How to Bid for Hotels on Priceline

Priceline allows you to bid for hotels in an effort to pay the lowest price.

Priceline is a travel website that allows users to book cheap airfare, hotels, rental cars and various vacation packages. As an added bonus, Priceline also offers users the opportunity to place bids on hotels and airfare to find an even better deal on the cost of travel. While the site allows you to make bids, they do have to be reasonable; bidding $50 on a hotel room that regularly costs upwards of $500 per night is neither permitted nor accepted.

Instructions

1. Visit the Priceline website to begin making bids on hotel rooms. Click on the "Hotels" link.

2. Click the "Name Your Own Price" link. Provide the city where you are looking for a hotel room, your checkin and checkout dates and the number of rooms you need. Click "Bid Now."

3. Click on the boxes next to the criteria you are looking for in your hotel room. Choose the neighborhood you want and the number of star ratings you're looking for. Priceline will provide information regarding hotels that meet your criteria, including the average room price.

4. Enter the dollar amount of your hotel room bid. Enter your first and last name and submit your search.

5. Review your bid, which will have local taxes added to it. Read the policies and initial that you understand the rules and regulations and continue your search. On this page you'll enter your billing address and credit card number. Click the button to "Buy My Hotel Room Now." From here you'll be able to see where your reservation was made and the price you paid for the room.

References

• Priceline: Name Your Own Price for Hotels