Priceline Hotel: Help w Atlantic City NJ May 1-3

[DWEnviro]

I'm looking for a 3 or 3 1/2 Star hotel this weekend (5/1-5/3) in Atlantic City or Absecon. (might even go as far as Ocean City...but would prefer not).

I've already placed the following bids:

3* Atlantic City for $90 - offer came up for $171 per night

rebid 3* with Absecon for $100 (rejected)

closed and started over w PRICELINE Link

3.5 * Atlantic City and Absecon at $100 (offer for $192 per night)

rebid 3* for both areas again at $110 (rejected).

Am I too low?? Looking at HOTWIRE and the PRICELINE prices, I noticed Friday night (5/1) is a lot cheaper than Saturday - could that be why the prices seem so high for "offers"? Reg rates were showing around $179 for Friday and $229 for Saturday. Guess the recession has not hit AC yet :-)

Any help would be appreciated. Thanks!

[thereuare]

Given the price difference between the two nites, is SPLITTING YOUR PRICELINE BID an option?

[DWEnviro]

Given the price difference between the two nites, is SPLITTING YOUR PRICELINE BID an option?

I thought of that...figuring that sometimes Priceline lets you add a night after you accept, but I'm already staying at the Marriott Seaview for work on Sunday night...so really didn't want to switch hotels (possibly) 3 times...at this point in the process, I'm thinking our "nice weekend getaway" will just be too expensive, so I may reduce my stay to 1 nite (5/2) if we stay at all - if I do, I'll post my information. My maximum bid was going to be $110-125/night (depending on the number of nights).

It's amazing the price difference Sunday thru Thursday...the same hotels that are $200-300 per night on the weekend are $49-$79 per night (thru their websites)...guess AC is really just a resort town and for those of us that work a normal M-F job are out of luck.

[thereuare]

The Saturday nite is much more expensive than the Friday nite.

Not sure where you're coming from, but if you're looking for a getaway and don't necessarily need the beach, maybe Philadelphia will serve as a place to relax and find something to do in the city?

Please use these PRICELINE and HOTWIRE links to begin your travel purchases.