Hotwire Hotel: 3* Boston (Quincy Market-Financial District) Bulfinch Hotel

[Icky Flix]

Bonjour,

My name is Fabien, I'm french and I live in Paris.

My girlfriend and I are planning a 3 weeks trip in September.

I have been doing some price simulations for about a month. I am interested in using Priceline or Hotwire for hotel booking but I am a total newbie.

Your advices are very welcome.

I have been reading this forum for several days and I hope I am dealing with this the right way.

So here are the details of our trip (dates are confirmed, plane tickets are booked) :

09/09/2009 : Boston (5 nights)

09/14/2009 : Chicago (3 nights)

09/17/2009 : Indianapolis (1 night)

09/18/2009 : Washington DC (3 nights)

09/21/2009 : Philadelphia (3 nights)

09/24/2009 : NYC (6 nights)

We have an average budget per night of 110 to 120 $

We are looking for hotels (clean and quiet) closed to public transportation.

Do you think our budget is realistic ?

Can you give us some advices using Priceline or Hotwire ?

Thanks in advance for your help (and pardon my french :) )

Fabien

[thereuare]

Welcome to BetterBidding!

Please use a separate thread for each city... we'll use this one for Boston and you can start NEW TOPICS for each of the others.

Regarding your budget it depends what star class of hotel you're seeking as well as if $110-$120 is a bid/room rate before taxes and fees or "all-in" (meaning including taxes and fees)

For boston, what type of star rating are you seeking?

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

[Icky Flix]

Thank you for your response.

I will create a seperate thread for each city in the correct area.

Regarding BOSTON : $120 is a "all-in" bid (is it realistic ?) and a 3 stars rating hotel

[powerplantop]

Regarding BOSTON : $120 is a "all-in" bid (is it realistic ?) and a 3 stars rating hotel

It depends upon the dates when you will be in Boston (and what area you want).

I just did a quick weekend search for a weekend in Boston on HOTWIRE and found rates less $120. Mid week and weekend rates can be very different.

[thereuare]

Searching HOTWIRE for your dates there is a 3.5* in the Boston Common-Theatre District zone for $95/nite which is a match for the Radisson so that would be our best guess adn the reviews are very good.

Would this work for your needs or do you want to try bidding on PRICELINE for any hotel in the zone at the star level you select or better?

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

[Icky Flix]

Would this work for your needs or do you want to try bidding on PRICELINE for any hotel in the zone at the star level you select or better?

Yes, that's fine, I think I will book this one. I will let you know.

[Icky Flix]

I have been too slow :) , the offer is no more there ...

What do you suggest ? Should I wait for a while or should I try something else ?

I have been looking at this one also : 3-star hotel in Quincy Market - Financial District for $79. Any idea about the hotel ?

[thereuare]

What are the amenities associated with the 3* HOTWIRE hotel?

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

[Icky Flix]

What are the amenities associated with the 3* HOTWIRE hotel?

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

It says :

Smoke Free Rooms

Fitness Center

Restaurant(s)

High-speed Internet Access

It could match with the 3* Holiday Inn at Beacon Hill ?

[thereuare]

These amenities do match the Holiday Inn Beacon Hill, but the Tripadvisor information does not match, so i'm guessing it is more likely a different hotel with the same set of amenities as the Holiday Inn.

With these limited amenities (avaialble at most 3* hotels in this area) i don't really have much insight, it might be the Bullfinch Hotel, but that's really just a wild guess and don't have too much confidence in it. The one 'saving grace' of this offering is that it does have a 4.0/5.0 Tripadvisor rating which is good and means that guets are typically very satisified with their stay, but it's up to you if you'd like to go with this offering or wait and hope something different, which can be identified, comes along.

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

Let us know what you decide and how it goes or if we can be of further help.

[Icky Flix]

You were right, it is the The Bulfinch Hotel. So i payed $74 per night for this one. I am really happy with it, thanks a lot for your help.

[Icky Flix]

Just won this one :

3* Boston - Bulfinch hotel in Quincy Market - Financial District

Price per night : $73

Dates : 09/09/09-09/14/09

Smoke Free Rooms

Fitness Center

Restaurant(s)

High-speed Internet Access

[thereuare]

Congratulations on your success!

Glad to see you received the hotel guessed... sometime i get lucky too :)

Reviews of this property seem very good and based upon what you were looking for, should work out quite well for this price. With the hotels you've won so far it look like you're starting to come in a little under your $120/nite average budget.

Thank you for sharing your results with the board and using our HOTWIRE link to begin your purchase.

Enjoy your stay.