Priceline Hotel: 2.5* Las Vegas (West of Strip) Hampton Inn Tropicana

I'm looking for a 3 night stay in Vegas, off the strip. The Hampton Inn Tropicana seems like a decent place with free breakfast and free wi-fi to boot. I hadn't seen any recent bids posted and wanted to know what the best bidding strategy is? AAA rate is approx. $135 per night. Any help would be most appreciated. Thanks!

We got that hotel one time. We thought it was pretty good for the price. We had a car, so it didn't matter, but it is pretty close to the strip and had a free shuttle there.

We tried to get it again on another date and ended up winning the same zone and star level, but ending up a the Fairfield a mile or two south along the freeway. We had a car, so it didn't matter much. The Fairfield was brand new at the time, so that was fine with us, too.

I have tried to bid 2 star west of the strip several times since then and never got the Hampton Inn again. Always ended up somewhere else.

The last time we tried we ended up at the Homestead on Maryland, east of the strip. One good thing to mention about that place is that a lot of the rooms are bigger than standard Homestead rooms we have been in in other places. They had king size beds. I think they give out the smaller rooms first, then try to sell the bigger ones for more. So if you come in later than average, the smaller ones are gone and you get the nice, bigger room with a couch and King size bed...

If you are going to try to get west of strip with 2* definitely don't add the zone that Homestead is in. I think there is an east of strip zone that might be ok. The homestead may have been in the unlv zone...

And you might end up at the fairfield. Fairfield used to have high speed internet. I think some had limited breakfasts, too. Not sure if it has a shuttle. If that is important to you, maybe you should look at the Fairfield site and confirm.

FYI, for those of you who were curious, my wife and I successfully bid on this hotel back in February '08. I believe we got it for around $85 per night. We really liked the hotel. It was clean and provided everything we asked for. It didn't come with a fridge, but the friendly staff at the front desk were kind enough to have one delivered to us. Free continental breakfast was nothing too special, but had all the basics that one would expect (cereal, toast, yogurt, pasteries etc.). We had a car during our stay, but it is within walking distance of strip (closer to New York, New York side) Would definitely recommend.

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