Priceline Hotel: 5* London (Mayfair - Soho) Le Meridien Piccadilly

[fracmeister]

London hotels are horrific, particularly when you really want a good location and need three rooms. I have seen this a lot -- I bid one room and no problemo... three rooms is harder, much harder...

But I do my usual thing and identify all of the areas that only have 3* and below. Bid for the area I want and start going up 10$ a pop adding the areas that have no hotels at the 4* level.

I top out at 130$ a night and give up. I check out all the alternative hotel sites and find 145 to be the lowest 4* that has the types fo rooms I want and they all want extra for rollaways, etc.

So after 72 hours I repeat the process but only aim at 5* and am willing to go up to 145. That's when I got the Meridien Piccadilly just off Piccadilly Circus. Great hotel but 5 days times 3 rooms + taxes wound up being my biggest priceline charge ever.

[thereuare]

Welcome to BetterBidding!

Thank you for posting the bidding history and letting others know of the idiosyncracies of the London market.

Was this for just one nite 12/25 or for a few consecutive nites?

Hope your stay was enjoyable and worth the added expense.

[fracmeister]

No, it was for the 25th-31st. I thought about busting it up but with 8 of us traveling and the need for 3 rooms it wasn;t so good.

I did find out the hotel was solidly booked 2 of the nights which could have lead to the price level we paid ---