of it imagined. 'Inferior' rooms were built with the hotel, long before PRICELINE and HOTWIRE even existed, so how did guests in this rooms explain it previously? It's just very easy to blame anything that goes wrong at the hotel or with the service level on account of your "cheap rate". We've seen soem guests claim that being too close to the elevator is "the priceline room" while another states that their room was the further from the elevator and therefore a "priceline room"... fact is that in both instances the guests probably didn't make their prefernce known and the front desk clerk simply gave them "a room" with no malice intended. As an example, for any negative reviews you're reading from guests who booked directly with the hotel, if they had booked on PRICELINE or HOTWIRE, don't you think they would 'blame' their cheap price?With the above noted, there are some hotels who do discriminate and there is a pattern of poor room assignments at which point my comments are always to ask for a room switch and if you're not satisified, nicely and calmly express what it is that you don't like, what it is that you would like, and work your way up the corporate ladder.The bottomline is that if there are rooms of varying quality in a hotel, research ahead of time and know what you want, and ask for it nicely at check-in, making your preferences known. If you're inclined to tip $20 i'm fairly certainly you'll get what you're looking for, within reason... asking for the 3000 square foot high roller suite isn't going to happen regardless of how nice you ask and how much you tip, but the nicest room with the 'standard' category, or perhaps even a bump up, woudln't be uncommom.Enjoy your stay. Please use this HOTWIRE and these PRICELINE LINKS: HOTELS, CAR RENTALS, and AIRFARE to begin your travel purchases Link to comment
MurtleCake Posted February 16, 2009 Report Share Posted February 16, 2009 What is the star rating now? I never thought of Cesars as particularly nice... Link to comment
dahammer Posted February 16, 2009 Report Share Posted February 16, 2009 Got a letter from Hotwire soon after informing of downgrade from 4.5 stars to 4 stars. Link to comment
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