Priceline Hotel: 3* Los Angeles (Hollywood) Hollywood Heights Hotel

[Colfax]

I won the Residence Inn Beverly Hills for 2/13 and tried to get it for 2/14 via Add a Night, which didn't work.

I was rejected to $75 for 3* in Beverly Hills/West Hollywood (trying to get some other 3* besides ResInn) and 3* in Brentwood-Westwood.

Hotwire had the Hollywood Roosevelt for $116. I bid up to $95/4* in Hollywood without luck.

Switched to Hollywood 3* and got a $17 counteroffer at $65. $68 rejected and $70 accepted. I won the same hotel at the same price the last time I was in LA.

Hollywood Heights Hotel

2005 North Highland Avenue

Hollywood, CA 90068

Regular rate is $169 for 1 king or $179 for 2 doubles.

The Hollywood Heights website offers a couple of unusual package deals:

First Few Package: "includes a 375 ml bottle of vodka and a selection of favorite mixers". That's the whole package!

Late Nighter Package: "includes a baseball cap, 8 oz. can of Red Bull, 20 oz bottle of vitamin water, and 2 pack of Advil"

[thereuare]

Congratulations on your win!

Hopefully it was too much of an inconvenience leaving the Residence Inn and heading here.

Those packages sound a little 'wacky'... what is the clientele like at this property... is young set? (and what is the logo/emblem on the baseball hat... the hotel name i take it?)

Thanks for the post.

[Colfax]

I ended up needing a second room almost at the last minute. I won the first room at $70 after $68 rejected. For the second room I bid $69 and that was accepted.

I forgot to ask about the baseball caps. I didn't see anyone wearing one, or walking around with a flask of vodka.

what is the clientele like at this property... is young set?

The clientele is a hodgepodge; everything from pierced and tattooed carrying electic guitars to elderly British couples on a bus tour. Judging from accents most customers were from Europe or Asia. I heard German, British, Dutch, and Russian accents in the elevators. Probably the Hollywood Heights was part of their package tour. I'll guess that Americans were about 30% and that many of them were there via PRICELINE or HOTWIRE.

The Hollywood Heights is nowhere near as nice as the ResInn Beverly Hills where I stayed the night before for about the same price. But if you want the Hollywood location this is probably better than anything else you'll find for $69 or $70.

This time I got a room overlooking busy Highland Avenue, which I thought would be loud. There was traffic noise but not as bad as I anticipated and not a problem. My room had 2 beds. My friends' room had 2 beds. The small lobby and reception areas have a boutique feel. The upstairs hallways and rooms still feel Holiday Inn, which is what this hotel used to be. The restaurant and bar were closed for remodeling.