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JC_Derby

what am i doing wrong...?
im upto offers of £150 a night for a 4* in nyc in times square district and still getting rejected. the hilton NY is only $250 per night....im trying on priceline.co.uk

Nordictat2

Could be just no hotels to offer? Is there perhaps a special event at that time but hmmm sounds a bit odd to me to be honest.

blindman

JC_Derby wrote: »

what am i doing wrong...?
im upto offers of £150 a night for a 4* in nyc in times square district and still getting rejected. the hilton NY is only $250 per night....im trying on priceline.co.uk

What date and how many nights?

What does Hotwire have for those dates and what price?
Have you found any other winning bids for your dates?

What are the conventional hotel rates for your dates?

Some big conferences (at the Javits Centre) can fill hotel rooms in New York

Have you read my guide?

Are you only bidding for that one area or have you others that would be OK?

BTW
Do you really need to stay in Times Square? IMHO it's a dump.

You could ask for a strategy at Better Bidding.

dmg24

blindman wrote: »

Do you really need to stya in Times Square? IMHO it's a dump.

Seconded, not a nice area, plus you may end up at the Millenium Broadway. I've never wanted to get out of my hotel room so much!

As much as I love Priceline, there are some excellent offers around on non opaque sites. www.travelzoo.com is very good.

JC_Derby

OK, i was trying to book for 5 nights 2nd June to the 7th. other areas i was considering are MTE and MTW.

Thanks for the replies

blindman

JC_Derby wrote: »

OK, i was trying to book for 5 nights 2nd June to the 7th. other areas i was considering are MTE and MTW.

Thanks for the replies

On Hotwire there seems to be the Room-Mate Grace hotel which is bang in Times Sq.
Its the 3.5* with Boutique Hotel ,Complimentary Breakfast Pool(s) Business Spa Services
This is for $129 + tax ($753.15 total for your stay).

The cheapest 4* is at $204 with Boutique, Restaurant, Fitness which look like The Muse So factoring the taxes this equals $230 per night.
Priceline winning bids (usually 10% cheaper) may be around $200 so about £140.
This is a rough guestimate though so your 'losing' bids of £150 may just be below the required amount.

JC_Derby

thanks for the subesquent help blindman and yes i did read your guide, excellent thank you.

blindman

JC_Derby wrote: »

thanks for the subesquent help blindman and yes i did read your guide, excellent thank you.

If you still need help them pop over to Betterbidding and ask for a strategy if you want to use Priceline.
Hope you get what you want.

Helen105

Destination: Venice
Type of Accomodation: 5*
How many bids Left? : Not sure, accepted on my first bid

Bid £100 on a 5* hotel in Venice and was amazed when they accepted. We are going to the Hilton Molino Stucky for a total of £228 for two rooms. Rooms normally start at £295 per room.

As breakfast is 30 euros per person I doubt if we will be able to afford to eat or drink in the hotel but no matter.

blindman

Helen105 wrote: »

Destination: Venice
Type of Accomodation: 5*
How many bids Left? : Not sure, accepted on my first bid


One free rebid as the area [FONT=geneva,helvetica,sans-serif]Mestre only has 4* as the highest[/FONT] star level.

Bid £100 on a 5* hotel in Venice and was amazed when they accepted. We are going to the Hilton Molino Stucky for a total of £228 for two rooms. Rooms normally start at £295 per room.

As breakfast is 30 euros per person I doubt if we will be able to afford to eat or drink in the hotel but no matter.

Previous winners at $150 so you got a good deal