L1A7427 Posted October 12, 2004 Report Share Posted October 12, 2004 While looking on Hotwire I think I found the WDW Swan hotel for $219 a night for 1/11-14/05. The amenities are as follows:4* Resort, Restaurants, Pools, Fitness, Spa, Golf, Tennis, Business centerIs this correct to your understanding?And do you think the price will lower if I wait any longer to book? Thanks! Link to comment
thereuare Posted October 12, 2004 Report Share Posted October 12, 2004 Did you resolve anything for your NEW YORK stay?Please update your post there. Please use this HOTWIRE and these PRICELINE LINKS: HOTELS, CAR RENTALS, and AIRFARE to begin your travel purchases Link to comment
L1A7427 Posted October 12, 2004 Author Report Share Posted October 12, 2004 Sure I just added my reply. I received my winning bid on Saturday. Again thanks for your help! Link to comment
thereuare Posted October 12, 2004 Report Share Posted October 12, 2004 It seems to match the Swan.There is no telling if rates will go up or down between now and then. I know that this is a covetted resort in the area that many try to get, but unless this is some school break that i don't know about $219 sounds like a lot of money to me, especially when other <good> properties can often be had for 1/3 of the price. No one can say whether the price will go up or down between now and then (a more likely scenario is that this hotel just isn't shown anymore on your Hotwire search), but with a hotel direct rate of $249 i don't think that the savings are that substantial (yes, it's almost $100 on a 3 nite stay which is indeed money... but it represents roughly 10% of the total cost).That's my .02 Please use this HOTWIRE and these PRICELINE LINKS: HOTELS, CAR RENTALS, and AIRFARE to begin your travel purchases Link to comment
L1A7427 Posted October 12, 2004 Author Report Share Posted October 12, 2004 What hotel would you recommend? This price does seem kind of steep for the time of year I am planning to go (their lowest season). Link to comment
thereuare Posted October 12, 2004 Report Share Posted October 12, 2004 What are your thoughts about the resort class hotels that have come up in the PRICELINE HOTELS list?Unless i was trying for a specific property, that is probably the route i would be taking, with the understanding that the Wyndham is the most frequent property to appear. But admittedly, i haven't been to Disney or been in that frame of mind for many years (although i suspect that will change in 5 years or so :) ) Please use this HOTWIRE and these PRICELINE LINKS: HOTELS, CAR RENTALS, and AIRFARE to begin your travel purchases Link to comment
seningen Posted October 13, 2004 Report Share Posted October 13, 2004 Just got back from the Wyndham at $62/nt + $10 resort feeWas nice enough to me -- the extra $150/nt would buy your 3 disney ticketsand still have some change -- at some point you have to ask yourself justhow nice is that SWAN.BTW, we utilized none of the Wyndam facilities -- but the room sure was nice and large enough.Had a ceiling fan too - which was a nice touch.Has bus service to all the resorts and it is a short walk, or very short driveto Downtown Disney -- cheers,m Link to comment
L1A7427 Posted October 13, 2004 Author Report Share Posted October 13, 2004 How did you go about winning the Wyndham at such a good price. Any new tactics for me to take in bidding on priceline for a WDW resort? Link to comment
thereuare Posted October 13, 2004 Report Share Posted October 13, 2004 Bidding for a resort in Orlando is great as you have 8 RE-BID ZONES available. If you're not familiar with re-bidding please read the previous link and ask any questions that you may have and/or confirm which zones you believe are your re-bid zones with the board.This is how i would proceed:Select Resort and WDW area...Bid $60, if rejected add re-bid zone and....Bid $65, if rejected add re-bid zone and....Bid $70, if rejected add re-bid zone and....Bid $75, if rejected add re-bid zone and....Bid $80, if rejected add re-bid zone and....Bid $85, if rejected add re-bid zone and....Bid $90, if rejected add re-bid zone and....Bid $95.I have left out one re-bid opportunity out in case you aren't successful with the above and want to bid even higher (although i wouldn't recommend it at this point without first learning if there was a reason for higher rates).Feel free to ask any questions and if not, how it goes. Please use this HOTWIRE and these PRICELINE LINKS: HOTELS, CAR RENTALS, and AIRFARE to begin your travel purchases Link to comment
L1A7427 Posted October 18, 2004 Author Report Share Posted October 18, 2004 I am sorry if I am being repetitive in asking this question... I did look to see if I could find the answer elsewhere but was not successful. I looked up the PL resorts for orlando on their respective web sites to see what rates they had listed. I found that some of them were sold out for the dates I was interested in. I also noticed that some of these same hotels were listed in Hotwire for those nights. Do sites like hotwire and priceline buy out a bulk of dates before a hotel is completely out of rooms? I found this odd.Thanks for your insight to the above Link to comment
thereuare Posted October 18, 2004 Report Share Posted October 18, 2004 Priceline and Hotwire do not buy or hold any inventory.What are one or two of the hotels that you are refering to as being sold-out? Please use this HOTWIRE and these PRICELINE LINKS: HOTELS, CAR RENTALS, and AIRFARE to begin your travel purchases Link to comment
L1A7427 Posted October 18, 2004 Author Report Share Posted October 18, 2004 For instance when I look up the Swan/Dolphin on Starwood.com they are both listed unavailable for 1/11/05-1/14/05Although I believe the swan is listed on Hotwire on the above dates for 209 a night Link to comment
L1A7427 Posted October 18, 2004 Author Report Share Posted October 18, 2004 Also I am toying with the option of going to orlando on Jan 6-9 instead. I did notice on hotwire the four star hotel for those nights appears to be the dolphin. It goes for 164 a night.In your expert opinion do you think I am target with that assumption? Link to comment
thereuare Posted October 18, 2004 Report Share Posted October 18, 2004 Of course no guarantees, but the 4* with Resort, Restaurant, Pool, Fitness, Business, Golf, Tennis, Spa, Laundry does match what has been reported in the past for the Dolphin.If you're a new customer don't forget about the current $10/nite bonus money.I checked rates at the Swan for 1/11/05-1/14/05 and i did find availability. I had no problem pulling up rates, although they started at $249/nite. Please use this HOTWIRE and these PRICELINE LINKS: HOTELS, CAR RENTALS, and AIRFARE to begin your travel purchases Link to comment
L1A7427 Posted October 18, 2004 Author Report Share Posted October 18, 2004 Okay thanks for your input. Did you use starwood.com to pull up those rates. I kept getting unavailable there.thanks again Link to comment
thereuare Posted October 18, 2004 Report Share Posted October 18, 2004 I had started the search at SwanDolphin.com, which i belive is the 'official' site for the swan and dolphin. Please use this HOTWIRE and these PRICELINE LINKS: HOTELS, CAR RENTALS, and AIRFARE to begin your travel purchases Link to comment
L1A7427 Posted October 18, 2004 Author Report Share Posted October 18, 2004 So in your opinion if a hotel has availability it could be an option on PL or HW...If a hotel is unavailable on their offical company website then there is no chance of getting a room there on PL? I think that would be correct considering what you stated above.I would like to thank you for all of your help on this. Please send me a link to the site you prefer us to book on. I don't have the link.I will let you know what the outcome is as soon as I am finished!! Link to comment
thereuare Posted October 19, 2004 Report Share Posted October 19, 2004 If the hotel is sold-out the chances of a Priceline/Hotwire win decrease dramatically... although we have seen instances where hotels were received at hotels that appeared to be sold-out.My guess is that these are probably 'errors in the system' where a Priceline/Hotwire rate is loaded into the system but inadvertently not pulled as the hotel begins to increase occupancy. Please use this HOTWIRE and these PRICELINE LINKS: HOTELS, CAR RENTALS, and AIRFARE to begin your travel purchases Link to comment
L1A7427 Posted November 1, 2004 Author Report Share Posted November 1, 2004 I have one other crazy question. I was looking on hotwire for the dates of my stay and it appears to be coming up the Swan hotel. The only other hotel (that appears on your list) at the resort level which has availability is the Hilton in WDW. I know the Hilton also using Hotwire when selling off room stock. Why is this hotel not coming up on HW instead of Swan..when Swan is know to be a much more expensive room?I know HW only lists one hotel for each level..but do they always list the most expensive or least?I hope this is clear.Thanks~! Link to comment
thereuare Posted November 1, 2004 Report Share Posted November 1, 2004 Maybe the Hilton is more crowded than the Swan for those particulare dates and there hasn't given any inventory to Priceline or Hotwire. Please use this HOTWIRE and these PRICELINE LINKS: HOTELS, CAR RENTALS, and AIRFARE to begin your travel purchases Link to comment
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