Priceline Hotel: What Next?

[smonesmith]

I just tried my first ever bid on priceline. I am looking for a 4* hotel on the North Strip. I thought I would try a low ball offer at $80 and of course it got rejected. So I rebid at $85 and added the South Strip and that got rejected as well. I noticed others got the Trump for the same dates (Oct 22-26) for around $100. Which is around what I want to pay. What is my next move?

[thereuare]

Welcome to BetterBidding!

Are you familiar with re-bidding which will allow you to bid again on these two zones without having to wait the otherwise required 24 hour lock-out period?

See Priceline Re-Bidding Explained for more info and feel free to ask any questions you have and/or confirm your re-bid zones wtih the board before bidding.

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

[smonesmith]

how is the best way to find out which ratings are often in which zone? I don't want to pick another zone and make a mistake. Ideally I would like to be North Strip with 4 or 5*

[thereuare]

From Priceline Re-Bidding Explained:

The way to check what star levels are available in each zone is to open a PRICELINE page, check ONLY the zone you are inquiring about, and then proceed to the next page (as if you were going to select a zone)... this will give you the available star ratings in that area. You can then hit BACK on your browser, uncheck the current box, check the next box, and repeat the process. It is important to do this before EACH attempt at adding a zone that you really don't want, as new hotels can be added and the star ratings can change at any time. (NOTE: for most users Priceline has updated their interface making the above process easier... simply check a zone and note the highest star rating available within each zone, UNcheck that zone and checkmark the next zone, repeating the process)

Feel free to ask questions regarding any of the above and/or confirm you're re-bid zones with the board.

If you're confused just post back and we'll break it down further.

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

[MurtleCake]

Yea open a new browser and check which areas don't have 4 stars and you can add them as well.

I bid on a trip somewhere else a few weeks ago, it took me MANY tries, and changing dates around to get a price I wanted. PRICELINE may not always be the cheapest, especially in Vegas, due to the economy, some of the e-mails from the various hotels I've been getting this week are FAR less than I've seen anywhere. IE. Luxor and Monte Carlo for $43 a night, I doubt you could even bid that cheap!