Priceline Hotel: Priceline - re-bidding 'resort hotels' in Puerto Rico

[travelerlany]

I just bid $90 for Feb 5-8 (2 rooms) in San Juan.

Priceline did not accept the offer, and under their 'can you select additional areas

where you can stay?' comment, they list an umbrella-icon next to San Juan,

and 'Rio Grande - Fajardo - El Yunque'. Below this, they explain that the

umbrella icon means 'Resort hotels available in this area.'

Does this mean I am completely safe adding another area WITHOUT

the umbrella icon (say Dorado),

and again bidding for just 'resorts'?? This seems a little too easy,

though I understand that this can work on Priceline IF one is totally

confident of what hotels are available, or NOT available, in some

areas. But risking the city seems much worse than, say, ending

up in the wrong neighborhood in Chicago.

thanks for any info.

-jn

[thereuare]

Currently Rio Grande is the only zone (besides San Juan) that contains Resort rated properties, so you can currently add the other zones as re-bid zones when bidding for a Resort property in San Juan.

You can learn more about re-bidding and the correct way to determine your re-bid zones (which you should check before each round of bidding) in this thread: Priceline Re-Bidding Explained

Feel free to ask any questions you have regarding the above.

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

[travelerlany]

Thanks for the response. And just to be clear, 'resort' is higher than all the other

ratings? So if I am bidding 'resort', I cannot be given a 4-star deluxe instead?

thanks again,

-jn

[thereuare]

5* hotels are rated higher than Resorts, but in this instance, there are currently no 5* hotels offered in this region.

From this Priceline Star Rating Hierarchy thread:

5-Star hotels

Resorts

4-Star hotels

3.5-Star hotels Boutique

3-Star hotels

2.5-Star hotels

1-Star hotels

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

Good luck and let us know how it goes.