Engine643 Posted April 6, 2011 #1926 Share Posted April 6, 2011 Secured the Intercontinental thru Hotwire for $ 132.00 per night for 4 adults January 13-15/2012. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slyster Posted April 6, 2011 #1927 Share Posted April 6, 2011 well i'm glad i waited...I made bids of $105 and $110 and they wanted me to up my bid by $25 or $30. I bid $115 today and got the Marriott San Juan Resort and Stellaris Casino. I'm happy with that. The current rate for that hotel is $207. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sadie8 Posted April 11, 2011 #1928 Share Posted April 11, 2011 Date: February 3-5, 2012 Number of nights: 2(pre cruise) Hotel: Intercontinental San Juan Resort Rating: Resort Area: San Juan Site: Priceline Winning Bid: $112 Taxes & Service Fees: $34.72 Total Price = $258.72 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
martyap Posted April 12, 2011 #1929 Share Posted April 12, 2011 Date: February 3-5, 2012 Number of nights: 2(pre cruise) Hotel: Intercontinental San Juan Resort Rating: Resort Area: San Juan Site: Priceline Winning Bid: $112 Taxes & Service Fees: $34.72 Total Price = $258.72 Thanks....Very helpful. Wish more would post as you have....clear and concise. Looking for March 2012. Any March winning bids yet? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sweetair Posted April 12, 2011 #1930 Share Posted April 12, 2011 people please include the dates of your wins thank you *sweet* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TxStacey Posted April 12, 2011 #1931 Share Posted April 12, 2011 (edited) Dates: June 17-19 pre cruise Hotel: Caribe Hilton Winning Bid $90.00 per night Priceline Total with taxes for 2 nights $209.00 List price $179.00 per night I'm happy with it..although it has mixed reviews..anyone here stayed there? Edited April 12, 2011 by TxStacey Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slyster Posted April 15, 2011 #1932 Share Posted April 15, 2011 sorry....Marriott San Juan Stellaris and Casino Bid for October 1st, one night....$115.00 Room Subtotal:$115.00 (USD) Taxes and Fees:$21.10 (USD) Total Room Cost:$136.10 (USD through Priceline...my first bid was for $100 (resort)...second bid was $100 for (4 stars). Both bids failed. I upped it by $5.00 for 4 days in a row and won the resort category Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buddylover Posted April 17, 2011 #1933 Share Posted April 17, 2011 Wow!.....Finally won.......bid resort and 4 star for San Juan/Airport area for days.....started at $90 upped it to $95....added other areas that I knew had no resorts or 4 star hotels in them. Got an email from Priceline today with a list of my "losing" bids. It said to look at prices in advance on Pricelines site (which I had been doing) and if 50%-60% off pricing was not being accepted to try 40% off. So I went back into the site and upped my bid to $105 (resorts going for $189-$228 nite) and got the message back that if I upped my bid by $25 to $130/nite my chances were favorable. So, I upped to $115 and added other areas where no resorts were located and...YES....my bid was accepted: December 1-4, 2011 (3 nites) Marriott San Juan Resort and Stellaris Casino $115 nite Taxes and Fees: $49.98 Total cost: $394.98 Room is going for $228 nite We are very happy!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
camorelli Posted April 18, 2011 #1934 Share Posted April 18, 2011 I started bidding on Priceline today for our 1 night in San Juan before our Victory cruise. I started out at $90 and increased my bid by $5 with every new bid. I only bid for Resort properties, but added areas of San Juan that did not have Resort properties. We won the Marriott San Juan Resort and Stellaris Casino. I'm very happy with this win! Date: September 24, 2011 (1 night) Hotel: Marriott San Juan Resort & Stellaris Casino Rating: Resort Area: San Juan Site: Priceline Winning Bid: $115/night Taxes & Fees: $21.07 Total Charges: $136.07 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OC PAT Posted April 18, 2011 #1935 Share Posted April 18, 2011 We are doing another San Juan cruise in Dcember. I can not remember which areas in PriceLine do not have resorts. Can somebody please refresh this tired memory? I appreciate your help! OC PAT Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slyster Posted April 18, 2011 #1936 Share Posted April 18, 2011 I'm a priceline amateur, but i believe folks use http://www.betterbidding.com to help their choices. I think I was a little leery because I'm not sure how old the post is. It showed all their resort, 4 star, 3.5 star, etc at Puerto Rico. I think that's what most folks use... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lhall85917 Posted April 19, 2011 #1937 Share Posted April 19, 2011 Another helpful site is Biddingtraveler.com - it can help with bidding or just looking to see recent hotels won and pricing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buddylover Posted April 19, 2011 #1938 Share Posted April 19, 2011 We are doing another San Juan cruise in Dcember. I can not remember which areas in PriceLine do not have resorts. Can somebody please refresh this tired memory? I appreciate your help!OC PAT Go onto Priceline to do a regular search, put in your dates and click on box that says "Star Rating" and choose only "resorts".......11 properties will come up....just look at them.....most are San Juan/Airport, there are a few in Fajardo-Rio Grand-Humacao and one in Ponce-Guanica. When I didn't get my bid accepted, I just went back in and clicked any other area other than the 3 above...and it then accepted our bid. Hope this helps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buddylover Posted April 19, 2011 #1939 Share Posted April 19, 2011 We are doing another San Juan cruise in Dcember. I can not remember which areas in PriceLine do not have resorts. Can somebody please refresh this tired memory? I appreciate your help!OC PAT Go onto Priceline to do a regular search, put in your dates and click on box that says "Star Rating" and choose only "resorts".......11 properties will come up....just look at them.....most are San Juan/Airport, there are a few in Fajardo-Rio Grand-Humacao and one in Ponce-Guanica. When I didn't get my bid accepted, I just went back in and clicked any other area other than the 3 above...and it then accepted our bid. Hope this helps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
camorelli Posted April 19, 2011 #1940 Share Posted April 19, 2011 Actually when I did it today, there were only 2 areas withy Resort properties: San Juan and Rio Grande. When you go to the Bid page, you can click on each "area" to see which ratings they have. I was able to bid 7 times today for a resort by changin my price and "area" because there were so few areas that have resort properties. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OC PAT Posted April 19, 2011 #1941 Share Posted April 19, 2011 Thanks all for your input. I do know how to bid but just couldn't remember which areas did not have a resort so I could continue to bid more in one session. So it looks like the only areas with resort are San Juan and Rio Grande. Anybody know different? Again thank for your help! OC PAT Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
camorelli Posted April 19, 2011 #1942 Share Posted April 19, 2011 Thanks all for your input. I do know how to bid but just couldn't remember which areas did not have a resort so I could continue to bid more in one session. So it looks like the only areas with resort are San Juan and Rio Grande. Anybody know different? Again thank for your help!OC PAT Yep, those are the only two. you can check it on your own by clicking on each individual area and it will show what rating properties they have. Rio Grande and San Juan are the only two with resort. Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OC PAT Posted April 19, 2011 #1943 Share Posted April 19, 2011 Thanks for the info. Started bidding-so far, no go but I will keep at it. Wish me luck because it is a Saturday night. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shoes 1 Posted April 19, 2011 #1944 Share Posted April 19, 2011 12/10/11 1 nite 4* 120 Marriott Stellaris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buddylover Posted April 20, 2011 #1945 Share Posted April 20, 2011 Yep, those are the only two. you can check it on your own by clicking on each individual area and it will show what rating properties they have. Rio Grande and San Juan are the only two with resort. Thanks! Hope it works out OK for you, because there IS a RESORT in a 3rd area "Ponce-Guanica" called the Hilton Ponce Golf & Casino. It is one of the 11 resorts which comes up when searching for "resorts"...... and this area is quite far from cruise ports and Old SJ......don't know why you keep resisting my reference from above....your advice may mislead someone to get a "resort" not in the area they want if they click on Ponce as a location. Just sayin'.......... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
martyap Posted April 20, 2011 #1946 Share Posted April 20, 2011 Is La Concha still a 4* and Marriott Stellaris a resort on Priceline? Is La Concha coming up at all on PL? I see the Marriott often as a winning bid. We won the Marriott this past March for $115 as a resort. Has this changed? We need a few days March, 2012 and it's probably too early to bid......want to wait to see what winning bids are turning up first. Marty Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
camorelli Posted April 20, 2011 #1947 Share Posted April 20, 2011 Hope it works out OK for you, because there IS a RESORT in a 3rd area "Ponce-Guanica" called the Hilton Ponce Golf & Casino. It is one of the 11 resorts which comes up when searching for "resorts"...... and this area is quite far from cruise ports and Old SJ......don't know why you keep resisting my reference from above....your advice may mislead someone to get a "resort" not in the area they want if they click on Ponce as a location. Just sayin'.......... I should have clarified that I was speaking about Priceline, which is what I thought the other poster was asking about. I don't know about Hotwire. On Priceline, there are only two areas that have Resort properties and Ponce-Guanica only has 1, 2, 2.5 and 3* hotels on Priceline, no resorts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shand32783 Posted April 20, 2011 #1948 Share Posted April 20, 2011 Just a heads up as to what we got. $91.06 after taxes for this one night pre-cruise stay. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buddylover Posted April 20, 2011 #1949 Share Posted April 20, 2011 I should have clarified that I was speaking about Priceline, which is what I thought the other poster was asking about. I don't know about Hotwire. On Priceline, there are only two areas that have Resort properties and Ponce-Guanica only has 1, 2, 2.5 and 3* hotels on Priceline, no resorts. Hotwire? I too am referring to Priceline......go take a peek....there are 11 "resorts" that come up and 1 of them is in Ponce, as my comment stated....so YES, there are 3 areas for resorts on Priceline! Don't want anyone to get an area they don't want and get stuck with it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buddylover Posted April 20, 2011 #1950 Share Posted April 20, 2011 (edited) Is La Concha still a 4* and Marriott Stellaris a resort on Priceline?Is La Concha coming up at all on PL? I see the Marriott often as a winning bid. We won the Marriott this past March for $115 as a resort. Has this changed? We need a few days March, 2012 and it's probably too early to bid......want to wait to see what winning bids are turning up first. Marty Yes, La Concha is a 4*, and Marriott Stellaris is a resort on Priceline. I haven't seen a winning bid for LaConcha either. I tried for it as it is the only 4 star in Old San Juan, and they never accepted any bids. So we changed back to resort and tried again. We too just won the Marriott Stellaris for $115 for our pre-cruise stay on Dec. 1-4. Can't wait. Good luck!! Edited April 20, 2011 by buddylover Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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