Priceline Bids/results

[Maddle]

Just got Airport Marriot for $46 plus fees, (total $59.40) for one night, August 7, 2011. Parking will be $12 (bummer) but it's still a happy price for what we need.

I started at $43 and worked my way up by $1 each rebid.

The absolute lowest I can find this hotel is $90 plus tax - a rate for which I don't qualify, and I would still have to pay for parking.

Maddle

 

[julluvsdisney]

Just got sharaton safari for $40 a night july 15&16th. I hope thats a good deal!

 

[julluvsdisney]

Just got sheraton safari for $40 a night july 15&16th. I hope thats a good deal!

 

[MIChessGuy]

Just got Airport Marriot for $46 plus fees, (total $59.40) for one night, August 7, 2011. Parking will be $12 (bummer) but it's still a happy price for what we need.

I started at $43 and worked my way up by $1 each rebid.

The absolute lowest I can find this hotel is $90 plus tax - a rate for which I don't qualify, and I would still have to pay for parking.

Maddle

I have been considering the Orlando/MCO zone, but I'm a little worried myself about the parking situation out there. My guess is that at least a few of the Priceline hotels charge significant parking fees. This summer's trip is a bit unusual because the airport Hyatt is hosting a major chess tournament, which I'd like to observe after spending the daytime hours at the theme parks. But the only places I've ever stayed are Universal area, I-drive/Sea World area, and U.S. 192. Oh well, maybe time for a new base of operations.

 

[keypooh90]

Hi.

We have never done priceline and have never stayed offsite before. We are looking for a room at a Downtown Disney hotel for one night on July 3rd. We want something clean and safe and with a good/decent pool and possibly free breakfast.

What price range would be recommended for bidding for a hotel with these requirements?

 

[Lou Holtz]

You can't bid on a Downtown Disney hotel, you can only bid Downtown Disney area. And you can't control whether it has breakfast or a nice pool, but there's nothing around there that won't be clean and safe for three star or higher.

What you want to bid depends on what star level you want.

 

[keypooh90]

You can't bid on a Downtown Disney hotel, you can only bid Downtown Disney area. And you can't control whether it has breakfast or a nice pool, but there's nothing around there that won't be clean and safe for three star or higher.

What you want to bid depends on what star level you want.

I meant one in the DTD area. We are only doing this to get down a day early.

What bid range would you recommend for bidding three/3.5 stars?

Thanks!

 

[MIChessGuy]

I got the 2.5* Country Inn & Suites, in the Downtown Disney/Lake Buena Vista zone, for a bid of $38/night. At first I tried this bid amount for a 3* but was rejected. Then I decided to downgrade to 2.5*, which did the trick. I am quite satisfied as this will be for my August trip and I had been concerned that successful bidding would have to get into the 40-50 dollar range.

 

[Lou Holtz]

I meant one in the DTD area. We are only doing this to get down a day early.

What bid range would you recommend for bidding three/3.5 stars?

Thanks!

I'd bid $40-45.

 

[keypooh90]

I'd bid $40-45.

Thank you for the advice!

What DTD area hotels are 3 star?

Which ones are 3.5 star?

Thanks again!

 

[Chris&Jeremy]

Thank you for the advice!

What DTD area hotels are 3 star?

Which ones are 3.5 star?

Thanks again!

Keypooh - any luck? We are looking at bidding on a room for Saturday and Sunday (July 2/3) in the DTD area as well.

 

[keypooh90]

Keypooh - any luck? We are looking at bidding on a room for Saturday and Sunday (July 2/3) in the DTD area as well.

Hi.

We got the Sheraton Safari for 70 dollars for the 2nd. We are booked for that one night and then will be moving over to Pop Century the 3rd to the 5th, then will be at AKL-Kidani for the 5th-12th.

 

[brios86]

I got the Sheraton Safari for 07/27/2011 to 07/31/2011 for $40 a night. I bid on a 3 star in the DTD/Lake Buena Vista Area. I tried $39 and got rejected so I added Winter Park as another location to get another rebid. Winter Park only has up to 2 star hotels.

 

[keypooh90]

I got the Sheraton Safari for 07/27/2011 to 07/31/2011 for $40 a night. I bid on a 3 star in the DTD/Lake Buena Vista Area. I tried $39 and got rejected so I added Winter Park as another location to get another rebid. Winter Park only has up to 2 star hotels.

If you have a chance to cancel that reservation and change hotels, do it! The Sheraton is in horrible shape and definitely not worth it.

 

[CJK]

If you have a chance to cancel that reservation and change hotels, do it! The Sheraton is in horrible shape and definitely not worth it.

Oh no! Do you think we'll be fine if we're just staying there one night? We won't be arriving until fairly late at night (around 9pm) and would leave the next morning..... I hope it's okay for that????

 

[5westbrooks]

For anyone who wants to bid on the lastminutetravel.com website but doesn't want to take a chance, here's how to identify what the hotel is ahead of time:

Go to the last minute travel website. Find the hotel that you would like to find out about and click on the "book it" button.

Look up at the URL (starts out with http://) and look for "hotelid=". Copy the number after this.

Now go to this website:

http://www.touricoholidays.com/en/PageHotelDetail.aspx?hotelId=5256&provider=localTgsProvider

After the "hotelId=" take out the number which is there and replace with the number you just copied. Go to the website and there is the hotel which you are bidding on.

How did it work for you? If you need help, let me know.

Worked great - thanks!

 

[brios86]

If you have a chance to cancel that reservation and change hotels, do it! The Sheraton is in horrible shape and definitely not worth it.

You should know that can't cancel or change Priceline reservations. There are very mixed reviews for the place. I'm not too concerned. Worst case scenario, we will just book another hotel once we are there, but I doubt that will be necessary.

 

[ruadisneyfan2]

Oh no! Do you think we'll be fine if we're just staying there one night? We won't be arriving until fairly late at night (around 9pm) and would leave the next morning..... I hope it's okay for that????

We stayed for just 1 nt prior to checking into our timeshare condo back in 07. It got very mixed reviews back then and when I arrived, I could see why. It's not up to the usual Sheraton standards but for 1 night it was good enough. The breakfast buffet was good and reasonably priced. We didn't use the pool though. It looked like fun but we basically put our luggage in the room, went out to the Cirque show, ate at RFC, slept and headed out to SW right after breakfast.

I wouldn't want a crawling baby on the floor, nor would I spend a whole week there but for what we used it for was good enough.

 

[keypooh90]

We stayed for just 1 nt prior to checking into our timeshare condo back in 07. It got very mixed reviews back then and when I arrived, I could see why. It's not up to the usual Sheraton standards but for 1 night it was good enough. The breakfast buffet was good and reasonably priced. We didn't use the pool though. It looked like fun but we basically put our luggage in the room, went out to the Cirque show, ate at RFC, slept and headed out to SW right after breakfast.

I wouldn't want a crawling baby on the floor, nor would I spend a whole week there but for what we used it for was good enough.

That's basically what we did. We got in relatively late in the day, took a nap, went to dinner and DTD, slept, and then headed over to Pop Century ASAP.

 

[kristin08]

Just found the Last Minute Travel site after reading some of this thread. I am very impressed! I have used priceline and hotwire a lot and have been happy with the results, so I think this one will work for me.

My question is about hotel identification. I am looking at the 4.5 star in the Universal area dates are 9/20-9/21. It's listed at $78. That sound like a good deal for any 4.5 star hotel, but I am just curious if anyone has any ideas as to what it might be??? I have tried searching and the only 4.5 star in that area appears to be the onsite Portofino.