Thanks for the reply. I appreciate the feedback you guys give here and have told a number of people about it over the years, even though I haven't posted a whole bunch since I joined. I was hoping to stay under $150 a night, but would probably be willing to go to $175. I was figuring that I might keep trying to bid on the 3.5 and 4 stars tonight and tomorrow and if that doesn't work drop to a 3 star on Tuesday night, but I am not sure where to start the bidding and how to maximize the number of rebids. My wife's (and hence my) :) preferred locations are Backbay/Copley, then Boston Commons, and finally Quincy or Waterfront...we will have our 6 y.o. son with us so we are trying to limit the amount he is going to have to walk. Thanks again for your help!