Priceline Hotel: Bargain hunters outside the US

[sleepinonthestreet]

Can people outside the US use priceline to bid on hotels etc.

The site is only allowing me to select between United states and Canada as my billing address, I'm from Ireland.

Love the site BTW

Cheers

Joe

[Rookfan]

Hi Joe,

I'm also not an US resident as you might see - but it works fine for me, even bidding on hotels

in Europe, in my case in my hometown. Funny.

On the adress screen I used '99999' as zip code together with the state CA. Don't know if the

city is important then, but I used San Francisco.

Anyway, PRICELINE is only interested in your credit card number and nothing else :)

[sleepinonthestreet]

I've put in a Boston zip code of a hotel I'd like there and Mass as my state. I'm up to $139 for a 3* in Quincy Market or Copley Square but still no luck.

Locked out for 24 hrs, damn!

Thanks for your help

[sleepinonthestreet]

I'm looking to stay in Boston from 17th october to the 24th, thats 7 nights, Saturday to Saturday.

Most other bidding results posted on here seem to be for 1 - 3 nights, maybe this is hampering my luck.

I'm trying to get in the #5 Copley Square - Theatre district or #9 Quincy Market - Faneuil Hall areas. Now up to $156 and adding the other districts #6 and #8 without 3* hotels.

Joe

[Romelle]

One way to check the possibility of a bid is to see how Hotwire is pricing your dates. Then start a little lower, 10 to 15% maybe.

Romelle

I looked a little at your dates using Expedia. While there is not a clean pattern, that first night often seems higher than the others. Then the last few nights are sometimes lower. If you are coming in from overseas, would staying at a Boston Airport hotel for the first night work? The airport hotels in Boston tend to be a lot lower, and you might be able to get the other 6 nights with a slightly lower bid by splitting things up.

Did you take a look at the Priceline and Hotwire Calendar of Wins (just above, center of screen). Maybe some other bidders have reported results for your dates.

[sleepinonthestreet]

Went with lastminute in the end suppose it doesnt help that there is eight conventions in town over the period I'm staying.

Thanks for all you help guys, I will be back next time to try again.

[thereuare]

Thanks for 'closing' this thread with your decision for this stay.

Glad you found something that works for your plans.