Priceline Hotel: 5* Vegas (Strip North) Trump

[Thomas17]

I used Priceline (your link) to book 3 nights at the Trump. Bid was accepted at $94 for 1/21-1/23, and I extended my stay another night for $112. We stayed at the Trump in March and look forward to our return trip.

Bidding process used:

Started with bid of $75 for 1/21-1/24 (not accepted)

Added zone and raised bid to $80 (not accepted).

Added another zone and raised bid to $85 (not accepted)

Added another zone and raised bid to $90 (not accepted)

Added another zone and raised bid to $95 (not accepted)

Changed date to 1/21-1/23 and bid $94 (accepted).

Priceline offered extended stay on confirmation page (normal practice), however they did not accept $94 bid and countered at $112. Since we do not want to move hotels a decision was made to accept the counter, although we could have likely saved a few more dollars by bidding only for the 3rd nt. (Sat 1/23).

Since Saturday night is typically more expensive (as confirmed by the counter offer), I was careful not to overbid for Thurs/Friday and made the decision to change dates and separate my trip into Th/Fr and Sat. Since Priceline allows you to extend your stay I knew I would have the choice to add Sat. night at a reasonable rate.

Another advantage of going after a 5* in Vegas is there are 12 zones in Vegas and only 2 (North and South Strip) offer 5* so you can rebid multiple times without waiting 24 hours. The example above was conducted in less than 1 hour.

Good luck to other bidders and thanks for the helpful hints on this website. I hope others find this posting beneficial.

[AaronJB]

Congratulations on your success! :)

Excellent job bidding! Thanks for sharing your bidding strategy.

Thank you for sharing your win with the board and using the site's PRICELINE link.

Enjoy your stay.