Subject: RE: Hotels.com bumped me from my hotel room 3 nights before my stay Lukasz - 2009-12-11 2:30 AM Sorry to hear that. That totally sucks. If you're ever not concerned about the distance between a hotel and a venue, I suggest giving priceline.com a try. You get to pick your star rating, the hotel area (such as downtown, business district, etc), and then you plug in a price you want to pay, and they either accept your price or decline it. If they accept it, then you must stay at the hotel they have picked for you, but it is in the star rating and hotel area you choose. My girlfriend and I did a US road trip this past summer and used the website to get a hotel in the San Francisco downtown area. Priceline.com bumped us up a star rating and we ended up staying at The Hilton for only $85 per night, saving us $105 per night... We also used it for a hotel in Oregon and saved us a couple bucks there as well.. Yup I've done Priceline before - and gotten some really great deals! The only thing about this particular race and hotel is that at the time I booked the hotel room, my boyfriend was signed up for the full marathon (he has since switched to the half ) and the idea of walking 0.2 miles to get to the hotel from the finish line was very appealing! We did this race last year and drove in race morning from a north suburb and got pretty frustrated with traffic, so we wanted to be within walking distance this time. I looked at Priceline's areas and they could have potentially given me a room up to 4 miles away - not a distance I'd want to walk after a marathon. But I agree, Priceline is amazing for both hotels and rental cars! |