Priceline - When to try?
zuggie
it for our late January cruise departing from Miami. It would be for the
two nights prior (Thursday and Friday) and can be in either Ft. Lauderdale
or Miami. When is it best to try Priceline for a, say, a 3 star room? Now,
a month before, or just a few days before?
Emmy
our Voyager cruise out of Miami. Did this about 2 weeks ago and got the
Hyatt Regency 3 * for $45.00 It is not too early to try....Good Luck
Emmy
Max
check out www.biddingfortravel.com - lots of great information and
pricing guidelines for priceline.
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Linda Nailon
bid $55.00 and got The Marriott Hotel and Marina.I would try now because
other people have tried and some are not getting rooms. Good luck!
Linda
M & H Pelican
Just go to biddingfortravel.com and research the prices that people are
getting.
Time has not been as critical to me as not over bidding.
I recently bid on a hotel in Cleveland, OH (Definately NOT Cruise area) for
visiting relatives over christmas. Got a great rate.
Matt
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Linsifer
April of 2003. 6 months in advance. Since it's during Spring break I thought it
best to book now. My first time with Priceline. You might ask over on
BiddingForTravel. They have a lot of Priceline advice.
http://pub109.ezboard.com/bpricelineandexpediabidding
chip3130
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> Last month I reserved a 3 star hotel room for $45 and I won't be using
> it until April of 2003. 6 months in advance. Since it's during Spring
> break I thought it best to book now. My first time with Priceline. You
> might ask over on BiddingForTravel. They have a lot of Priceline
> advice.
Yeah, but what I don't like is when you have to bid on something, and you
have no idea for sure what hotel/airlines you are bidding for. Any
suggestions around this?
Default
get the hotel I wanted to stay at. Is it possible to have Priceline to cancel
my reservations?
Can I call the hotel directly and cancel my reservations? I think that they
should indicate what hotels (not level 4*', ect.) should be disclosed so that
these instances don't occur. Please help with any info you can so I can
change my arrangements.
Jamie
Lunyma
>get the hotel I wanted to stay at. Is it possible to have Priceline to cancel
>my reservations?
Nope... These are the chances you take with Priceline, and why you probably
ended up with a decent hotel (though not your choice), at a very reasonable
rate. Did you read biddingfortavel.com before you bid? Although there are no
guarantees, you can get an idea of what MIGHT pop up for you...
>I think that they
>should indicate what hotels (not level 4*', ect.) should be disclosed so that
>these instances don't occur.
If Priceline did this, then they would not be able to offer the low prices that
they do.
Sorry you didn't get the hotel you wanted, but buyer beware...
Charles
<chip...@lycos.com> wrote:
> Yeah, but what I don't like is when you have to bid on something, and you
> have no idea for sure what hotel/airlines you are bidding for. Any
> suggestions around this?
There is a web site called biddingfortravel.com that has faqs and tips
on making Priceline bids. It worked for me.
--
Charles
Charles
> I just used priceline to make resevations for 2 nights in Orlando. I did not
> get the hotel I wanted to stay at. Is it possible to have Priceline to cancel
> my reservations?
> Can I call the hotel directly and cancel my reservations? I think that they
> should indicate what hotels (not level 4*', ect.) should be disclosed so that
> these instances don't occur. Please help with any info you can so I can
> change my arrangements.
No you can't change your arrangements. You seem to have missed the
whole premise of Priceline. The deal is you give up the choice of
hotels to get a price savings.
--
Charles
Da Parrot-chick
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> I just used priceline to make resevations for 2 nights in Orlando. I did
not
> get the hotel I wanted to stay at. Is it possible to have Priceline to
cancel
> my reservations?
It's more likely that George W. Bush will resign his office as President in
the next hour than Priceline will cancel your reservation. That is, unless
you bought their cancellation insurance when you bid.
> Can I call the hotel directly and cancel my reservations?
Absolutely. But you lose your money--it's a 100% penalty. All that will
happen is that the hotel gets a room freed up.
I think that they
> should indicate what hotels (not level 4*', ect.) should be disclosed so
that
> these instances don't occur.
If they did that, you could just contact the hotel directly and quote a
lowball figure. That negates the whole point of Priceline. You're bidding
on your level of service and amenities and general location (near airport,
downtown, etc.), not specific hotels.
Please help with any info you can so I can
> change my arrangements.
> Jamie
It's a lesson learned. None of the hotels suck, so it's not like you got
taken advantage of. You just didn't get your favorite property is all. If
you decide to cancel, you'll have to pay twice for the same room. I
recommend taking the deal as is. Who knows, you might love the place--it
has happened before.
You might try SkyAuction or Bid-4-Vacations, which are real auction sites
like eBay (and unlike Priceline, which is just a blind-bid discount broker).
We used SkyAuction last summer for a trip to the Caribbean and by lucky
coincidence had an auction on my favorite hotel on the island, which I got
for 2/3 off the rack rate. Be sure and read ALL the fine print so you know
what you're getting into: http://www.skyauction.com or
http://www.bid4vacations.com
Good luck!
Charlie Funk
Don' believe there is. This is one of the risks of this type of service.
If you have a property in mind that you REALLY want, blind buying like this
is not the best choice.
--
Charlie Funk
Just Cruisin' Plus
800 888-0922
615 833-0922
www.justcruisinplus.com
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Linsifer
with in the area I wanted. Besides that, there are only a couple 3-star hotels
there, so I knew it had to be one or the other. I had stayed in one twice
already and liked that. I would never use it for airfare since I like to pick
my own times, seats and airlines. Same when there are too many hotels to
choose from. I like to narrow it down more.
Mike Cordelli
reservation by the way, you have already paid for the room. If they allowed
changes or cancellations then they would be out of business in no time.
You had to know that there was a risk of not getting the hotel that you were
expecting, it's how Priceline works, they don't tell you what you received
until after you purchased it, and then it's way too late to do anything
about it if you didn't get what you wanted.
People need to know with Priceline, except in a few instances where there is
only one hotel of a given category in a given area you are bidding on, there
is no guarantee at all that you will get a specific hotel, airline, car
rental agency (though you can work the car rental agency by choosing rental
times only one is open) etc.
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*Muffin*
not
> get the hotel I wanted to stay at. Is it possible to have Priceline to
cancel
> my reservations?
> Can I call the hotel directly and cancel my reservations? I think that
they
> should indicate what hotels (not level 4*', ect.) should be disclosed so
that
> these instances don't occur
over at 'biddingfortravel' ( which many have mentioned here). if you read
the boards carefully they have lists of the 95% probability of which hotels
will be in star level that you are bidding on, that you will likely get. IF
you don't like one on the list, don't bid.
I have bid on 5 different ones in Disney area & have not been
disappointed ( hey , getting aroom for $8. a nite that regularly goes for
$45. who can beat it)
& then you do have the problems of "IF" you have to cancel. because you
can't even transfer them to another person! I have changed travel plans, &
am losing out on 3 rooms for the night of 12/19! *oh , well*
Muffin > www.ggc2003.com
join us on an exotic Caribbean group cruise www.MGC2003.com
Linsifer
~Lindsay
Patricia wrote:
I just got a nice hotel in Boston, all through biddingfortravel.com. What I
really like about them is the hotel listings, showing what hotels at what
rating have been gotten by Priceline bidders, and many
hotel reviews. You have a much better picture of what's available if
you're not too lazy to do the research.