Priceline Hotel Help: Articles for Bidding Travelers - Page 3

Travelocity Top Secret Hotels Vs. Priceline

Travelocity Top Secret Hotel Vs. Priceline: Our review compares the two opaque booking sites to help you decide which is cheaper and which you should use. Bottom line: If you know how to bid for travel, you’re better bidding on Priceline for the cheaper rates. If you do not want to bid for whatever reason, use Hotwire. Travelocity, an inferior product, in our opinion, should only be used if there is a substantial discount over Priceline and Hotwire.

Westin Diplomat on Priceline

HotelDealsRevealed.com collects information from travellers who have actually used Priceline. Customers are willing to post their winning bid, and report how much they paid and reveal the hotel name. Thanks to Priceline forum members, we know much about the Westin Diplomat on Priceline.

(1) The Westin Diplomat is a 4 star hotel on Priceline.
(2) The hotel appears in the Hollywood bidding zone.
(3) The Westin Diplomat tends to go for between $100 and $120 per night, although we have seen it go for as low as $70 and as high as $140.

Priceline Complaints

Did you know that most Priceline complaints can be avoided? The best way to deal with a Priceline complaint is to avoid the complaint in the first. Here are some ways you can avoid complaints against Priceline. First, use the hotel list to find out what hotel you might get. Second, ask members of the Priceline forum for help bidding…

Reselling A Priceline Hotel Reservation

Priceline hotel reservations are normally non-refundable when you use Priceline’s Name Your Own Price. A new marketplace, Cancelon, allows customers to resell their hotel reservation to others. Here’s how the service works: Sellers sell their reservations for a lower price than what they paid in order to increase their chances to sell it and recoup at least some of their money. Buyers get a bargain for their desired accommodations.

Cancelling A Priceline Reservation

Cancelling a Priceline reservation can be done in rare circumstances. If you need to cancel a reservation, whether its a flight, hotel, or rental car, here are circumstances under which your reservation can be cancelled. For hotels, Priceline makes a couple of rare exceptions such as

Fort Lauderdale Hotels on Priceline

I’m travelling to Fort Lauderdale and used Priceline to book my hotel stay.  As a strong advocate of Priceline, I want to offer some insider tips on Fort Lauderdale Hotels on Priceline. Although Ft. Lauderdale is fairly large and has a total of 11 Priceline bidding zones, the vast majority of visitors to Fort Lauderdale stay in 1 of 3 areas:  the airport, the beach, or Hollywood.

Fort Lauderdale Beach is a vacationer’s epicentre of the city.  The bidding zone is a long narrow strip along the beach, and wonderful for vacationers.  Note though that although the zone includes the word “beach”, not all properties are immediately on the beach.  You could be across the street or a half block or so away.  There are a couple of “Resorts” in this zone, which I will check out when I’m there, but presumably they are quite awesome.  Slightly lower in the pecking order but still great are the 4-star hotels in the beach area.  A word for the wise…