Priceline Hotel: 4* Amsterdam (City Centre-Museum Quarter) NH Carlton Amsterdam

[angelko]

I had read the other recent post for Amsterdam so my first bid was for

1st bid

4* Amsterdam (City Centre-Museum Quarter) $63

it was rejected with a note saying if I bid just $17 more Price Line could find something for me.

2nd bid

4* Amsterdam (City Centre-Museum Quarter) $70

rejected - similar note saying $10 more.

3rd bid

I hit the back button and changed the price to $80 and re-submitted

4* Amsterdam (City Centre-Museum Quarter) $80

Accepted

Room Cost (avg. per room, per night): $80.00 (USD)

Number of Rooms: 1

Number of Nights: 4

Room Subtotal: $320.00 (USD)

Taxes and Fees: $48.62 (USD)

Total Room Cost: $368.62 (USD)

I am not sure why my first bid was rejected since other posters had recently been successful with this price but maybe because my stay is over a weekend. Regardless, $80 seems like a good deal and much less than what I would have paid prior to having found this site.

Thanks to all those who came before me. I will recommend this site and method for bidding on hotels to friends and family.

Happy travels all.

[yellowdog]

Thank you for sharing your win with the board.

Can you please post the dates for your stay so it can appear in boards Priceline and Hotwire Calendar of Wins

Have a nice stay.

Please use the site's HOTWIRE and PRICELINE links to start future purchases.

Yellowdog.

[angelko]

The dates are for 2 September, 2009 through 6 September, 2009

[thereuare]

Thanks for the follow-up (and for helping to spread the word about BetterBidding and what we're doing in our little corner of the internet :) )

Enjoy your stay.

[gingerbelle]

Hi,

I haven't seen any bids for October. Do you think it's too early to bid for October? I've checked the winning bids for the Summer months. Is it right to asume that the prices for the Autumn months would be lower?

Thanks

[Romelle]

Definitely not too early to start bidding. Just don't get in a hurry and run up too high too fast. Hotels might not have yet given rooms to PRICELINE inventory. One never can tell.

As to whether prices might be lower, one way is to just look at the hotels other members have reported (first posting in this section). Go to their actual web sites and check their rack rates for your dates and a comparable range later this summer. Or do the same thing via Expedia or HOTWIRE (links available from here).

And you will want to start a different thread for this different request to help other members find it and keep it separated from this one.

Romelle