Ideal Stopover Hotel in Savannah, GA?

[5forDiz]

Ok so I've always been so scared of priceline. How do I know if I am getting anything close to 95? DH does not like to drive too far off of 95. Is there a way to know how many stars a certain hotel is before you bid so you can get an idea of what you are going to get?

I'm just going to jump in until Dean gets back , and he in fact confirms this for you, but if I'm not mistaken you would want to bid in the Savannah Gateway Zone for the area closest to I95. Often a city has a several zones, such as xxx North, xxx East, xxx Downtown.

We often bid priceline for HHI at Resort level & a winning bid will get either Westin,Hilton,Marriott or Crowne Plaza resorts, all oceanfront; maybe we've just been luck but we've always had our bids accepted at under $80 or less even during summer months. HHI on island itself is just one zone, but there are zones in surrounding area like Bluffton.

jmho, it is worth the time & patience to research how to bid priceline successfully. Start off by gathering prices for your dates from the hotel's own website and also from sites such as expedia, travelhero, etc. & when you know the lowest available published rate you can typically bid at least 50% less (we've occasionally bid as low as 60-65% off & had bid accepted). Peak travel times &/or a special event happening nearby, ie a pro golf tournament on HHI may require a bid at less than 50% to be successful and sometimes bids will not be accepted even if a particular hotel is showing availability, so it's good idea to have a plan for a back-up reservation.

A good resource with an excellent faq on how to bid priceline & understand the zones within a town/city,etc. is biddingfortravel dot com ; when you click on a state you can click on the first thread tacked on that board for hotels that have been known to come up in a particular priceline zone fairly consistently (but also note that these lists may not be all inclusive) With the info on known hotels in a zone you can then better research travel reviews for these hotels & most importantly, find out their lowest published rates, and also, you can review winning bids posted for hotels on each state's board so you can get a better idea of what your bidding strategy should be and what hotels are most currently accepting bids.

Best wishes

 

[Dean]

Ok so I've always been so scared of priceline. How do I know if I am getting anything close to 95? DH does not like to drive too far off of 95. Is there a way to know how many stars a certain hotel is before you bid so you can get an idea of what you are going to get?

Look at what you could get a comparable property for at say Hampton Inn, Fairfield, HI express, Sleep Inn, etc. Then go to biddingfortravel.com and see what others have gotten for the area you're looking at and in general. For Savannah, and most larger areas, you can control the area of your bid so you're not too far away from where you want. You can also control the rating level you'll get. We've stayed in Richmond Hill and Brunswick for around $35 a night. Got Hampton Inn, Holiday Inn and something else which I forget, all 2.5 star places for around $35 plus other fees and taxes, roughly $45 total for one night each. That was about half what I was looking at otherwise. We're staying at the HI express in Bluffton this summer on the way to HH for one night until we can get into our four 2 BR Marriott units, price $45 plus taxes/fees for a week before 4th of July. Just pay attention and know it's non changeable, non refundable.

 

[eliza61]

Thanks for all the suggestions!

Has anyone ever just slept at the hotel and then had breakfast and gone back to driving right after? That was about all the time that I had to spend at this stopover...

Thanks again everyone!

Then try the Brunswich GA exit off of I-95. It's exit 3 and you're right over the line from Jacksonville Florida. We stayed at a very nice Holiday Inn express, lots of chain type restaurants (Olive Garden, red lobster etc) very close by. right on and off the highway. It's the last exit in GA and in the morning they have a continental breakfast that was tasty for free. I think it was only 3 hours left to the world in the morning.