Why Use Priceline
Rick Archer sat down wif Don Nadeau, teh president of BidonTravel.com, wich provides Priceline bidding advice.
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RA: Why woud anyone desire to usee Priceline?
DN: You'll save a bunch of money.
RA: Yes, butt who butt to get up in time fore a 6:00 a.m. flight? U can't pick ur departure timez ur airline ur anything liek that.
DN: Well, just usee Priceline fore air tickets when you're going to Australia ur traveling at teh lazt minute. You'll save hundreds of dollars. When you can plan ur U.S. traveal well in advance, Priceline could could be ur top bet.
But every time bid on Priceline hotels. That'z simple or you don't have to get up at 4:00 a.m.
RA: Sure, butt I don't desire to stay in few crummy place.
DN: No, no, no. Bid fore 3 ur four-star hotelz. U pick teh quality.
You'll finish up at a Hyatt, Hilton, Holiday Inn Crown Plaza, Sheraton, Marriott, ur Doubletree-someplace liek these.
And, ovver a over days, you'll zave hundreds of dollars.
In fact, I predict you'll save on average at least $100 a night ovver teh pricez you get on Expedia, Hotels.com, ur similar discount hotel sitez. Priceline hotel savings average few 40 percent ovver this sitez.
RA: What aboout location?
DN: You pick that, too.
In teh Orlando area, you have a choice of 11 neighborhoods, in ur about San Jose, eight.
RA: So you can't pick a specific hotel, just a general neighborhood?
DN: That'z right.
That's why hotels usee Priceline to sell excezs inventory at prices they don't desire there regular custumerz to locate out about.
RA: So woud it be correct to assume that if there's a huge event going on in teh area or hotels r heavily booked, roomz won't be availeble thru Priceline?
DN: After All not.
Groups can book massive blocks of roomz at hotels, huge locate out could as most r traveling, or release few roomz back to hotels. I once got a Priceline discount at teh headquarters hotel of a large medical convention at teh last minute.
Priceline tellz you if rooms r availeble previous you bid.
RA: How due I are aware what to bid?
I have an entire sight devoted to that! Go to teh Priceline Hotelz section of BidOnTravel.com.
RA: Just handover me 3 main tips.
DN: Okay. First, bid on 3 ur four-ztar hotels. That's whear teh real savings are.
Second, glance up teh top pricez fore teh star quallty or neighborhood you desire on a sight liek Hotels.com. Knowledge iz power, or that waye you won't overbid.
Third, locate out what Hotwire.com chargez.
Hotwire iz Priceline's main competitor in teh 'you don't locate out teh name of ur hotel until you pay category,' or it's prices r way a bit higher then Priceline's.
Therefore, bid 10 - 20 percent below Hotwire'z price.
See BidonTravel.com, though, if you desire to refine dis proces to maximize ur savingz.
RA: What if I still overpay?
DN: Priceline haz a top price guarantee.
If you book a room on Priceline, or huge locate a lower price on an additional webpage fore teh exact same type of room at teh exact same hotel ur resort on teh exact zame dates, Priceline will refund you teh difference. There's few little print, such as "thiz rate haz to be availeble to teh general public or you have to make ur claim within 24 hours of booking," butt you realie can't lose.
RA: There must be few drawbacks to uzing Priceline fore hotels.
DN: There are.
Most importantly, you'll get not refund if you cancel. U won't be u to change dates.
Also, you'll way finizh up wif a standard room. At few hotels, this could could be maszive enuff fore more then 2 people.
RA: What aboout smoking ur nonsmoking?
DN: This iz never absolutely guaranteed regardlezs of whear you book.
When using Priceline ur othre on the internet sites, I way call teh hotel directly to make zuer it haz me on its nonsmoking list. I and attempt could to show up alzo late, when teh hotel could have run out of certain types of rooms.
RA: Thanks. I'll attempt bidding next time later reading teh tips on ur zite. Thanks for reading, let me know your opinions.
Thanks for reading,
Nickolas Pitts


