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XVP-hotwire/priceline

#1

You are not wrong - neither company hides this. It is in fact the very
point of their offering. Lower price for not knowing who you are getting. I use
PL all the time. I have no idea about the second part of your question.

In a message dated 8/10/2005 4:22:47 PM Pacific Standard Time,
noonshyne1@yahoo.com writes:

I have never had the nerve to use hotwire or priceline for
a hotel room as it appears you do not know what hotel you get until
you pay for it. Am I wrong and paranoid?

[Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

#2

i used hotwire to book a hotel on the strip a few years ago.
thurs-fri-sat $25.00 a night.

the suprise hotel? New Frontier.

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On 8/10/05, ezfromnwon@aol.com <ezfromnwon@aol.com> wrote:

You are not wrong - neither company hides this. It is in fact the very
point of their offering. Lower price for not knowing who you are getting. I use
PL all the time. I have no idea about the second part of your question.

In a message dated 8/10/2005 4:22:47 PM Pacific Standard Time,
noonshyne1@yahoo.com writes:

I have never had the nerve to use hotwire or priceline for
a hotel room as it appears you do not know what hotel you get until
you pay for it. Am I wrong and paranoid?

[Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

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#3

I have never had the nerve to use hotwire or priceline for
a hotel room as it appears you do not know what hotel you get until
you pay for it. Am I wrong and paranoid?

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--- In vpFREE@yahoogroups.com, ezfromnwon@a... wrote:

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Hi ez,

The one and only time we used priceline.com, we had a VERY
satisfactory experience.

We required a last minute reservation in Miami, for a Cub's playoff
game. Most hotels in the area were sold out. We looked up the
names of all 4* hotels in the area we wanted to stay in. There were
only two, either of which would have been fine. We then went on
line and selected a 4* star hotel in that area. We received the
Sofitel, which was absolutely lovely. We were surprized it didn't
have a 5th star! Our rate was only $100 per nite. Really a great
bargain!

I would use them again w/o hesitation, provided I did a little
research ahead of time.

Best regards,

Babe

#4

There are ways to bid on Priceline and know exactly where you will
stay if your bid is accepted (with 98% certainty anyway). If you use
biddingfortravel.com, you will see that some star ratings for certain
areas of a city have just one hotel who is a known partner (where a
member of the board had a bid accepted). There are other times where
you can narrow it down to two or three possibilities. I have used
Priceline in the past armed with knowledge form the Bidding for Travel
board and have been quite happy with the results. On the other hand,
I do think if you pay a little more and book directly, it is easier to
gain upgrades to suites and the like when rooms are available. Also,
on Priceline you cannot specify one or two beds.

Sabyl

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On Thu, 11 Aug 2005 13:41:40 -0000, you wrote:

--- In vpFREE@yahoogroups.com, ezfromnwon@a... wrote:

I have never had the nerve to use hotwire or priceline for
a hotel room as it appears you do not know what hotel you get until
you pay for it. Am I wrong and paranoid?
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#5

I know some people who have had success booking good rates at the V on
priceline. I don't think there was any guessing involved as they were the
only hotel of that class listed on the Strip.

Chandler

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-----Original Message-----
From: vpFREE@yahoogroups.com [mailto:vpF…@…com]On Behalf Of
jackessiebabe
Sent: Thursday, August 11, 2005 8:42 AM
To: vpFREE@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [vpFREE] Re: XVP-hotwire/priceline

--- In vpFREE@yahoogroups.com, ezfromnwon@a... wrote:

I have never had the nerve to use hotwire or priceline for
a hotel room as it appears you do not know what hotel you get until
you pay for it. Am I wrong and paranoid?
------------------------------------------------
Hi ez,

The one and only time we used priceline.com, we had a VERY
satisfactory experience.

We required a last minute reservation in Miami, for a Cub's playoff
game. Most hotels in the area were sold out. We looked up the
names of all 4* hotels in the area we wanted to stay in. There were
only two, either of which would have been fine. We then went on
line and selected a 4* star hotel in that area. We received the
Sofitel, which was absolutely lovely. We were surprized it didn't
have a 5th star! Our rate was only $100 per nite. Really a great
bargain!

I would use them again w/o hesitation, provided I did a little
research ahead of time.

Best regards,

Babe

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