I am planning a weekend in B-more at the end of April -- what are your recommendations for high-quality hotels? Are there any special deals out there? I've searched the board, and the Harbor Court and Rennaissance seem to come up often -- are they really worth it? Is there any way to get them for less than $260/NIGHT?

Ok, I did your homework for you. Go to biddingfortravel.com and look under hotels. Click on Baltimore and you will find people on Getting this hotel for 65 a night on priceline.com. Here are two winner posts:
Hotel Name: Renaissance Harborplace Hotel
202 East Pratt Street
Baltimore, Maryland 21202
410-547-1200
Zone: Baltimore Inner Harbor
Check-In Time: After 03:00 PM
Check-Out Time: 12:00 PM
Your Offer Price: $65.00
Number of Rooms: 1
Number of Nights: 2
Subtotal: $130.00
Taxes: $16.50
Processing Fee: $5.95
Total Lodging Charges: $152.45

$65+$5 bonus was my first bid!!! Of course I wonder..could I go lower? I should have started lower because I had so many free rebids. Oh Well... I'm still happy.

Best rate on Travelweb and Renaissance site was $199 for these nights. I think I got a great deal!


Got this on my first bid of $66 + $5 bonus. Bid Inner Harbor area 4* only. Was surprised to get this hotel on my first bid, but thrilled.

Marriott's website quote is $249 and Expedia $229

Cindy

Do not bid too high, you may get the Hyatt, which is a great hotel also. Here is a post from a winner of the Hyatt:After several unsuccessful bids in the $60's and low $70's (including dropping to 3 star level), I finally struck gold. Priceline confirm included msg stating that I was being upgraded from 3* to 4*.

Expedia and Hyatt website were quoting $270 - $300 for the same date.


Your welcome.
Jesse

But when you bid, how can you guarantee the hotel you want!

Hi Jesse:

Thanks for telling me about biddingfortravel.com. I did try Priceline, but I ran into the problem that BMX mentioned -- there's no way to specify which hotel you want.

Can anyone else help?

1. I did not bid. If you go to bidding for travel.com you will see what other people bid and won. There are only 2 4 star hotels available and I told you which ones. I just copied and pasted the winning bids for you.
2. You are will get either the Renaissance Harborplace Hotel or the Hyatt. These are the only two 4 star hotels that come up in the area known as Baltimore Inner Harbor. Make sure you click on A. Baltimore B. Innes HArbor area C. 4 star and bid 65 bucks a night.

One more time a copy and paste from bidding for travel website:

BALTIMORE

Baltimore Inner Harbor

4 Star
Renaissance Harborplace
Baltimore Hyatt Regency

3 Star
Baltimore Inner Harbor Wyndham
Baltimore Inner Harbor Radisson

2 Star
Holiday Inn
As long as you bid 4 star and inner harbor you will get one on these two. Expedia has them for 229 and up for the end of April.

Actually, the Harbor Court is a much better hotel (IMO) than either of the two priceline hotels, it is possible that Harbor Court doesn't deal with priceline. Last time I stayed there, I went with booking directly on the Harbor Court's web site, you can check there for specials. www.harborcourt.com. You can also call them directly to see if you can get a better rate. Also Pier 5 is a luxury hotel on the inner harbor - www.thepier5.com - that you might check.
If the priceline hotels are 4 star, these two are 5.

Thanks very much, Amy -- that's exactly what I was looking for

Anyone else?

Nice job, Jesse....

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I live in Baltimore and happen to love fine hotels. The Harbor Court is the very best place in town! The Renaissance and Hyatt are a peg down.

I can tell you where NOT to stay...the Renaissance! The rooms were dirty, the air conditioning was not working in July! and the service was surly! The price is not worth it...I was extremely disappointed. This hotel is a LOSER!!!

Ok, turns out the H.C. doesn't have anything available for that weekend anyway. And the Rennaissance is apparantly not worth it. I'm looking into Pier5; what can you all tell me about the Wyndham?

Thanks for all your help.

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