Priceline Hotel: 4* Orlando (Universal - Sea World) Renaissance

[pomcoach]

Well, finally successful! I already have a room for 7 nts. for Christmastime for $69 at this same hotel from 12/17 to 12/24/'04. But as I've said before, the teen girls like to stay up all night doing facials and gabbing :) :) . So we parents really wanted to sleep some on this vacation, so wanted a separate room :D :o .

We are arriving with the teens really late at night on Dec. 17th, so my husband didn't want to spend the money on that first night, since we hope the girls will be tired and fall asleep after the long flight from Iowa!

Here's my bidding history:

Tried 4* for Univ./SW 12/18-12/24 up to $89 =rejected

Started a completely new bid with new dates.

Tried 4* for 12/19-12/24 crawling from $90-$95, adding free rebids.

At the $95 bid, it was very weird, it said it kept checking for 25 minutes.

I thought for sure I'd gotten it. Then it came back saying something wrong with my Credit card. Weird! Nothing wrong on all the other bids! So they made me fill out C.C. stuff again. I put in 4* Univ./SW again at $95=Accepted

The lowest reg. rate found on the Renaissance website for my dates is AAA $143 for every night.

So now we will have a 5 day break from the girls, so we can get some sleep before tromping all day in the parks!

It all worked out, just had to pay a bit much for it!

Oh, I did go back and try to add the Saturday night (12/18 , but they said No Availability.

I tried bidding $95 for it too, but was rejected. I suspect either they do not want me for just one night, or it is a Saturday check-in problem.

We are very happy with the 5 nights apart from the Teens! :)

Hope this post helps others.

[thereuare]

Glad you now are set with your plans and it all worked out well.

Thank you for sharing your win with the rest of the board. Was the last rejected bid before acceptance at $94? Thanks.

Enjoy your stay (and the quiet). :)

[Motherfletcher]

The Peabody is the official Big Ten hotel and yours is for SEC or the LSU Team. Watch those teen girls carefully! Go Hawks!