Does Priceline work in Las Vegas?
 

I'm just asking. Normally you can get good deals at most hotels on the strip, but I'm having problems for a stay in March. Does Priceline get you a good deal there?

Typically Las Vegas hotels don't release inventory to priceline until a few weeks before the date. Therefore, you will have to wait until Feb to see if there are any good deals. This is especially true of the nicer properties. I believe that most people book a fallback hotel and then cancel it if they find a good deal on priceline.

Vacancy rates in Las Vegas are generally driven by conventions. Go to http://www.lasvegastalk.com/conventions/ to get a sense of what's going on during your stay. I recollect, as well, that for LV, Priceline doesn't work as well because of strong yield management by the individual properties.

Check biddingfortravel.com for hotels that come up and deals people have gotten. You can also ask for bidding advice, but make sure you read the FAQ first.

Try TravelWorm.com for Vegas hotels...

Andrew

Calling the hotel itself gets you the "best" price 9 out of 10 times.

We used PRICLINE in Vegas for Columbus day Wkend Oct12-17th. We were flexible enough to stay in very luxuious places on the dates they "appeared available", by following ALL the tips at www.biddingfortravel.com...tons of info there. Worked like a charm! JW MARRIOTT $74-3days, VENETIAN one nite at $79 & Hyatt Lake Las vegas for an embarassing $55. The key to PL is to be patient! I really wanted the VENETIAN and would have liked a few days there ,but knew only one would be available and even when we bid 10 days before checkin they countered for $110..but i was positive for that one day we would get it...Sure enough about 5 days if not 4 before we left we got the $79!