Priceline Hotel: 3* Las Vegas (North Strip) Stratosphere

[hurley]

I'm a new registered user. After some initial reading of your Priceline and Hotwire threads, it looks like Hotwire is my only option if I am booking for 4, is that correct?

I have only used Priceline and planned on trying them again, but someone mentioned that Las Vegas hotels in particular are pretty strict about not giving you a room for 4.

Does anyone have any additional advice for a room for four?

Thanks!!!

[AaronJB]

Welcome to the site. PRICELINE only guarantees 1 bed across the board. In some markets and at some hotels, people have found it reasonably easy to request two beds. New York City is one area where people have had a lot of trouble getting two beds from a PRICELINE reservation and Vegas has seemed surprisingly strict (not that hotels don't have the right, given that PRICELINE specifically states only one bed is guaranteed, but given the thousands of rooms in Vegas and current economic issues, I'd think they'd be a little more flexible.)

Long story short, if you do need two beds, I'd recommend HOTWIRE only.

Do you need help finding a hotel for specific dates?

Please use the site's HOTWIRE link to start your purchase and let us know if you have any questions.

[hurley]

I searched some dates on Hotwire's site using 4 persons total ( 3 adults, 1 child). The initial search returned some good prices, but I noted that the additional person charges of $20+ per night, per extra person were not included. This REALLY adds to the total cost of a room.

If you are booking for more than 2 people, be sure to not only check the room rate, but look at your total cost.

Aaron, I may just book directly with an inexpensive hotel to ensure two queen beds, etc. ( BUDGET TRIP :-) ) Is there a way to do this and help this site?

If I end up using Hotwire, I will definitely use the links on this site.

I'm glad to have found this site and plan to use it everytime I use Priceline or Hotwire.

Thanks!

[thereuare]

Welcome to BetterBidding!

but I noted that the additional person charges of $20+ per night, per extra person were not included

Can you give an example of a hotel where you saw this (dates, zone, and star rating so we can replicate on our own HOTWIRE search)

I may just book directly with an inexpensive hotel to ensure two queen beds, etc. ( BUDGET TRIP :-) ) Is there a way to do this and help this site?

Check any of the links in our support page

Let us know what you ultimately do for this stay or if we can be of further help.

[hurley]

Can you give an example of a hotel where you saw this (dates, zone, and star rating so we can replicate on our own HOTWIRE search)

I don't remember exactly which hotels, but I do remember that it was the ones in the Fremont Street Zone.

Check any of the links in our support page

I used your links to book the following at PRICELINE:

Let us know what you ultimately do for this stay or if we can be of further help.

I will post the results in the Priceline forum later today.

[hurley]

2 Rooms

Initial Bid: South Strip

Star Level: 3 1/2 stars or above

Bid $25

Rejected

Immediately rebid: South Strip, North Strip

Star Level: Changed to 3 stars or above

Bid: $25

Accepted

Room Cost (avg. per room, per night): $25.00 (USD)

Number of Rooms: 2

Number of Nights: 5

Room Subtotal: $250.00 (USD)

Taxes and Fees: $35.20 (USD)

Total Room Cost: $285.20 (USD)

We needed two rooms for our stay. We really wanted to spend as little as possible on the rooms but we still wanted to stay on the strip and have access to the trolleys etc.

We're happy that we were able to get TWO rooms for about $55 TOTAL per night.

[thereuare]

Cognratulations on your win!

Glad to see that you're happy with the results and that this will work well for your plans.

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

Enjoy your stay.