Comments on: 6 Priceline Hotel Bidding Gotcha's That Haven't Gotten You - Yet2017-01-14T21:45:45Zhttps://michaelscepaniak.com/2010s/6-priceline-hotel-bidding-gotchas-that-havent-gotten-you-yet/https://michaelscepaniak.com/favicon.icoBy: alex B.2017-01-14T21:45:45Z2017-01-14T21:45:45Zhttps://michaelscepaniak.com/2010s/6-priceline-hotel-bidding-gotchas-that-havent-gotten-you-yet/#comment-799059alex B.
<p>Used to love PL. NOT anymore!</p>
<p>Last straw is at 2pm today I booked a room in my destination city for one night. Did NYOP, denied 3.5*, so did 3.</p>
<p>It accepted, and ok great all good.</p>
<p>UNTIL I needed the address and rather than logging back on, I just searched hotels.</p>
<p>IF I had booked the room outright, on Priceline, it would have been $12 LESS than the NYOP.</p>
<p>Even the hotel itself charges $12 less for tonight.</p>
<p>Called PL.</p>
<p>They basically told me to go jump in a lake because the "best rate guarantee" was only good until midnight the day BEFORE travel.</p>
<p>Uh, yeah, I'm outrunning a BLIZZARD and can't get into our reserved long term stay until Sunday - we had to leave a day early, and due to ice storms and bad weather, we could absolutely NOT predict if we'd even make it to Colorado today, so how was I to be omniscient that we would decide to go to Boulder instead of Denver, and the weather would be perfect for the drive so I'd need a room.</p>
<p>I've booked literally HUNDREDS of nights with PL. Used to travel for work, as did my husband. Have had different accounts due to email changes/clients etc. I am DONE.</p>
<img src="https://michaelscepaniak.com/cdn/log-blog.png?u=%2F2010s%2F6-priceline-hotel-bidding-gotchas-that-havent-gotten-you-yet%2Ffeed%2F&s=200">By: Michael Scepaniak2011-10-13T17:26:56Z2011-10-13T17:26:56Zhttps://michaelscepaniak.com/2010s/6-priceline-hotel-bidding-gotchas-that-havent-gotten-you-yet/#comment-59640Michael Scepaniak
<p>For anyone that's keeping track, I've updated the post.</p>
<p>Mike....</p>
By: Michael Scepaniak2011-09-02T18:03:51Z2011-09-02T18:03:51Zhttps://michaelscepaniak.com/2010s/6-priceline-hotel-bidding-gotchas-that-havent-gotten-you-yet/#comment-59639Michael Scepaniak
<p>Romelle - that's great advice! Thank you for sharing it. I'll incorporate this back into that section of the post, as it speaks to actually HOW to address the issue better than I did.</p>
<p>Mike....</p>
By: Romelle2011-09-01T13:11:37Z2011-09-01T13:11:37Zhttps://michaelscepaniak.com/2010s/6-priceline-hotel-bidding-gotchas-that-havent-gotten-you-yet/#comment-59638Romelle
<p>Mike,</p>
<p>If you are interested in expanding that "split your bid" area, you could add something along the following line:</p>
<p>If the weekend/weekday split doesn't solve your problem, try to sleuth out just which day(s) it is. You could be running into some holiday or event with which you are unfamiliar. Expedia lists hotel rates by individual days and you may be able to spot the peak there. Or you can use Hotwire to check individual days in your particular star level and city area(s).</p>
<p>Minnesota State Fair just socked in a lot of the hotels here, and a combo of home games for both baseball and football caused another clog. One often is unfamiliar with other area's particular events.</p>
<p>Roelle</p>