Priceline Hotel: 3.5* DC (Dupont Circle-Woodley Park) Hilton Washington

[bevocbs]

I will be coming to DC for a convention in late June. I will be paying for 1 night so I want to find something pretty cheap. I prefer to use the Metro (rail) for getting around. I am pretty sure that anything in CC-CH, Crystal City, Dupont Circle, Georgetown, and White House are pretty safe. What about the other areas, are they served by the Metro? I would consider any hotel that is less than 1 mile to a station completely reasonable.

[thereuare]

As we don't know every possible hotel that you could receive, so there is no definitive answer to your question.

However, what you can do is do is go to MAPS and HOTELS.com which plots all the hotels avaialble thru PRICELINE's "retail" division where the names of the hotel are shown before purchase (NOTE: this is a different universe of hotles than what is avaialble thru the "bidding" section of PRICELINE, but there is a LOT of overlap). Do a search within 10 or 25 miles of Washington DC and from there you will see the locations of hotels in the area, and if you zoom in/out you can see how close/far each is from a metro stop :)

What is the actual date of your stay, what star level are you seeking, and for this stay, what is your definition of "pretty cheap". :)

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[bevocbs]

The actual date is June 24th. As to price, I see several others have gotten the Marriott Metro for $60 (including the two days after mine). That would be great. Even better, I have seen some 3.5* in Crystal City for $49 or $50.

I have tried up to those amounts and didn't get a bite, but will be trying again. I would love to stay in that neighborhood, but will go higher if I have to (although I would prefer to move further out - if i can stay on the Metro - rather than increasing price).

I'll take a look at the map as you suggested.

[thereuare]

Once you decide upon the zone(s) you'd like to bid, and at what star level and maximum budget, let us know and we'll advise accordingly.

I'll caution against having your hopes up for the Marriott Metro Center as rates at that property are $359/nite for your nite, so a $60 would would seem like a low probability.

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[bevocbs]

You're right, there must be something going on at the Marriott that week. Most of the days that people have gotten $60 or close show up at $119 regularly. The exception is the person that got the day after my stay, when the rooms are even higher than $359/nite. She must have gotten real lucky.

Looking at a map, I would stay CC-CH, Crystal City, Dupont Circle, Georgetown, and White House, and probably Alexandria or Arlington if I can get a 3.5*. I would probably drop down to a 3* in CC-CH, White House, Georgetown and Dupont Circle. My first choice for location would be Georgetown, 2nd choice Dupont Circle, and from there, it doesn't matter much. I would probably prefer a 3* in Georgetown or Dupont Circle over a 3.5 in Alexandria or Arlington if that matters.

And bottom line, I pretty much have to go, so I will pay what I have to, but would like to pay as little as possible.

Thanks.

[thereuare]

Looking at a map, I would stay CC-CH, Crystal City, Dupont Circle, Georgetown, and White House, and probably Alexandria or Arlington if I can get a 3.5*. I would probably drop down to a 3* in CC-CH, White House, Georgetown and Dupont Circle. My first choice for location would be Georgetown, 2nd choice Dupont Circle, and from there, it doesn't matter much. I would probably prefer a 3* in Georgetown or Dupont Circle over a 3.5 in Alexandria or Arlington if that matters.

Let's take it one step at a time.

What star level and zone(s) do you want to try for first. For this star level and these zones, what is your maximum bid?

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[bevocbs]

After numerous bids last week and over the weekend of up to $80 for most of the areas above, today I finally got the 3.5* Hilton Washington for $75.

Today's bidding:

$60 - Georgetown; rejected

$60 - added Arlington (I had never bid Arlington, but decided all 3.5*+ hotels were convenient to metro);

$65 - added Dupont circle; rejected

$70 - added CC-CH; rejected

$75 - added Whitehouse; Got Hilton Washington in Dupont Circle area.

[thereuare]

Congratulations on your win!

Glad to see you were successful even lower than your previously rejected bid amount and hopefully are happy with the results.

Thanks for sharing the details of your bidding history and win with the board.

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Enjoy your stay.