Priceline Hotel: 4* Virginia Beach (Virginia Beach-Pembroke) Westin Town Center

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Bidding spanned over like 5 days.. started with a crazy lowball price of $50.

My days were flexible, and after 2 days, I discovered that shifting my vacation from 8/12 - 8/16 to 8/15 - 8/19 guaranteed me the Westin (my preferred hotel), as the Founders Inn, the other 4* hotel in Virginia Beach, had no rooms available for those new dates. (I learned this by searching for 4 star hotels on PRICELINE with my new dates, Founders Inn wasn't in search results. I confirmed by using the reservations process on the Founders Inn site itself, it said rooms were not available for those dates) Armed with this knowledge, I had like 8 rebids to try to land the Westin.

I started with $80, incrementing by $5 each attempt, and was finally accepted at $110. A little higher than I thought I would get it, since the last 4* bid was won at $90 for the Founders Inn, but I guess I'm the first to win a bid in August.

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Welcome to BetterBidding!

Congratulations on your success and thank you for sharing your results with the board.

Nicely done and well researched. Do note that although it's more the exception than the rule, we have seen hotels received thru PRICELINE and HOTWIRE when the hotel website was showing sold-out, so the information you found certainly gave you an edge, but far from guaranteed (as well as the unknown of any other 4* hotels in the area)

Ultimately glad to see you received what you were hoping for and you're happy with the outcome.

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

Enjoy your stay.