Priceline Hotel: 4* London (Regents Park-Baker Street) Holiday Inn Camden Lock

[MatkailijaLpr]

London Calling, part 1.

I have a ten day trip to London coming up in late October and although there is still plenty of time before the trip I've been watching the rates on HOTWIRE for a couple of weeks already. My plan was to split my stay to 2-3 parts in order to stay in areas that are not so familiar to me although I've visited London quite often.

First point of interest was Camden Town so when a hotel that according to Betterbidding's Hotwire hotel list was most likely the Holiday Inn Camden Lock at $79 came up, I thought I'd try if I could get that any cheaper through PRICELINE.

I started the bidding for 4* Regents Park-Baker Street at $60, got a counter for $80 which I refused. As there are no free re-bidding areas for London at 4* to lower the risk of getting a hotel / area that I didn't want I left out Kensington - Earls Court - Knightsbridge (according to Betterbidding most cheap wins seem to be from this area) and a couple of others based on location (Docklands, Hammersmith, Westminster).

Using permutations of the five remaining areas in $1-2 increments (closing the browser once) I finally won at $72:

Your Offer Price Per Room, Per Night: US$72.00

Subtotal: US$288.00

Taxes & Service Fees: US$54.77

Total Charges: US$342.77

Elementary for getting the hotel I wanted was to be able to search for earlier London wins in order to include areas in re-bidding that typically were significantly more expensive in 4* than what I was going to bid. And yes, I know that there is a risk involved but that's part of the fun. :)

The rack rate was 104 GBP so once again thanks for Betterbidding, used your PRICELINE link as usual.

[thereuare]

Congratulations on your success!

Nice to see you received the hotel you were hoping for and this gives you the opportunity to stay in an area you're interested in exploring further and a hotel that you haven't yet tried.

Glad to see you're happy with the results and the information on the board was helpful with your purchase.

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

Enjoy your stay.