Priceline--policy about hurricanes??
 

I checked the weather forecast yesterday for Myrtle Beach; it looked gorgeous, so I went ahead and made a successful hotel bid on Priceline for Friday (9/24) through Wednesday (9/29). I now see that there's a real threat of Jeanne coming to that part of the world early next week. I called Priceline and they told me to call back late today to see if they would make any kind of refund.

I was just wondering if anyone here had any similar success with a Priceline refund in the event of severe inclement weather.

Isn't that what travel insurance is for? Good luck tho!

Nah. The Priceline travel insurance is only for sickness/injury, and even at that this is the first time I've ever used Priceline that I didn't choose that option :). I think Priceline has some sort of "act of God" exclusion so I'm hoping for the best. Worse comes to worse, I'll have a front-row seat to view a real live hurricane :)

I had a ticket to Europe booked for 9/13/01, and I ended up dealing directly with the airline. I originally talked to Priceline about rescheduling, and they then directed me to the airline. Don't know if they have similar policies in place for bad weather.

Ann, thanks for the advice. I called the hotel and they were perfectly willing to reschedule, and once I relayed that to Priceline, since it was "extraordinary circumstances", they let me delay my arrival. Whew!