Ocruise Posted May 2, 2004 #1 Share Posted May 2, 2004 Hi all. We are thinking of trying priceline for a one night stay in Miami mid-July pre cruise. From what I read, it looks like they charge your card without you getting to select the hotel? If we are interested in a 4 star hotel in Miami for one night, do you think 80.00 or 90.00 is a reasonable bid? How low can I bid? Thanks for any/all feedback, Marina 6/03 ~ Celebrity ~ Horizon- Bermuda 7/03 ~ Carnival ~ Paradise - West. Carrib. 7/04 ~ Disney 4TH of July Wonder cruise - Bahamas 7/04 ~ RCCL - Explorer - West. Carrib. 8/04 - NCL - Pride of Aloha - Hawaii 2/05 - Golden Princess - Southern Carrib. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jleq Posted May 2, 2004 #2 Share Posted May 2, 2004 The website below will answer your questions: Bidding for travel--hints about Priceline Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dosi Posted May 2, 2004 #3 Share Posted May 2, 2004 You can most likely get a four star in Miami in July for around $60. However you can easily get the 3 star Sheraton or Hyatt downtown for around $35. Wouldn't you rather use that extra $25 for foo foo drinks?? doris "I travel a lot; I hate having my life disrupted by routine"--Caskie Stinnett Elation 10/20/02 Paradise 9/21/03 Star Princess 10/24/04 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cuppy Posted May 2, 2004 #4 Share Posted May 2, 2004 The Miami Raddison often goes for $35 - it is listed as a three star. We had this hotel in January and we were pleased View my photos at http://community.webshots.com/user/cuppyb Voyager of Seas - Canada Jewel of Seas Navigator of Seas RCCL Explorer of the Seas 1-3-04 RCCL Majesty of the Seas 10-27-03 Carnival Ecstasy 5-26-03 NCL Sky 5-19-02 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yst347 Posted May 2, 2004 #5 Share Posted May 2, 2004 First you should make a reservation at a hotel that will suit your needs that you can cancel if you are succesful with priceline. When you bid on priceline select the downtown zone only and 3 star quality level. If your bid fails add the Southwest Miami zone and increase your bid to $40. (The southwest Miami zone has not hotels in the 3 star or higher quality levels so you cannot recieve a hotel here but by adding the zone priceline allows you to rebid immediately.) If this bid fails increase your bid to $45 and add the North Miami zone (DO NOT ADD THE NORTH MIAMI BEACH ZONE by mistake it does have hotels at the 3 star or higher level so you could get a property here, the North Miami zone doesn't so it is a free rebid.) If this fails wait 4 days and try again starting back at downtown only for $35. Repeat this cycle until you either win a bid or it's time to cruise and you stay in your backup reservation. If you win a bid don't forget to cancel your backup reservation. Elation 11/2003 Conquest 01/2003 Jubilee 11/2002 Victory 02/2001 Destiny 02/2000 Geotide 11/1992 United States 06/1962 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cuppy Posted May 2, 2004 #6 Share Posted May 2, 2004 YST thanks for the info on the other Miami zones. I was not aware that the other areas didn't have a 3 star in them. Will have to try this out next time I bid View my photos at http://community.webshots.com/user/cuppyb Voyager of Seas - Canada Jewel of Seas Navigator of Seas RCCL Explorer of the Seas 1-3-04 RCCL Majesty of the Seas 10-27-03 Carnival Ecstasy 5-26-03 NCL Sky 5-19-02 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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