Priceline Hotel: Last Second Trip - Las Vegas - Strip - 11/4-11/8

[naft2717]

Looking for a 4 or 5 star hotel on the Strip for 11/4-11/8. Any ideas what I can expect to find?

[AaronJB]

Welcome to the site. :)

What is your budget per night? Have you searched HOTWIRE yet? If so, were there any listings of interest?

Please use the site's HOTWIRE or PRICELINE links.

[naft2717]

Budget is under $100/night, and less of course is better.

Hotwire shows 4* Near Strip South Hotel $99. 4* South Strip Hotel $193. 5* Central Strip Hotel $197.

With these Hotwire prices, should Priceline Name Your Own Price result in less??

[AaronJB]

PRICELINE rates are almost always less than HOTWIRE.

Links to the lists of Nevada PRICELINE and HOTWIRE Hotels reported to the board can be found on this page.

[naft2717]

So if I plug in 4 or 5 stars on the North or South Strip, how much would you recommend I bid, or do you think would be accepted, for these dates?

[Romelle]

Have you looked up rates on the hotel web sites themselves? I learned the hard way that a carefully planned bidding sequence, inching up $1 at a time, got me the MGM Grand. The problem was that my winning bid was higher than what I could have done on MGM's web site!! Only about $5, but when you add in the Priceline fees also, it was irritating. I've always checked the web sites first since then. If nothing else, they serve as a cap to your bidding if you've done your homework.

Also, do you know there are a couple of areas for Las Vegas that can be used as free rebids since they don't have any 4*'s? You don't have much time, so that will help you get in a couple more bids in this cycle.

As AaronJB noted, Priceline tends to be less than Hotwire. The Hotwire rates can help you figure out a starting point for PL bidding - maybe 10%, or at the outside 15% less. With your schedule, probably better not to mess around with trying for the 15% less. You've basically got two rounds of bidding, one now and one 24 hours from now.

The Hotwire rates for 4* on-strip hotels for your dates were $190-something. For something under $100, you probably will have to look at 3*s on, or consider the near-strip and/or downtown ones.

Romelle

[AaronJB]

The $95 4* in the Near Strip South area on HOTWIRE would be a nice deal - I'm guessing it might be the South Point.

[naft2717]

We ended up staying off the strip at a Microtel (seemed to be brand new and was a very nice facility.

We did use PRICELINE, however, for 2 days at the back end of this trip in San Diego. We got the Sheraton Suites San Diego At Symphony Hall for $65/night. When we showed up the first night, we were told the hotel was sold out and we were put up at the Courtyard by Marriott a few blocks away for the first night (back to the Sheraton the second night).

[thereuare]

Thanks for closing this thread.

We did use PRICELINE, however, for 2 days at the back end of this trip in San Diego. We got the Sheraton Suites San Diego At Symphony Hall for $65/night

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