price line question sorry....

[dis2cruise]

we are going to dw on feb 21 to feb 28. hopefully we will get a hotel?
if i were to bid on a hotel that is in the Disney World Vicinity and 3 stars what would be the 1st min bid i should do? has anyone ever won a 3 star bid i am hoping the hotels aren't too dirty?

thanks
cheryl

 

[kilee]

First I'd do some research. One of the best sites to search is www.biddingfortravel.com it will give you the list of "known" hotels for each star level/vicinity. This way you can check out the hotels first and be sure you'd be happy w/ any of them. You can also look and see what other people are bidding on to get a ballpark of what kind of rate you'd be looking at.

I've used Priceline twice for WDW area. We've gotten the Sheraton Safari as a 3* for $37/38 a night (I don't remember which exactly). This was in 2004 though- and I know it goes for an average of $10 more a night now. We've also gotten the Holiday Inn Nikki Bird as a 2.5* for $27 a night. I thought this hotel left a lot to be desired. If I were to priceline again- I'd stick to a 3* or better in the WDW area.