Priceline Hotel: 5* Amsterdam (City Center-Museum Quarter) Nh Barbizon Palace

[Chris.W]

Bidding for a 5* Amsterdam hotel (City Center-Museum Quarter, this is the only zone with 5-star hotels, so you get 3 rebid zones...)

Tried first from 5/8/09-5/11/09 up to USD100 but was declined.

Decided to split up my biddings, as friday seemed to be fully booked at some hotels.

Anyway, tried 5/9/09-5/11/09 and got it at first try with USD67.

Tried to add 5/8/09 night to that booking using extend your stay, which offered me the room for USD113.

Decided to decline and go bidding again for the single night from 5/8/09-5/9/09 for USD105 which was accepted.

So saved quite a bit by splitting up the bid and even got a little discount on that extra night :)

Nh Barbizon Palace

Check-In: Friday, May 8, 2009-03:00 PM

Check-Out: Saturday, May 9, 2009-12:00 PM

Room Cost (avg. per room, per night): $105.00 (USD)

Number of Rooms: 1

Number of Nights: 1

Room Subtotal: $105.00 (USD)

Taxes and Fees: $20.44 (USD)

Total Room Cost: $125.44 (USD)

Nh Barbizon Palace

Check-In: Saturday, May 9, 2009-03:00 PM

Check-Out: Monday, May 11, 2009-12:00 PM

Room Cost (avg. per room, per night): $67.00 (USD)

Number of Rooms: 1

Number of Nights: 2

Room Subtotal: $134.00 (USD)

Taxes and Fees: $24.25 (USD)

Total Room Cost: $158.25 (USD)

Used your PRICELINE link for all biddings, thanks again for all your posts!

I made two posts as this are two separate wins at different prices.

[Romelle]

Very nicely done on the bid-splitting. While you are a newbie here, you obviously aren't a newbie to PL bidding.

You probably already know this too, but if you tell the front desk when you first check in you that you actually have two bookings, they most likely will be willing to block the same room for you for both.

You got an amazing deal in Amsterdam.

Romelle

[Chris.W]

Thanks for the tip, I'll try that :)

Somehow I didn't manage to get the topics right, it seems to cut off after a certain number of characters...

Chris

[choppergirl999]

Congratulations, fellow newb!

I hope to fare as well as you! Can you mention what hotel your successful bid was on or how many *?

Thank you!

cg

[Chris.W]

Please note the topic is wrong, it is USD105 and not USD 10 :) It cut off half of the topic during editing, and I'm not able to change the topic!

I was getting the same hotel that I bid for the first time (5* NH Barbizon Palace); I was suspecting that I would get the same hotel, as they were offering a room using extend your stay for USD113, so I knew there was still inventory. As I already bid up to USD100 for the whole 3 nights, I knew that the right price of the room had to be between USD100 and USD113 and so I tried with USD 105, which was accepted.

[thereuare]

Congratualtions on your success!

There is a character limit on the topic title, if you use this format everything fits:

TOPIC: x* City (Zone) Hotel Name

SUB-Topic: $xx ... m/d/yy-m/d/yy

For anyone following along, here is the second leg of this stay: Priceline Nh Barbizon Palace

Glad to see this SPLITTING YOUR PRICELINE BID worked out quite well for you!

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

Enjoy your stay.