Priceline

[Mikey]

Anybody here use Priceline? How does it work?

We're going to a show on Saturday at the Hollywood Bowl and will be shuttling from Santa Monica. Would like to find a nice hotel to stay at near or on Ocean Avenue but they are all big bucks. How does Priceline work? Can I put in a bid on Saturday morning and get a room for $150 or something? If we can't find anything reasonable then we'll just drive home.

[MgoBlue-LightSpecial]

Can I put in a bid on Saturday morning and get a room for $150 or something?

Namby pamby. Go lower.

[Shlomart Ben Yisrael]

If you ever come to Canada Mikey, forget Priceline. You are always welcome at our compound and there'll be a
(somewhat) clean sleeping bag ready for you.

[smackaholic]

I have used it, and yes, you better damn well know you are going. They absolutely will not allow ANY changes. A few years back we had to eat a plane ticket bought for my mom to fly up over christmas. She had to change her flight by one day, but, the fukkers wouldn't budge.

[OCmike]

I've used hotwire for hotels for several years. It's not "name your own $", but the prices are generaly discounted 40% or more.

I've had some outstanding deals from them in Vegas. Best ever was a $400+/night resort room with a sliding door that opened to an indoor creek/arboretum...for $70.

[Screw_Michigan]

The longer you are willing to wait to get a hotel, the better the Name Your Own Price works. Before I moved here, I booked a hotel room in downtown DC near McPherson Square for $100 on the same day. In 2002, I got a hotel room at 52nd and 3rd in Midtown Manhattan for $100 as well. Obviously that was a long time ago, but it can work.

[OCmike]

Yep, same for Hotwire.

Last weekend while on the way to Jamestown to pan for gold with my son, I pulled over and booked a room on Wi-Fi when I got tired of driving. Got a room at Holiday Inn Express for $65.