Priceline Hotel: 4* DC (Convention Center-Capitol Hill) Grand Hyatt

[Kozak]

Bidding help for 9/18 - 9/20 Washington, D.C.

I am not sure whether to bid for the White House - Downtown or the Convention Center - Capital Hill areas (or both?).

I am looking for a 4 star hotel close to all the attractions.

My budget is in the range of $60-80/per night. Is that reasonable?

Any help is appreciated! Thank you.

[thereuare]

There is no one location near "all the site"... you should figure out which things you'd like to do/see, locate them on a map, then look at the PRICELINE zones to see what will be convenient for your plans. You wont' find one location that is near everything, so you want to look for neearby metro stops and see if there is a common line that you'd be riding more than others.

The most common areas are White House-Downtown, Convention Center-Capital Hill, and Dupont-Woodley Park. Also, if you look at these three zones on the PRICELINE map, you'll see they're adjacent to one another, so at times there's just a street separately one zone from the other.

Let us know once you decide which zones are acceptable and we'll suggest a strategy for you to follow.

Please use these PRICELINE and HOTWIRE links to begin your travel purchases.

[Kozak]

Looks like both White House - Downtown and Convention Center - Capitol Hill are acceptable, but I will try to bid just White House - Downtown first to see if I can get a low price there. If not, I will try Capitol Hill.

I think I will move up my budget to $60-100 since it is a weekend and most of the hotels show retail well over $100.

[Kozak]

Any idea which hotel this might be:

9/18 - 9/20

$86 per night

Amenities:

Fitness Center

Restaurant

Business Center

High Speed Internet

Thanks.

[thereuare]

Please keep all posts for this stay in the same thread...

The HOTWIRE amenities for that property are common for a 4* hotel, but the Capital Hilton has been seen with this amenity combination so that would be my best guess. Use this HOTWIRE link if you decide to go forward with this offering.

If you decide you prefer to try PRICELINE...

At the 4* level you have FIVE re-bid zones. If you're not familiar with re-bidding please read Priceline Re-Bidding Explained and feel free to ask questions and/or confirm your re-bid zones with the board before proceeding.

(NOTE: 're-bid zone1' is not the same as priceline's Zone1, 're-bid zone2' is not the same as priceline's Zone2, etc, etc)

Select 4* White House-Downtown

Bid $50, if rejected add re-bid zone1...

Bid $55, if rejected add re-bid zone2...

Bid $60, if rejected add re-bid zone3...

Bid $65, if rejected add re-bid zone4...

Bid $70, if rejected close browser and use our link to re-access PRICELINE

Select 4* White House-Downtown and re-bid zone5...

Bid $75, if rejected add re-bid zone1...

Bid $80, if rejected add re-bid zone2...

Bid $85 (I'd stop here based upon the HOTWIRE rate above)

Any questions feel free to ask.

Please use these PRICELINE and HOTWIRE links to begin your travel purchases.

Good luck and let us know how it goes.

[Kozak]

Tried Downtown up to $70 and didn't get accepted.

Switched over to Convention Center at $50 per night - rejected; $55 per night - accepted at the Grand Hyatt.

[thereuare]

Congratulations on your success!

Very nice deal for this property... and even lower than the range you originally set out for! :)

Glad to see your success and hopefully you're happy with the results.

Please use these PRICELINE and HOTWIRE links to begin your travel purchases.

Enjoy your stay.