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blindman

Mardrew wrote: »

Hello

I've two wins to report:
I had been tracking the winning bids for hotels in the area I wanted to stay in for a little while in Betterbidding ..............decided to put a bid in and started with the lowest bid win price that I had seen.

This wasn't as easy as the one above. From reading Betterbidding I had decided the area I wanted to stay and, again, had been tracking winning bids.
(Blindman, I think I have recently read in a post of yours that you advise not to bid every day. I will certainly take that on board for the future.)

I decided to give it another go tonight as I have noticed that wins are starting to be reported for my period. I thought I would start at, what I thought, was the bottom of range for the time and bid £80. (4 night stay.) Success 1st time tonight and got the Omni Berkshire Place which is currently 56/413 hotels in TA. I am extremely pleased with this hotel.

For info - both bids reported on BB and donation made as used Priceline.co.uk.

Also, many thanks to Blindman for all the useful advice about Priceline on this site.

I would say that was a faultless bidding strategy :T:T

marko4ever25 are you reading this?

blindman

MariaC wrote: »

Destination: New York
Type of accommodation: 3 star hotel
How many extra daily bids did you have available:
How much were your 2nd/3rd etc & final bids: Hotel eventually won at £61
And then write your Priceline hotel booking story:
Its quite a long story - ended up splitting the bid!

7th - 9th April
2 nights @ £61 ($90) + taxes - 3.5*!
The Roosevelt Hotel New York
Midtown East
45th And Madison Avenue
New York, New York 10017
212-661-9600

Cheapest rates on hotel website
04/07 - $245, 04/08 - $345

9th - 15th April
6 nights @ £61 ($90) + taxes - 3*
Four Points By Sheraton Manhattan Chelsea
Chelsea Area
160 West 25th Street
New York, New York 10011
212-627-1888

Cheapest for the same dates is $150 + taxes

You can follow the story/ help I had at: http://www.betterbidding.com/index.php?showtopic=61495&

Well done. Persistence pays off :T

marko4ever25

blindman wrote: »

I would say that was a faultless bidding strategy :T:T

marko4ever25 are you reading this?

yes sure am. im wondering if i should go for a 3 star hotel but then i wouldnt have any free rebids as im sure all areas in new york have 3 stars or above. umm off to check.

blindman

marko4ever25 wrote: »

yes sure am. im wondering if i should go for a 3 star hotel but then i wouldnt have any free rebids as im sure all areas in new york have 3 stars or above. umm off to check.

It's usually best to stick to 4* in NYC as there are less "dumps", you have free rebids and the winning bids tend not to be much highter than 3*'s

Have you determined what your minimum and maximumbids will be?

Why don't you go on to BB and ask for a strategy.

marko4ever25

blindman wrote: »

It's usually best to stick to 4* in NYC as there are less "dumps", you have free rebids and the winning bids tend not to be much highter than 3*'s

Have you determined what your minimum and maximumbids will be?

Why don't you go on to BB and ask for a strategy.

maximum 120 mate yeh asked for stratedgy why are they so determined to get you to use thier links to priceline do they get a big commission

blindman

marko4ever25 wrote: »

maximum 120 mate yeh asked for stratedgy why are they so determined to get you to use thier links to priceline do they get a big commission

No they don't get a BIG commission but as thereuare runs the site out of his own pocket he is entitled to ask you to use their links.
You'll find MSE does the same too :rolleyes:

I see you got the strategy If you'd have asked that question on BFT you would have been banned.

$120 is about £83.these days...

jicms

Tesla wrote: »

Ensure you are on the .co.uk site and NOT .com site.

I'm not sure if this still applies with the fall in our exchange rate but I tried to book a hotel on the UK site, my bid was refused. I immediately bid the equivalent $ rate on the US site and it was accepted.

Just put the first line of your address in, choose any state and put in a 5 digit made-up zip code and it will work. PL don't query this. You will be able to enter the correct card details on the payment page.

marko4ever25

blindman wrote: »

No they don't get a BIG commission but as thereuare runs the site out of his own pocket he is entitled to ask you to use their links.
You'll find MSE does the same too :rolleyes:

I see you got the strategy If you'd have asked that question on BFT you would have been banned.

$120 is about £83.these days...

thanks for all the help

got 4 starts hotel omni for 115 dollars a night! whoppppee

blindman

Glad to see the strategy provided by Betterbidding worked.

hope you have a good time.

4willow

• Destination: Seattle Airport - Doubletree 16th April
  
• Type of accommodation: 3 star hotel
• First bid: £28
  
• How many extra daily bids did you have available: only needed the first
  
• How much were your 2nd/3rd etc & final bids: Not used
  
• And then write your Priceline hotel booking story

I looked at the posts on BetterBidding.com (BB) to get a feel for the process and prices, then tried to bid on Priceline.com but it only allows US and Canadian addresses on the payment page (sorry blindman, I didn't find your advice page until later). It took me a few goes of setting up a profile and eventually going through priceline.co.uk before I actually succeeded (my fault for getting frustrated with the process and not reading things properly). Finally converted the 'base' BB win price of $40 into a £28 bid which was accepted - £39.11 with taxes and fees. Now that I know what I'm doing, I am looking for a hotel in downtown Seattle - I'll report back later.