Priceline Hotel: Help with DC hotel room

[royial]

Hi,

I want to bid for an hotel in Washington DC(White House - Downtown) at 9/29 for one night.

I wonder if 80$ is enough bid for 4 stars hotels.

What do you think?

Thanks,

Royi.

[royial]

I just tried to place a bid of 80$ without a success :)

"We're sorry, but we can't accept your offer of $80 for a hotel room in the Washington D.C. area"

I tried 4 stars hotel in White House - Downtown.

What can I do?

Thanks,

Royi.

[thereuare]

Welcome to BetterBidding!

What is your maximum bid for this stay? Are any other zone(s) acceptable to you? Are you familiar with re-bidding? (Priceline Re-Bidding Explained)

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[royial]

Hi,

Thanks for your reply!

My maximum bid for stay is 100$ per night (after taxes etc.) - so its probably 80$ as maximum bid.

Only this zone(White House - Downtown) is acceptable.

I just saw that someone else got for 80$ bid the 4 stars hotel in White House Downtown so I tried the same in my dates of stay.

Thanks,

Royi.

[thereuare]

Rates are date specific, if you checked hotel direct rates for the Renaissance Mayflower (the hotel won at the $80 bid) for the dates of that win you'll see that hotel goes for $149/nite those nites... for your dates they're more than double at $359/nite, making your ability to replicate that bid highly unlikely. (assuming other 4* hotels in the area are showing similar high demand and prices for this nite)

Assuming you're unsuccessful at $80, what is your gameplan?

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[royial]

Thanks for your reply.

I don't understand why in this specific date the rates are much higer then regular season. is there something special on that date?

my gameplan is to try to increase the bid to 85$ - hopfully I will find one. If not - I will wait 2-3 weeks and then will hope to get great rate at the last minute.

What do you think?

Thanks,

Royi.

[royial]

I tried to rebid now - the same details but the bid is 85$ without a success :)

[thereuare]

I don't understand why in this specific date the rates are much higer then regular season. is there something special on that date?

It's Washington DC... there's always something going on (whether it be politics, rally, convention, etc.) it's more of a question of whether the cumulative events are enough to effect hotel rates.

I can't tell you what is happening, but given the rates i'm fairly certain that something is going on.

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[royial]

Thanks for your help!

After I failed to get something via PRICELINE - I ordered via Expedia website.

Thanks.

[AaronJB]

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