Priceline Hotel: 3.5* Asheville (Downtown-Biltmore Estate) Renaissance

[Costello]

Bidding for a 3.5* hotel in Asheville (Downtown-Biltmore) one night April 18.

After studying bid successes in the forum for 3.5* in that area, (Crown Plaza and Renaissance, $50 and $65):

I decided to seek the lowest bid that would be accepted:

Bid $38 Downtown = rejected

Re-bid $40 Downtown + Biltmore Mall (no 3.5*) = rejected

Re-bid $43 Downtown + Biltmore Mall + West (no 3.5*) = rejected

Re-bid $45 Downtown + Biltmore Mall + West + East (no 3.5*) = rejected

Re-bid $47 Downtown + Biltmore Mall + West + East + Airport (no 3.5*) = rejected

With bidding opportunities exausted for today (without dropping to 3*),

I Will resume tomorrow and post results.

Kudos to BetterBidding.com - this site rocks!

As always, bid with this site's PRICELINE link:

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[AaronJB]

Thank you for the compliments - glad you are finding Betterbidding helpful. :)

Best of luck when you start bidding again tomorrow, and thank you for using the site's PRICELINE link.

[Costello]

Quick update - Day two, so far no luck

Bid $48 Downtown = rejected

Re-bid $50 Downtown + Biltmore Mall (no 3.5*) = rejected

Re-bid $52 Downtown + Biltmore Mall + West (no 3.5*) = rejected

Re-bid $54 Downtown + Biltmore Mall + West + East (no 3.5*) = rejected

Re-bid $56 Downtown + Biltmore Mall + West + East + Airport (no 3.5*) = rejected

I am trying again tomorrow, probably with a max bid at $65.

If that's not successful, I will try starting over with 3* area hotels.

[AaronJB]

Sorry to hear that bidding wasn't successful.

Thank you for keeping us updated and using the site's PRICELINE link.

[Costello]

Success !!

The third day continuing with the bid strategy (outlined above). Started bidding at $58.

On the interim bid at $60, Priceline encouraged a $17 increment. I ignored that and continued with my bidding strategy until my max bid was accepted:

$65 for Renaissance Asheville. We couldn't be happier.

Direct book for this hotel is $159, our final price (after taxes, fees) is $80.63

I am a BetterBidding.com devotee.

This was using the PRICELINE link.

[thereuare]

Congratulations on your success!

Well done! Glad to see you're happy with the results and this property works well for your plans.

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

Enjoy your stay.