Priceline Hotel: 4* Palm Springs Hyatt Regency Suites

[xgeunc]

Looking to stay in Palm Springs for 2 nights, 12/27 and 12/28

Seems most 4* and resorts are pretty pricy. Interested in the Indian Wells Resort, which is 3* on priceline and 3.5* on hotwire. Hotwire is showing $90 and Expedia shows $78

What should I bid on Priceline? Any suggestion for the other hotels, I don't mind to stay in one of the higher level resort if it is just a little extra.

[TravelGuy]

Probably will take about $80 for a resort in the Rancho Mirage/Indian Wells/Palm Desert zone. You could probably pick up a 3* there or Palm Springs for $45-50, but judging from reviews it appears that generally there is an unusually sharp difference in quality between the two star levels.

[thereuare]

Let us know your maximum for each star level and we'll detail a bidding strategy.

[xgeunc]

My bid of $50 and $55 was rejected for 3* hotels. Can not bid till Monday morning.

I guess I am willing to pay $80/85 for the resort if possible. $70 for the 4* and $60 for the 3*.

Don't really care too much about the two areas. Any good strategy?

[thereuare]

Give this thread a bump on Sunday nite.

[xgeunc]

bump

[thereuare]

I would start with Resort and work my way down:

Select Resort and Rancho Mirage...

Bid $80, if rejected add Palm Springs and...

Bid $85.

If rejected close browser and re-access Priceline however you did previously.

Select 4* Palm Springs...

Bid $65, if rejected add Rancho Mirage and...

Bid $70.

If rejected close browser and re-access Priceline however you did previously.

Select 3* and Rancho Mirage...

Bid $55, if rejected add Palm Springs and...

Bid $60.

Not that if all the above fail the 2.5* COURTYARD by MARRIOTT is available directly thru their website for $99 and therefore may be availble for your dates for less than your above bid amounts (if you get desperate and fail with the above).

Any questions feel free to ask.

Good Luck and let us know how it goes.

[xgeunc]

Thanks for the reply. After reading another member's review for Indian Wells, I deicded to skip the 3* and get either a 4* or Resort.

My bid of $80 and $85 were rejected for resort.

My first bid of $65 of 4* was accepted. I got Hyatt Suites at $65 for two nights 12/27 and 12/28

Thanks for your help, and I did remember to use savingsbarn :)

[thereuare]

Congratulations on your win!

A super deal... two nites for well under what it would cost you for one nite thru conventional methods!

Thank you very much for the support of placing your bid thru the links at SavingsBarn.com :)

Enjoy your stay.

[xgeunc]

Thank, just thought you might want to update the title to be 4*

[thereuare]

I keep saying this board is a group effort! :)

Thanks for the correction.

[joshualennon]

You got lucky, I've been bidding for dec 27-30 in palm springs. Taking your bid, I tried first 65 then 75 4* in the Palm springs, and then also Rancho mirage. I got nothing, I'm stuck till thursday night. Any tips, or ideas? Looking for a nice place for reasonable in Palm Springs.

[thereuare]

Joshua,

Why not consider SPLITTING YOUR BID... bidding 12/27-12/29 and then if successful trying a bit higher for the last nite (or booking conventionally or thru some other means). Given this win just a day ago i would think that you have a decent chance at success bidding for this sub-set of your dates.

You can bid this immediately since it is for a different set of dates than your previously rejected bids (the 72 hour rule does not apply since it's not for the same exact dates as your prior bids).

If you choose to do this please start a new thread for your bidding success/failure.

[joshualennon]

We split the bid, and ended up getting the Renaissance Esmeralda Resort in Indian Wells for $95 a night. I bid for the first 2 days, and then bid the same price for the last day and got it. Thanks for the tip.

[thereuare]

Josh,

Congratulation on your success.

Please post your win as a new topic, along with zones and bidding history... this will enable us to reflect this win in the topic title for others to see and keep the format of posts consistent.

Thanks!