<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by MarkRichmond:
However, I am staying for 5 nights at the Cambridge Hyatt next week for $46-$50 a night and later this summer at the Park Hyatt Stanhope in NYC for $75 a night, just to give you a couple of examples. The reason Biddingfortravel.com is so important is that you can see what bids are being accepted for certain properties on certain dates in certain zones and therefore you can pinpoint the lowest possible acceptable bid.
It doesen't always work out exactly the way you would like but for 60% off I don't mind being flexible. </font>
I must admit that until a few months ago I thought Priceline was for people who did not care when, or how they went somewhere, or where they stayed. Since I did not put myself in that category, I never used Priceline. A couple of months ago there was a very good article in the WSJ, which talked about Biddingfortravel and some other ‘lesser’ sites that help with bidding on Priceline. After starting to use Biddingfortravel I’ve had great success in accurately bidding on, and getting Hyatt rooms. In most cases paying a fraction of what the best price on the Hyatt site is, ie $40 a night for the Elliott Grand Hyatt, and $30 for Albuquerque.
After the WSJ article Priceline was forced to pull their support from Biddingfortravel. I believe they were the sites main advertisers. Hopefully if you use this excellent site you will use their links for bidding, post your winning bids to assist others, and anything else that can help the site stay in business. Sites like Mypriceline.com have gone by the wayside since that article was published