Priceline Hotel: 4* Grand Cayman Marriott Beach Resort

[purefct]

Well, I'm a bit bummed! I received an e-mail from Expedia about a hotel sale and needed one night 13-Sep-09 in Grand Cayman. I'm staying in a timeshare for 7 nights but my airfare was a lot less if I stayed 8 nights.

Expedia "Last 5 days of the best hotel sale ever"

- 4 Star 4.7 rated Grand Cayman Beach Suites 1 Bedroom Ocean View Suite $138 plus taxes (unit with balcony $50 more)

- 4 Star 4.5 rated Grand Cayman Marriott Beach Resort 1BR Dlx (I can't tell what the view is, there are separate courtyard and ocean front rooms, so what is a Dlx room?) $160 plus taxes (Courtyard is $20 more and ocean front is $100 more, a f=refundable rate is another $30 more). I find it odd that the 1BR Dlx sounds better than a Courtyard room, yet it costs less. On the Marriott site there is a Jr Suite Ocean Front which is less then the Guest Room ocean Front but the Jr Suite sounds better!

HOTWIRE

- 3 star $101 plus tax/fees so I didn't do it.

PRICELINE

- 4 star is what I bid on

- Bid $80, it was rejectd but Priceline said if I increased my bid $22 I could bid immediately. So I did $102. Normally I wait a day but lately I forget and then a week passes ...

- I got the Grand Cayman Marriott Beach Resort

- I'm bummed because even though this is $58 less than Expedia, I wanted the Grand Cayman Beach Suites since it sounds like a resort with rooms I'd rather stay at. Oh well, saved $36.

- Offer Price Per Room, Per Night: US$102.00

- Taxes and Services Fees: US$25.79

- Total Charges: US$127.79

[yellowdog]

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