Hotwire Hotel: 3* Edinburgh (City Centre) Express by Holiday Inn Waterfront

[charlestonemt]

OK here goes....

A Hotwire search for Edinburgh 7/11 - 7/14 gives an option for 3* in City Centre area with complimentary breakfast and internet access for $99/night. I'm almost positive this is the Express by Holiday Inn Royal Mile.

However, there must be rate changes. I've searched by splitting the dates as follows:

7/11 - 7/13 $94/night

7/13 - 7/14 $79

Total $267 +tax/fees (rather than $297 by booking the dates together)

This is the only hotel at 3* with these amenities listed for all of the searches.

Are there any pitfalls or things I should be aware of by creating separate bookings rather than doing it the more expensive way and booking all dates together?

I'm hoping to get this done within a day or so, so feedback would be appreciated!

(I'm going to use the HOTWIRE link from this site to begin my purchase)

[thereuare]

The risk is that it's possibly some other hotel and you have to change properties during your stay.

When searching 3adults 7/11-7/13 there is a different 3* offered with Breakfast, Internet, Business... as HOTWIRE has been using multiple amenity combinations for some hotels depending upon some aspect of the search criteria, there is a chance that this property shows without the Business icon when the search is only for 2adults... this may not be the probably scenario, but you should at least be aware that there is another 3* hotel in this zone which has these two amenities, and is a possibility.

Thanks for using our PRICELINE and HOTWIRE links to begin your purchase.

Good luck and let us know how it goes or if we can be of further help.

[charlestonemt]

Just completed the booking. I split the dates, and it was in fact two seperate hotels. 7/11 - 7/13 in Express by Holiday Inn Waterfront (which you may want to add to the list). 7/13 - 7/14 in Express by Holiday Inn Royal Mile. Both were in the 3* City Centre category.

[thereuare]

Sorry to hear you'll need to change properties during the course of your stay... at least you hopefully feel you received a good deal on each.

Thank you for sharing your results with the board and helping us add this property to the Hotwire Hotel List

So that each purchase can appear in the Priceline and Hotwire Calendar of Wins, we'll use this thread to represent your 7/11-7/13 Express by Holiday Inn Waterfront purchase... can you please start a NEW TOPIC for your subsequent purchase of the Royal Mile for 7/13-7/14.

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

Enjoy your stay(s).