Hotwire Hotel: rome hotel help

[shabnam]

trying to id 3 rome properties, pls help ASAP

1- 3.5* rome central, $99, business and fitness centre, pool, breakfast and airport shuttle

2- 4* rome central $139, breakfast and business center only

3- 4* rome north $145, boutique hotel with business center and breakfast

[thereuare]

Welcome to BetterBidding!

Please include the date(s) of your stay and we'll have a look.

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

[XT600]

this thread belongs to Hotwire!!

note that esp. at Hotwire the areas are very "wide" e.g. Sheraton is 4* and they sell it as "central" defacto it's in the south-west ouskirts of Rome.

Please let me tell you that you most likely won't get a real bargain at priceline/hotwire for Rome!

On weekends priceline sells the Melia Aurelia at priceline for low rates but it's similar or even more than hotelwebpage!

The only area which is recommended (as it's very small) is "Vaticano". Central can be everywhere and taxis are really expenisve in Italy (these Mafiosi charge for every trip within the "Grande Raccordo" ring road 20-25 EUR/trip, doesn't matter if 5km or 15km)

I'd recommend B&B in Trastevere, expect 50-90 EUR depending on season. Good 3* hotels close to Metro 80-100 EUR, 4* hotels with Metro connection 120-150 EUR. Double incl. italian breakfast (coffee and croissant only!!)

[WillTravel]

If you want to be sure of getting a hotel in a reasonable area with Priceline, 5* in Central is probably a safe choice. (That said, there might be some exception I don't know about.)

[shabnam]

thanks