Priceline wins updates
 

I thought we could have our own version of registering what we won on Priceline, time of year/date and price.

I am staying at Club Quarters in San Francisco, This is June 10-12, 2010. I got it for 80/ngt. I think I bid as low as 3.5 stars. At first I was disappointed because I was hoping for the Meridien; this is in the Embarcadero area. It has been really great though, I really like this place. It is much nicer than the pictures on its website. In fact, if I got the Meridien for the same price, I would probably stay here at CQ. It has free wireless internet, free coffee and tea all day in the lobby, and free purified bottled water.

Please post your wins and time of year so we can use it as a reference. May I suggest this format:

City: san francisco
area: embarcadero
hotel: Club quarters
stars: 3.5
price: 80/ngt
date: June 10-12, 2010

I have also won the Sheraton Fisherman's wharf for $65/ngt.

-san francisco
-fisherman's wharf area
-sheraton
-3.5 stars
-$65/ngt
-february 2009

Cars:

-Oakland airport
-june 10-12
-midsize, hertz
-$13.95/day

Why would you try and reinvent the wheel? Betterbidding.com has a far bigger base for input with both bids and wins, a win calendar which shows dates of wins and where etc etc.and they have Hotwire wins too with great ways to id mystery hotels.

Is Betterbidding.com better than BiddingForTravel.com ?

plane ticket to HNL (from LAX)

- from LAX
- may 12-17
- american airlines, non-stop
- $280 plus tax
- leave around 6:30 on the outbound, leave HNL 3 pm on the return

Heavens, I still check them both before bidding.

Isn`t Sheryl from biddingfortravel still out sick? That site never seems to do well when she is off for any extended period of time, but I still use it over betterbidding.

Hi, NC.

-San Francisco
-Union Square East
-Grand Hyatt
-4 Stars
-$83 night
-June 15-19

I used biddingfortravel.com, but I don't think it is as useful now as it used to be. I started out by bidding $80 per night, after it was rejected I added the Union Square West and raised it to $83. It was accepted.

It looks like parking is $50 a day. Yech!

Here's another:

-Salt Lake City
-Downtown
-Little America
-4 stars
-$45/ngt
-May 21, 2010

I really like this property. Big rooms, free parking, nice lobby and good on-property restaurants. It is about five blocks away from Temple Square, but there is a Trax station next to the hotel that you can ride for free into the city. (Part of a free-fare zone. If you want to ride to University of Utah, you would need to purchase a ticket.) This is one of the better deals on Priceline, IMO.

Wow, good bargains all.

Ncountry, I won the Club Quarters in San Francisco last year, and I agree ,it was just fine and I loved the location. I would stay there again for sure.

Also,
Detroit
downtown
Marriott Renaissance
3.5 stars
$67
June 18-20

Also
Boston
I forget what the area is called
3.5 stars
$75
July 8-11

debitNM- because I don't like the other wheel. I find those sites difficult to navigate but, yes, I do use them. I don't know how this will work but we talk about all kinds of other stuff anyway, so why not this? I tend to be one who likes more information rather than less.... this is not meant to replace those other sites, just another avenue.

great deals, everyone!

Dutch- I just got through two nights in san francisco with only $10 paid in parking. Took some work on my part which most people wouldn't be willing to do though.

I think the trouble with trying to do this here is logistics. You have some wins posted. But they are so limited - a particular weekend, lets say in a particular area of a city. I want to go, but it is a different month for my trip. Will what you won help me? Maybe yes, most likely not. You really need a large data base with people who post a lot of wins, for different cities, areas, dates etc to get info likely to help you win.

I have used betterbidding three times in the past week to help me ID hotels on hotwire and got great hotels at great prices. I just don't think a thread here will help others get on PL or HW.

If you want this to be more of a "hey I got a great deal" that's ok, but to really provide useful bidding info, meh, not so much.
Just MHO

I agree.. www.betterbidding.com is now THE website to check wins. Their calendar of wins is fabulous, the moderators are very very NICE, and without this website, one would tend to overbid. The infomation is set up so clearly .

f you do a quick search in the upper search box on betterbidding it will bring up ALL wins/ priceline and hotwire, for that city.

PS to kodi above----"what the area is called" in Boston can make all the difference in whether the hotel is in a good locale or not. Unfortunately, in Boston, location trumps stars...

I don't mean to make you worry, as your trip is coming up soon, but since you are there for 3 nights, would you like to find the name and get some feedback?

Read this with interest as I was hoping to find a bargain for an upcoming Seattle SUV rental 7/1 rtn 7/6.

Had an unbeleivable 312. SUV standard for 4 day rate from Alamo I booked on Carrentals.com but had to forfeit as I found Travel Agent DH booked the airline tickets wrong & need 5 day rental.

Bid on Priceline suggested 40% off from the going rate of about 650. lowest Hertz SUV rate w/AAA discount for 5 days and was declined.

Now rates are all over 650.00 for any SUV..any company except FOX

I looked at FOX (offsite) listed on the Alaska rental car link and they are 313. for 5 day Midsize SUV.

All the above happend w/in last 24 hours.

So any feedback???

I have used Fox before without any problems. I would avoid them in las vegas though because they are off offsite. Just a bit more of a hassle to get to and one should factor in extra time.

1JAR - I almost never find a good deal on PL cars in Seattle in the summer (luckily the fam will lend me one if necessary). Are you bidding on the airport location? Frequently you can get a better deal if you're willing to pick up downtown, and the taxes are a lot lower as well.

Yes, I agree with Debi, there's little point in creating a soon-to-be stale thread of Priceline wins when BetterBidding.com already exists and is much easier to navigate than a single thread of wins here. I still glance at BFT as well but since I have been banned, I of course post my results on BetterBidding. Still trying to understand why a site like BFT would ban someone from creating content that improves their site...

So I really hit the internet this am for a better Seattle SUV price tahn 700. for 5 days
Fox (offsite) has the best price 320. and I found a 5% off coupon on retailme not....

Has anyone called a car rental co and asked them just to extend teh contract by 1 day at same day price rate?

I went to check out better bidding dot com. It wouldn't work for me; it said the administrator has decided to insert flood controls, try back in 20 mins. I tried back twice and it said the same thing.

1JAR that seems like a great price. I haven't tried that but it seems worth a try to call them. I know hotels will often extend your stay for the same price.

Hi Ncounty,
Txs for trying to help.

Here is what Alamo said when I asked if I could just extend the rental contract from 4 days to 5 days at teh same 55, per day rate for the SUV.

No, sorry Ma'am. Alamo considers a 5 day rental a "weekly" rental meaning, we charge a weekly rate for 5 days..that is why it is so expensive. Wow, I am renting 5 days and tehy charge me for 7 days.....I think this is a rip off.

Then Alamo said, the best thing to do is to keep the 4 day rental, bring the SUV back on 4th day and do a 1 day rental at whatever the 1 day rate is...guess it will be FOX and I learned to look for rental car coupons on retail me not...

that does sound like your most cost efficient option, 1jar. It just involves a bit of time and effort on your part on day 4. I'm one who tends to do that to save money.

if you could find an "extra day coupon" ( I think I have seen them) with some company it might work out more conveniently.

Are you registered at Betterbidding? If not, you should. The floor control should not appear so often if you are and disappears after a few seconds.

It would be a far more efficient endeavor if everyone here posted their results on BetterBidding, and or BiddingforTravel.

there's a new site i have just learned about from flyertalk, called
www.tripducky.com

which seems modeled on bft but seems to be more automated? i just peeked at the site today and as i look at it more maybe i'll get more info, but it seems helpful at first glance.

I just looked at trip ducky. It doesn't look "automated" but rather it seems that the administrator went to betterbidding and bft and took recent wins and posted them on tripducky to "prime" the pump" that is why there are no posts or replies. It may turn out to be useful in future, but right now, meh.

[ I know that they copies reported wins because I recognize them from wins on the other boards for cities I have been watching]

Tripducky... interesting name. I'll check it out.

Tripducky is cute but I agree with DebitNM that the info is probably scraped off other sites (which probably violates copyright laws). The other Priceline helper site I'm a fan of is www.HotelDealsRevealed.com which actually does have UNIQUE content.