Priceline Hotel: 2.5* Minneapolis-St Paul (University-Metrodome) Ramada Plaza

[Colfax]

This is the former Four Points downgraded from 3* to 2.5*. During the brand transition the hotel was briefly known as the Gateway Hotel.

Ramada Plaza Minneapolis

1330 Industrial Blvd

Minneapolis, MN 55413

I won this hotel by mistake. I was trying to win the Towneplace Suites in the Downtown Minneapolis zone. Priceline underrates the Towneplace Suites as 2* unfortunately. $38 for 2* Downtown was rejected with a $45 counteroffer. There are no rebid zones for 2*. I was impatient and rather than waiting 24 hours to bid again I took a gamble and added University-Metrodome zone at $39, which I thought was too low to win that zone. Wrong! I got upgraded to a 2.5* in University-Metrodome.

It worked out okay. It's not far from Downtown. Eight story hotel, still with the Four Points furnishings. The desk clerk told me this hotel started out as a Hilton in the 1970's.

$39 was my first bid in the zone so maybe it was available for less. $95 at Ramada's website.

Bids placed through the BetterBidding PRICELINE link.

[yellowdog]

Thank you for sharing your win with the board and using our PRICELINE link to begin your bidding :)

Good to see that everything worked out well for you and that the stay was ok.

Also thanx for the information about the hotel.

Yellowdog.

[thereuare]

Thanks for the new hotel / update for the Priceline Hotel List.

Sorry to hear you were surprised by the win in this zone, but sounds like it worked out ok for your needs.

Thank you for sharing your win with the board and using our PRICELINE link to begin your bidding.

[Colfax]

If I'd taken the $45 counteroffer I probably would have got an upgrade to a 4* in Downtown Minneapolis anyhow; not the Towneplace I was after.

I shouldn't have said I made a mistake because I knew what I was doing and what the risk was. More like I gambled and lost.

The Ramada Plaza wasn't bad, especially for $39. It was just a surprise.