Irish9697
Mouseketeer
- Joined
- Mar 2, 2004
I know of the betterbidding site and it has been extremely helpful to me in the past few years for stays in New Orleans, St. Louis and Atlanta, to name a few.
Each of those times, I used Hotwire. I had used Hotwire many times before (in Chicago, San Francisco, and Boston, to name a few), but each time I had done my own research so that I felt almost positive as to what I would get before I clicked the submit button and committed.
We are going to Atlanta and Chattanooga this weekend. It's my mom, me and my 2 kids who are 9 and 8. I booked a great room through Hotwire for Atlanta, but am now at Chattanooga. From what I'm gathering on betterbidding, the same rooms on Hotwire are going for cheaper on Priceline for very similar dates to ours (cheaper by 10-18 per night!!). I have never used Priceline, but I feel like I remember someone saying that they base all reservations on 2 people so that we may end up with a king room. Well, if it has a sofa, that's fine because I can take the bed with the kids and my mom the sofa. If not, it won't work. With Hotwire you can choose 2 adults and 2 kids, so I feel better about getting a room that fits us. We're planning to check in during the late afternoon/early evening (5-6pm probably) on Friday, so room availability should be decent then I'd think.
Can anyone help and tell me if I should attempt the Priceline route or stick with Hotwire because of the bed configuration? Also, are there any other sites like betterbidding that might help me?
Thanks!
(By the way, I've been to Chattanooga and have relatives and friends there, so I have more specific hopes for which hotel we win. I mean, I know which have good reputations vs. which do not.)
Each of those times, I used Hotwire. I had used Hotwire many times before (in Chicago, San Francisco, and Boston, to name a few), but each time I had done my own research so that I felt almost positive as to what I would get before I clicked the submit button and committed.
We are going to Atlanta and Chattanooga this weekend. It's my mom, me and my 2 kids who are 9 and 8. I booked a great room through Hotwire for Atlanta, but am now at Chattanooga. From what I'm gathering on betterbidding, the same rooms on Hotwire are going for cheaper on Priceline for very similar dates to ours (cheaper by 10-18 per night!!). I have never used Priceline, but I feel like I remember someone saying that they base all reservations on 2 people so that we may end up with a king room. Well, if it has a sofa, that's fine because I can take the bed with the kids and my mom the sofa. If not, it won't work. With Hotwire you can choose 2 adults and 2 kids, so I feel better about getting a room that fits us. We're planning to check in during the late afternoon/early evening (5-6pm probably) on Friday, so room availability should be decent then I'd think.
Can anyone help and tell me if I should attempt the Priceline route or stick with Hotwire because of the bed configuration? Also, are there any other sites like betterbidding that might help me?
Thanks!
(By the way, I've been to Chattanooga and have relatives and friends there, so I have more specific hopes for which hotel we win. I mean, I know which have good reputations vs. which do not.)