Priceline Bidding Advice

MyKeey

blindman wrote: »

Yes it is.


I have my moments

Thanks,

Yep it works fine, got my 4* hotel (this sat) near regents park for £82
nice!

blindman

MyKeey wrote: »

Thanks,

Yep it works fine, got my 4* hotel (this sat) near regents park for £82
nice!

Can you add the winn to this thread so others can benefit.:cool:

MyKeey

blindman wrote: »

Can you add the winn to this thread so others can benefit.:cool:

Have done as you requested....

MarySum

Mystery solved - booking.com have now added a big link on their front page to the Priceline UK site. It wasn't there yesterday so something must have clued them up (probably all the phone calls!)

Does raise interesting questions about their strategy in the UK...

kegan5

I've been looking at winning bids on betterbidding for Manchester, UK and wondered... does anyone know if the winning bids which are quoted in Dollars $ could be converted into pounds £ ?

If a winning bid was won at $75 does this mean it would be reasonable to start bidding at say £40 with same criteria ?

blindman

kegan5 wrote: »

I've been looking at winning bids on betterbidding for Manchester, UK and wondered... does anyone know if the winning bids which are quoted in Dollars $ could be converted into pounds £ ?

If a winning bid was won at $75 does this mean it would be reasonable to start bidding at say £40 with same criteria ?

Yes it is :cool:

Though no guarantee you will win at the equivalent price.

borderline

it might be a silly question but... if you don't win anything, will you lose the money you bid?

kegan5

borderline wrote: »

it might be a silly question but... if you don't win anything, will you lose the money you bid?

From reading various forums, I believe the way it works is as follows:

You place an offer (bid) > Priceline then makes an offer to hotels with your chosen criteria > if a bid is accepted your card is automatically charged.

If no offer is accepted, no charge is made.

Perhaps someone else can clarify but that's always been my understanding of it

blindman

kegan5 wrote: »

From reading various forums, I believe the way it works is as follows:

You place an offer (bid) > Priceline then makes an offer to hotels with your chosen criteria > if a bid is accepted your card is automatically charged.

If no offer is accepted, no charge is made.

Perhaps someone else can clarify but that's always been my understanding of it

That is correct.

borderline

ok, thanks:p

I've done the very same search on both UK and US PL site.
The UK site says upon my search: Suggested retail price for a 4 star hotel [FONT=geneva,helvetica,sans-serif]£312[/FONT]
the US site says Median retail price for a 4 star hotel in the area selected is $210. why so much difference? :eek: