Hotwire Hotel: 3* Monterey - Carmel (Monterey) Hyatt Regency

[Steph58]

Well, I never thought I would be posting to the Hotwire board because I'm a diehard PL fan. My experience is PL is almost always the way to go. Not this time with the $30 Entertainment refund. I've been trying for 3-4 weeks to get this hotel via PL. Bid up to $67 on PL when Hotwire showed a rate of $166 (lowest Hyatt.com rate is $179). Booked a cancelable backup at a Best Western for approx $70 total.

Yesterday Hotwire lowered their rate to $88 so I thought for sure I'd get it on PL, but no go up to $57. So off I went to Hotwire who came through ($102.95 total) and I've sent in my $30 rebate form. Many thanks to the posters on the board regarding this topic--I printed out the PDL form so I don't have to cut up my book and hopefully can get another $30 in the future.

Icons were as posted: Restaurant, pool, fitness center, golf, tennis, business ctr - Customer Favorite. The comments are different now, but when I read them they mentioned it was right on the golf course, beautiful grounds, but far from other things--that's the Hyatt. I've stayed here quite a few times for $47 on PL. I think the term customer favorite is a stretch--compared to what? But it's a good deal for the location on a Fall Saturday night.

[thereuare]

Glad to see you kept an open mind... doing so saved you some money in this scenario. :)

I continue to say that each service has its pros and cons. I don't favor one over the other, but one is usually better than the other given the particular situation. It all boils down to doing a bit of homework/research and knowing your alternate options... just as you have done in this situations. Nice work!

Thanks for the results of your purchase with the board.

Glad it worked out well for you.

Enjoy your stay.