Hotwire Hotel: Planning May 2005 Trip

[azcb34]

We have never bid before and wanted to try it out for this trip (May 8-12 which is Su-Th) in order to try and get into Venetian (or Bellagio if we use Hotwire). Since we have never bid before, any help/tips would be greatly appreciated. We have no idea what is even a reasonable bid per night

Is now too early to try it or should we wait until closer to our trip dates?

What is a reasonable bid amount for a Su-Th in May? I am mentally thinking anything below $125/night would be very good but much above that and it is too much since we can get MGM for about $600 total for that timeframe.

Can we bid for more than one room at a time since we need 2? Are we more or less likely to get the amount of our bid based on number of rooms?

TIA

[thereuare]

Welcome to BetterBidding!

You can bid on up to 4 rooms at the same time.

Since the Venetian (or any other 5* rated hotel) is much better than the MGM, i would think that you should be willing to go up to at least the amount of your MGM reservation (and perhaps a little more due to the higher rating) (unless you mean that the MGM is $600 for the 4 nites for both rooms... but a quick look at the MGM's website i don't think that is the case)

I don't believe that $125 will currently be enough for this stay, but you can certainly try if you'd like (and rates may come down as you get closer to check-in).

Since you're new to Priceline, i would first read PRICELINE RE-BIDDING EXPLAINED and make sure you understand re-bidding. Feel free to ask any questions you have regarding the prior link; if you have no questions let us know and we'll suggest a bidding strategy based upon your maximum bid, but as i mentioned above i'd consider raising your maximum bid to at least the amount of your MGM reservation.... a better hotel for the same price is always a good swap. :)