Priceline Hotel: 4* DC (Dupont Circle-Woodley Park) Hotel Palomar

[wallbounce]

I used this PRICELINE link for my bid.

This was a long process with re-bidding and waiting 24 hours. My actual travel dates in DC are Tue 4/6/10 to Fri 4/9/10. I've been looking into Dupont Circle, and the HOTWIRE rate has been $159 for these dates. I don't want to spend much more than $100/night, and each of my bids was rejected. :) (I kept track of each rejected bid and re-bid so let me know if you want me to list them.)

Seeing a Hotwire - Washington, DC post by a member that got 4* Hotel Palomar for $113, I looked into splitting up my travel dates since PRICELINE sometimes offers extensions.

4/6/10-4/8/10

• Bid $80 on Dupont Circle 4* was rejected.
  
• Re-bid $90 by adding Mount Vernon was rejected.
  
• Re-bid $100 by adding DC Suburbs was ACCEPTED - HOTEL PALOMAR :)
  

Room Cost (avg. per room, per night): $100.00

Number of Rooms: 1

Number of Nights: 2

Room Subtotal: $200.00

Taxes and Fees: $36.98

Total Room Cost: $236.98

PRICELINE offered to extend my stay so I tried to extend check-out date to Fri 4/9/10 for the same rate. The $100 rate wasn't available, and the best extension offer was $212 or about $250 after taxes and fees. I chose not to extend at $212 and tried to bid on 3.5* (detailed in my next priceline winning bid post).

Thanks, betterbidding.com!

[yellowdog]

Congratulations on your success!

Thank you for sharing your win with the board and using our PRICELINE link to begin your bidding :)

Enjoy your stay.

Yellowdog.