Priceline Hotel: 3.5* Portland (Downtown) Marriott City Center

[rikatine]

Started out with $52 downtown and kept adding zones at $55 $58 to $$60. Decided to stop, afraid of hotel too far from downtown, but was enticed back by PRICELINE email. Did not know before registering here that I should have come back to the PRICELINE link here. Anyway, I decided to add a couple more zones with only 3* listed went to $63 then $65. All failed. What next? Start over after 24 hours?

[thereuare]

Welcome to BetterBidding!

Please confirm the date(s) of your stay as they're posted in the topic title as 4/17-4/2... we'll then have a closer look at rates for this trip.

Thanks for using our PRICELINE and HOTWIRE links for all of your future bidding.

[rikatine]

4/17-4/20

[thereuare]

Started out with $52 downtown and kept adding zones at $55 $58 to $$60. Decided to stop, afraid of hotel too far from downtown...

You have plenty of re-bid zones available when bidding 4* in this area (and 3.5* and 3* too) so that, if you add the 'right' zones, you can continue to bid higher and not have to worry about landing a hotel outside of the Downtown zone. Are you familiar with re-bidding? If not, see this thread, Priceline Re-Bidding Explained, and feel free to ask questions before proceeding.

What is your maximum bid for a 4* hotel for this stay? How about at the 3.5* and 3* levels?

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

[yellowdog]

rikatine

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.

[rikatine]

This part of my post was move to my Priceline PDX airport topic. Here it is.

Bid $52 3.5* for Downtown, rejected but offered to buy for $15 more without any changes. I declined and resumed bidding by adding a free zone and offering $55. Accepted Portland Marriott City Center total charges $195.63. I used the link from this board and thank those who were so helpful in my failed 4* bid and also my PDX airport postings.

Location was the most important factor for me and the price is really what I had in mind to pay so I am happy with my results.