Priceline Hotel: Resort Oahu (Waikiki Beach) Marriott Waikiki Beach

[oldmoon]

It will be my first time to bid on priceline. Can you suggest a bidding strategy for Hyatt Regency Waikiki Beach Resrt and Spa from Apr 6 to 13? Thanks for all the help.

[yellowdog]

You can't bid on a specific hotel when using PRICELINE. You need to be willing to stay at any Resort in the zone you're bidding at.

If you're trying to target a specific property then HOTWIRE can often be a better option if you're successfully able to identify it based upon the star rating and amenities shown before your purchase... the trade-off is that HOTWIRE usually costs a little more than PRICELINE, so you need to decide what is most important to you for a given stay, the lowest possible price OR the ability to take an educated guess as to the property you may receive.

Yellowdog.

Please use the PRICELINE and HOTWIRE links on the board to begin your travel purchases.

PS- please also follow-up your previous old Montreal Hotwire thread with whatever you ended up doing for that stay (even if you chose to book direct, cancelled your stay, etc)

[oldmoon]

Thanks for the quick reply. I will try to bid on any 4* beach hotel in Priceline. What should be a reasonable starting bid? Please advice.

[thereuare]

So that we don't suggest a strategy which goes higher than you're willing to pay, what is your maximum bid for this this stay?

Please use the PRICELINE and HOTWIRE links on the board to begin your travel purchases.

[oldmoon]

I am thinking about $100 (with tax)

[thereuare]

At the 4* level you have FIVE re-bid zones. If you're not familiar with re-bidding please read Priceline Re-Bidding Explained and feel free to ask questions and/or confirm your re-bid zones with the board before proceeding.

Select 4* Waikiki Beach...

Bid $70, if rejected add re-bid zone...

Bid $75, if rejected add re-bid zone...

Bid $80, if rejected add re-bid zone...

Bid $85, if rejected add re-bid zone...

Bid $87, if rejected add re-bid zone...

Bid $90

Any questions feel free to ask. $100 all-in is about an $87 bid, but i went one step further to $90 as we have seen a few wins at this price point; but you're free to stop at whatever amount you're comfortable with.

Please use the PRICELINE and HOTWIRE links on the board to begin your travel purchases.

Good luck and let us know how it goes.

[oldmoon]

Thank you. I will try it later today.

[oldmoon]

One more question, if I want to aim for hyatt regency, should I pick 4* or resort

[thereuare]

The Hyatt was last reported to the board as a Resort class property so you would want to bid "Resort".

Please use the PRICELINE and HOTWIRE links on the board to begin your travel purchases.

[oldmoon]

Finally put in my bids in priceline, starting from $75 (resort waikiki beach) $80, $85, $87. Finally got Marriott Waikiki Beach and Spa at $90. The cost for the whole trip (7 nights plus tax) is $730.66. Hopefully it will be a good hotel.

Thanks for all the help.

[yellowdog]

oldmoon

Thank you for sharing your result with the board!

Enjoy your stay.

Please use the site's HOTWIRE and PRICELINE links to start future purchases.

Yellowdog.

[Rhine-and-Roses]

I stayed at this hotel for a week summer of 2008. I didn't get this price! This hotel is very nice. If you like the busy Waikiki area, you'll enjoy this hotel. Very, very clean, all staff helpful. Everything you need either in the hotel or a few steps away. The Catholic church to the right of the hotel (facing the beach) accepts extra toiletries for the homeless if you do not use them all. (They left way more than I could use.)