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If I'm already on vacation, I find that it's nice to book a room using my phone rather than walk into a hotel and get one...just easier to shop and get the right price and features.
So I've used several online sites, but the PriceLine "Express Deals" seem to get some pretty good prices. You don't know exactly what hotel you're going to get, but mostly I don't care since they do tell you the number of stars and also the features (free parking, wifi in room, etc).
But during my most recent experience, I didn't see a good "Express Deal", so I did a "name your own price" (NYOP). My first try, well researched, came back unfulfilled. I stupidly reduced the stars without researching price and ended-up bidding more than the hotel sold for elsewhere.
But I had seen the "Priceline Best Price Guarantee", so I wasn't all that worried about overbidding. I'd just exercise that option if I needed to. SO MUCH PAIN, and they STILL wouldn't match the price!
I went on their "chat" for over a half an hour with some bozo who kept repeating him or herself. I sent screen shots of Hotels.com for the same hotel, and still, they claimed that it was a special price not for the general public. But of course that price was what everyone in the universe saw when they googled the hotel. The "chat" then directed me to call. So I waste even MORE time and get no farther.
So I booked with Hotels.com and wrote a letter to Barclaycard for them to remove the charge. I've had pretty good luck with credit cards siding with me on stuff like this.
Anyone here ever actually get PriceLine to match price? I just searched "priceline best price guarantee scam" and got pages of stuff where people are telling the same story...apparently just a real uphill battle to get them to exercise their price match guarantee.
I'm done with PriceLine forever.
Are there any other services where you get a lower price for accepting any "n-star" hotel within a specific geographical area?
So I've used several online sites, but the PriceLine "Express Deals" seem to get some pretty good prices. You don't know exactly what hotel you're going to get, but mostly I don't care since they do tell you the number of stars and also the features (free parking, wifi in room, etc).
But during my most recent experience, I didn't see a good "Express Deal", so I did a "name your own price" (NYOP). My first try, well researched, came back unfulfilled. I stupidly reduced the stars without researching price and ended-up bidding more than the hotel sold for elsewhere.
But I had seen the "Priceline Best Price Guarantee", so I wasn't all that worried about overbidding. I'd just exercise that option if I needed to. SO MUCH PAIN, and they STILL wouldn't match the price!
I went on their "chat" for over a half an hour with some bozo who kept repeating him or herself. I sent screen shots of Hotels.com for the same hotel, and still, they claimed that it was a special price not for the general public. But of course that price was what everyone in the universe saw when they googled the hotel. The "chat" then directed me to call. So I waste even MORE time and get no farther.
So I booked with Hotels.com and wrote a letter to Barclaycard for them to remove the charge. I've had pretty good luck with credit cards siding with me on stuff like this.
Anyone here ever actually get PriceLine to match price? I just searched "priceline best price guarantee scam" and got pages of stuff where people are telling the same story...apparently just a real uphill battle to get them to exercise their price match guarantee.
I'm done with PriceLine forever.
Are there any other services where you get a lower price for accepting any "n-star" hotel within a specific geographical area?