Priceline Hotel: Bidding Advice 4* Hotel on Beach in Ft. Lauderdale area

[Ruffles]

I have been bidding for a 4* hotel close to the beach, if not on the beach or even downtown FLL, for March 6th - March 12, 2010. I have bid upto $75 dollars and rejected. Am I bidding too soon or should I expect to pay more? I have bid areas of Downtown, Beach and Hollywood Beach zones. My boyfriend and I are just looking for a nice hotel for a winter getaway.

Any help will be appreciated.

[AaronJB]

Please follow-up with what you decided to do for the stay discussed in this Priceline Niagara Falls thread (post in that thread, not here) and then reply to this thread and we will look into the above. Thanks. :)

Please use the site's HOTWIRE or PRICELINE links to start your purchase.

[riche]

I have been bidding for a 4* hotel close to the beach, if not on the beach or even downtown FLL, for March 6th - March 12, 2010.

Ruffles, I was looking at these today:

1) $75 seems to be the absolute minimum for the 4* beach hotels

2) Only a few zones in FLL area have 4* hotles. At least 6 zones do NOT have 4*.

By CAREFULLY (no mistakes) adding one zone at a time and keeping your bid at 4*, you can repeat your bid each day numerous times.

[Ruffles]

Thank you, I'll let you know when I get a hotel and what I pay for it. Of course I'll go through your link.

[AaronJB]

Thank you for using the site's PRICELINE link, and good luck with bidding. :)

[thereuare]

While you have plenty of time and you can continue to lowball if you choose to do so, i think you'll ultimatley need to go higher than $75 for a 4* or better for these dates. If you check the Priceline and Hotwire Calendar of Wins for rates last year (2009) for these dates you'll see most 3* properties were going for ~$80, so a 4* would likely cost a bit more than that.

What is the best rate you're able to find thru traditional booking channels at an acceptable hotel for these nites?

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

[Ruffles]

While you have plenty of time and you can continue to lowball if you choose to do so, i think you'll ultimatley need to go higher than $75 for a 4* or better for these dates. If you check the Priceline and Hotwire Calendar of Wins for rates last year (2009) for these dates you'll see most 3* properties were going for ~$80, so a 4* would likely cost a bit more than that.

What is the best rate you're able to find thru traditional booking channels at an acceptable hotel for these nites?

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

Last time I looked it was about $275 per night, so I can still bid higher than my $75, I am figuring I may get a 4* hotel for these dates at probably $125 or so, which I will be happy with. Thanks for your help, will let you know what I end up with when I get my bid accepted.

Thanks, again, your all so helpful.